Courtney Scheu
Youth Ensemble Director
About
Courtney Scheu (she/her) is an independent dance artist whose practice spans performance, choreography, education, producing and interdisciplinary art making. Courtney is the only Certified Gaga Teacher based in Australia, Gaga: Ohad Naharin’s Movement language. Courtney was co-founder and co-artistic director of OUTBOUND | Contemporary Dance x Live Art Festival on Kabi Kabi/Gubbi Gubbi Country (Sunshine Coast) 2023. Courtney is the Director of the Youth Ensemble at Australasian Dance Collective. She has worked actively in the youth dance space in various capacities and is passionate about nurturing young people - creatives, thinkers and leaders.
Courtney’s choreographic work has been presented across Australia and internationally over the past 15 years. Her choreographic work plays between waking and dreaming worlds, the real and unreal. She has been supported by the Sunshine Coast Council, Sunshine Coast Arts Foundation, Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and the Ian Potter Cultural Trust.
Courtney loves dance for its capacity to create meaningful discoveries and connections.
Courtney loves dance for its capacity to create meaningful discoveries and connections.
Current Program
Past Productions
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Australasian Dance Collective acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their deep connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
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