The Mill is thrilled to announce Alix Kuijpers as the recipient of the 2024 Dancehouse Residency.
This residency is presented in partnership with Dancehouse (VIC), providing development and performance pathways for South Australian dance-makers. The residency aims to foster national conversations in dance, through participation and exposure and is a way to unite national dance sectors.
Alix was the 2023 recipient of the Centre Stage Residency, presented in partnership with ARTS Unlimited, the Adelaide Fringe Foundation. During this residency he developed his new work Grim Grinning Ghosts, which he presented as part of the 2024 Adelaide Fringe Festival.
Alix will further develop and present Grim Grinning Ghosts at Dancehouse in Melbourne, October 10 - 19, 2024, as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.
About the artist:
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Alix Kuijpers is an emerging freelance choreographer, performer and sound designer. Kuijpers’ notable achievements include being the first dance honours student at a South Australian institution, and receiving first-class honours from Flinders University for his solo work IMMATERIAL.
Since graduating from Adelaide College of the Arts, Alix has participated in dance festivals throughout the USA and Europe, performing for Jacob Jonas Company and Thar Be Dragons while overseas. Kuijpers was awarded Best Dance weekly award for his Adelaide Fringe debut ‘i know the end’ and the Emerging Artist Award for Fringe 2023 and toured the work to Melbourne Fringe.
Alix is passionate about representing as a South Australian artist and champions emerging artist voices through his roles and initiatives as Dance Hub SA's 2023 Associate Artist and as one of Carclew’s 2023 Sharehouse Residents.
Photographer: Morgan Sette
The Mill’s Dancehouse Residency is presented in partnership with Dancehouse (VIC).
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.