We are thrilled to announce Keisha Barrow as the recipient of the First Nations Dance Residency for 2026.
Keisha will be supported by WAYIN:THI Co-Leads Caleena Sansbury and Kaine Sultan-Babij during this residency.
This is a creative development and presentation platform available to South Australian performing artists working with contemporary culture. The aim of the residency is to offer place and space as part of a vibrant arts community for artists to develop and show new or existing work.
About the artist:
Keisha Barrow is a Kaurna and Ngarrindjeri artist with over 20 years of experience in dance, specialising in Cultural dance, jazz, contemporary, and hip hop.
Her artistic journey began in childhood through calisthenics and acrobatics, later expanding into choreography and performance with Riverland Youth Theatre and Kurruru Youth Performing Arts.
A graduate of NAISDA Dance College and AC Arts, she has performed with Bangarra at the Sydney Opera House, as a core dancer with WAYIN:THI for Gluttony and contributed to major festivals including the Australian Youth Dance Festival, and worked alongside cultural leaders like Uncle Karl, Uncle Moogy and ODAS at Indigenous AFL events.
Now an Aboriginal Community Education Officer at Victor Harbor Primary School, Keisha teaches dance to Nunga students and creates across a range of mediums including dot painting, weaving, sculpture, and song. Her work is deeply rooted in culture, community, and storytelling.
We are thrilled to announce Hanna Instrell-Walker as the recipient of the OzAsia Festival Residency for 2026.
Hanna will be collaborating with Alix Kuijpers, Caroline De Wan and Jazzy Williamson-Gray for this residency.
This is a creative development and presentation platform available to South Australian performing artists working with contemporary culture. The aim of the residency is to offer place and space as part of a vibrant arts community for artists to develop and show new or existing work.
About the artists:
Hanna Instrell-Walker is a Japanese-Australian dance artist and creator working on Kaurna Land. Shortly after graduating from Adelaide College of the Arts, she co-founded Alchemy Dance Collective alongside colleagues
Kate Burgess and Caroline De Wan. Alchemy has given Hanna a platform to produce her own work, SOUL (Adelaide Fringe 2023), plus co-produce and co-curate events and works including Trilogy Film Fest (2023) and J.A.C.D (2023-2024). Independently, Hanna has also choreographed as part of Mimi Yoshii’s Les Japonaises (2023), worked as tour manager for Alix Kuijpers’ Grim Grinning Ghosts for Melbourne Fringe 2024, as well as co-produced Kate Burgess’ Full Time Ex-Lover (Adelaide Fringe 2025).
In Hanna’s current choreographic research, she is deeply influenced by the idea of quantum entanglement, intrinsic connection, manifestation, and the human subconscious. Movement styles such as Nihon Buyo, Butoh, plus Japanese horror aesthetics mixed with these philosophies make up Hanna’s interests when building work.
Alix Kuijpers is a multidisciplinary performing artist working across contemporary dance, choreography and sound design, with an independent queer practice.
A graduate of Adelaide College of the Arts, Kuijpers creates dance theatre while generating original sound scores for their work. They were the first person to complete a dance honours at a South Australian institution, earning First-Class distinction for the solo IMMATERIAL. Their work has received major recognition, including the 2023 Adelaide Fringe Emerging Artist Award for the duo i know the end, and the 2024 Centre Stage and Dancehouse Residency awards at The Mill for the solo Grim Grinning Ghosts.
In 2025 they joined the inaugural B12:Mavericks program in Berlin, supported by the Ian Potter Cultural Trust. Between 2023 and 2025 they contributed sound work to collaborations with Johannes Wieland (BER), Motus Collective (SA), Sarah Wilson (SA), Circus SA (SA) and Silverfish (NYC).
Caroline De Wan started ballet at the age of 5. She realised her true interest lay in contemporary dance and began training at QL2 Dance. Here she worked with choreographers such as Kristina Chan, Daniel Riley, Sara Black, and James Batchelor. In 2018, Caroline choreographed and produced her first full length work for Sydney Fringe, To Fall in Love With An Artist.
Following her return from Sydney she was commissioned for two further works, Comfort Ending II, performed at the Canberra Museum and Gallery, and You're Not Special (because you went to a party) performed at a rave.
