Age, Biography and Wiki
Kate Champion was born on 1961 in Sydney, Australia, is an An australian female dancer. Discover Kate Champion's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 63 years old?
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Kate Champion Net Worth
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Timeline
Kate Champion is an Australian choreographer and artistic director.
Champion is the incoming artistic director of Black Swan State Theatre Company.
They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016.
In 1992 she travelled to London, where she spent time with Lloyd Newson's DV8 Physical Theatre, first as production assistant and then as a performer in Strange Fish, both the stage and BBC film versions.
In 1996, Champion was awarded the Robert Helpmann Scholarship for Choreographic Excellence enabling her to create her first solo work Face Value which was awarded a 1998 Green Room Award and a MO Award.
In 1997 Champion begin collaborating with theatre director Neil Armfield and choreographed Cloudstreet, and directed and devised Under the Influence.
Champion and Lloyd Newson's DV8 Physical Theatre worked together in creating a devised show for the Sydney Olympic Arts festival "The Cost of Living"
As artistic director of Force Majeure, Champion devised and directed:
In 1998 she returned to DV8 as rehearsal director for a European tour of Enter Achilles and as a collaborator and performer in The Happiest Day of My Life.
In 2001 she created a second solo show About Face.
She was the founding artistic director/CEO of Force Majeure (2002–2015), an influential dance theatre company based in Sydney.
Champion has worked in theatre, dance, film, circus, opera and musical theatre with arts companies and institutes including Belvoir, Sydney Theatre Company, State Theatre Company of South Australia, Performing Lines, The English National Opera, Opera Australia, The Hayes Theatre, Ensemble, NIDA, NICA and National Theatre of Parramatta.
Champion choreographed the original stage version of Dirty Dancing (Australia, UK, US, Europe).
She has created and performed two critically acclaimed solo shows, Face Value and About Face.
As artistic director of Force Majeure, Kate co-devised and directed Same, Same But Different, Already Elsewhere, Tenebrae, The Age I’m In, Not in a Million Years, and Nothing to Lose.
Theatre directing credits include – Every Brilliant Thing, My Brilliant Career, Food, That Eye the Sky, A View From the Bridge, Fully Committed, Honour, Evie May and Perfect Stranger.
Kate has been awarded Helpmann, Green Room, MO and Australian Dance Awards.
Champion was a professional dancer/performer working with companies such as DV8 Physical Theatre London, Australian Dance Theatre, Dance North, One Extra Co and Theatre of Image, before going on to create her own work and becoming a director.
Champion travelled to Munich at age 16 working with Iwanson Dance Company.
Returning to Australia Champion was a member of One Extra Dance Company before moving to New York to study, and then returning to Australia becoming a foundation member of Dance North.
In 2004 Champion choreographed the world premiere of Dirty Dancing, the stage show based on the popular film.
Her choreography has been included in the European, West-End, North American, South African and Asian versions of this box-office-record-holding production.
In 2010 she choreographed Opera Australia's Bliss, which also toured to the Edinburgh Festival, and Spring Awakening for Sydney Theatre Company.
Continuing her collaborative relationship with Neil Armfield, Champion took on the role of associate director of Opera Australia's 2013 production (and 2016 remount) of Wagner's Ring Cycle, directed by Armfield.
In 2016 she directed Swallow, written by Stef Smith – the inaugural production of National Theatre of Parramatta.
In 2018 Champion directed That Eye the Sky, adapted from the novel by Tim Winton for State Theatre Company of South Australia, and the world premiere of the musical Evie May for Hayes Theatre.
2019 productions included Every Brilliant Thing for Belvoir Theatre, Meat Eaters and Perfect Strangers for NIDA, A View From the Bridge for State Theatre Company of Australia and Fully Committed and Honour for Ensemble Theatre.
Champion choreographed the movement sequences in the film Somersault (starring Abbie Cornish and Sam Worthington), and most recently RED.
In 2022, Champion was appointed artistic director of Black Swan State Theatre Company.
The Australian Dance Awards.
The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards.