Companies in Residence
Phluxus2 Dance Collective
Phluxus2 Dance Collective is an award-winning boundary bashing Brisbane based dance-theatre company founded in 2006. The collective boasts some of Brisbane’s best dance artists, champions beautifully abstract movement landscapes that challenge choreographic praxis and creates cutting-edge live performance that is relevant to artists and audiences.
Dr Nerida Matthaei
Dr Nerida Matthaei is an award-winning choreographer/director/performer, and the Artistic Director of Phluxus2 Dance Collective. The underlying pulse of her work comes from a passion for choreographic practice as a beautifully planned anarchy of mind-body collaboration. Nerida works with companies such as Polytoxic, Good Room, Red Leap Theatre, GOMA, Royal Ballet and QPAC. Highlights include Leila (Balisch Worldwide), Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony and Boy Swallows Universe (Queensland Theatre/Brisbane Festival). Recently Nerida created Proximal, toured Angel Monster (Edinburgh Fringe/Brisbane Festival) and received a Lord Mayors Women In Business Award. Nerida completed a Doctor of Creative Industries (QUT, 2018) specialising in choreography.
