"to make things better for people and for artists, because i fucking believe in them" - Samantha Chester

 

Samantha Chester is a dance theatre maker, movement director and educator from Sydney. She has worked in a number of contexts to create new dance and theatre works. We catch up in her office at WAAPA and talk about:

 

* listening as a super power

* shutting up

* ambition

* trying to make original work

* wanting people to like you and your work

* The GIF of Dance project

* curating a space

* "nothing is for nothing" - Samantha Chester

* "the greatest things that happen to us is from artistic process" - Samantha Chester

 

 

more info:

* homepage

* vimeo

* facebook

* perth arts live

* the blue room

* dance australia

* australian cultural fund

* the west australian

* association of theatre movement educators 

* readymade works ultimo