Caroline moved to Adelaide in 2019 to complete a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Dance). After graduating, Caroline founded Alchemy Dance Collective with Kate Burgess and Hanna Instrell-Walker, providing performance and training opportunities to the Adelaide dance community. She has also developed a keen interest in dance videography and teaches accessible videography skills to other artists.
Jazzy is a movement artist and performer based on Kaurna Yerta (Adelaide, South Australia). She graduated with a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Dance) from Adelaide College of the Arts and has since worked internationally with ilDance’s ilYoung program in their production of Skin Issues.
She has also worked with Australian Dance Theatre, Restless Dance Theatre, Sound of Circus Australia, and a variety of independent projects, allowing her to gain experience in diverse contexts and refine her artistic identity.
Jazzy’s choreographic interests include explorations of the complexities of the human condition and embracing the unusual and uncomfortable, including exploring social, political and philosophical matters and darker themes, often using improvisation as a tool to uncover potent world-building and rich imagery.
Her evolving movement language is grounded in elements of tension, release, and interrupted momentum to invite unexpected pathways and possibilities within the body.
We are thrilled to announce Marcus Louend as the recipient of the Dance Residency for 2026.
Marcus will be collaborating with Nat Penney and Paige Neis-Beer during this residency.
This is a creative development and presentation platform available to South Australian performing artists working with contemporary culture. The aim of the residency is to offer place and space as part of a vibrant arts community for artists to develop and show new or existing work.
About the artist:
Marcus Louend is a dancer, performance artist, and choreographer seeking to decentralise their movement and art practice through collective organisation.
Using equitable social models, their ambition is to help educate individuals seeking deeper connection and understanding to movement and its radical potential physically, emotionally, and socially.
Marcus currently works as a tutor and guest performer with Restless Dance Theatre, Australia's leading company working with neurodiverse and disabled artists. This partnership continuously offers the opportunity to inclusively work with the broader community—artists and non-artists—making movement accessible to everyone, and diversifying future practices.
As a mentor, creator, and performer, their work seeks to innovatively dismantle personal, social, structural, and systemic barriers, in order to recalibrate somatic experiences into a sustainable practice.
Nat Penney (b.1991) is an artist based in Tarntanya (Adelaide).
Combining processes from timber furniture making and metal fabrication with found and formed objects, she considers the sensory desires in things, looking for subconscious object impulses. She’s driven by an obsession and confusion over psychological and emotional states and their reciprocal exchange with our relationships, environments, and the objects we engage with.
Recent works are drawing from experiences of loneliness and how they are shaped not only by absence, but by conditional presence. Looking into the atmosphere of familial domesticity she searches for pleasing points of interconnectedness between the familiar and the eerie; for absurdist moments that engage themselves through futile motion and maybe make you smirk.
Her practice often incorporates materials weighted heavily in nostalgia, such as tiles from her renovated childhood bathroom or her parents’ wooden tennis racquets, embedding personal histories into sculptural objects. These materials act as communicators and carriers of memory, yet memory and nostalgia themselves are malleable, untrustworthy, and sometimes irresponsible, reshaping perception and altering what we take to be truth.
Paige Neis-Beer (she/her) is an artist and stylist with over seven years of experience in the fashion industry, across London and Kaurna Land.
Her practice spans styling, costume-making and product design. Working between fashion and wearable art, and more recently with silicone as a core medium, her practice draws on the surreal and the strange, fusing the grotesque with the beautiful.
Paige has an ongoing fascination with visceral materials and explores unconventional approaches to making. Her work often explores themes of identity, whether as the observer or the observed.
In February 2025, Paige undertook a 2.5 month residency at Household Gallery, where she collaborated with tattoo artist Hasini Wisna and developed a collection of wearable art pieces that mimic flesh-like forms and second skins. The residency marked a turning point in Paige’s practice, introducing new materials and sculptural processes that now sit at the centre of her work.
Paige is continuously interested and passionate about collaboratively working with artists across different disciplines, to create space for conversation, exchange and connection.
We are thrilled to announce Nicky T. Li as the recipient of the Theatre Residency for 2026.
Nicky will be collaborating with Jamie Hornsby for this residency.
This is a creative development and presentation platform available to South Australian performing artists working with contemporary culture. The aim of the residency is to offer place and space as part of a vibrant arts community for artists to develop and show new or existing work.
About the artist:
Nicky T. Li is a Kaurna-based Hong Kong artist with a passion for music theatre and experimental arts. She graduated from UniSA with a Bachelor of Arts in 2020. She developed and presented Signal: A Theatrical Mixtape through ActNow Theatre's MakeSpace Residency in 2022. Nicky was part of Nexus Arts’ 2023 Interplay cohort where she grew as a singer-songwriter. After receiving the Helpmann Creative Development Grant, she presented a sold out season of retro bilingual cabaret Leslie & Anita: Fallen Stars of Hong Kong in Adelaide Fringe 2024. Her work is highly endorsed by the local Hong Kong community and fellow Asian Australian artists. Through her work, she navigates through newfound identities and attempts to replant her heart in her heritage. In her performance, she speaks authenticity, in the hope of finding a community.
Being socially conscious, she provided cultural consultancy to RUMPUS, State Theatre Company SA and Australian Dance Theatre. Nicky became a published reviewer through ArtsHub’s Amplify Collective and Helpmann Academy InReview Mentorship.
In 2025, Nicky made her professional stage debut in Adelaide Festival’s international opera Innocence. Nicky is currently a Captain Starlight at the Starlight Children's Foundation, bringing joy to sick children and their families in hospitals.
You can find Held in The Mill’s Foyer Gallery, located at 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide).
The Mill’s galleries is open Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm.
Accessibility
The Mill’s entrance has a small step into the building. We have a ramp available, please ring the doorbell and our friendly team will assist you.
During gallery hours, our entrance will be unlocked. If the door is closed, please ring the doorbell to alert our team.
The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
For SALA 2026 we are excited to present Held, a new group exhibition featuring new work by First Nations artists Joeulla Coulthard (Adnyamathna, Kuyani), Juanella Donovan (Adnyamathanha, Luritja and Arrernte), and Lisa Khan (Yankunytjatjara/ Antakirinja/ Pitjantjatjara). This exhibition explores the artists practices across painting, weaving, sculpture and ceramics. As mothers, each of these artist’s plays a vital role in caring for family and caring for Country. We know that mothers hold so much strength and tenderness, veracity and knowledge. These qualities are passed down through generations from mother to child, and for these women, their art practices reflect the ongoing practice of holding and sharing knowledge and stories.
This exhibition is presented with support from Ku Arts and the City of Adelaide’s Arts and Community Arts and Cultural grants.
Joeulla Coulthard is an Adnyamathna, Kuyani artist who grew up on Country in the northern Flinders Ranges. Her work includes painting and ceramics which speak about the landforms where she grew up, the seasons, and the cultural stories of Yarta. For Joeulla, artwork is a conversation piece, talking about the meaning and why it was made keeps her art and culture alive. Joeulla has exhibited in Blinman Art, Tarnanthi, and Wilpena Art.
Juanella Donovan nee McKenzie, is an Adnyamathanha, Luritja and Arrernte woman of South Australia living and working on Barngarla land, Port Augusta. Juanella is a multi-disciplinary artist, best known for her unique ability to make intricate works with woven emu feathers. She has been in countless exhibitions since childhood and, in recent years, won Malka aboriginal Art Prize 2020, won the breaking Ground award 2021, Ramsay Art Prize Finalist 2021, Pt Augusta NAIDOC Artist of the year 2022, NATSIAA finalist and people’s choice winner 2022, NATSIAA finalist and people’s choice winner 2025. Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award finalist 2025 and Wollongong Art Prize finalist 2025. She is currently developing work for The National Textile Triennial which will open in September 2026 in Tamworth NSW and later tour nationally.
Lisa Khan is a Yankunytjatjara/ Antakirinja/ Pitjantjatjara artist from Coober Pedy. Lisa paints her Grandmother's ngura (my home, the land and rockholes) as well as her Grandfather’s country, he was born at Wallitina Station. She says ‘when I paint, I feel connected to my country and my grandparents who aren't here anymore, It is my job to look after the country and the stories from my grandmothers.’
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body
You can find Nicolas’ exhibition in The Mill’s Gallery II, located at 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide).
Gallery II is open Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm.
Accessibility
The Mill’s entrance has a small step into the building. We have a ramp available, please ring the doorbell and our friendly team will assist you.
During gallery hours, our entrance will be unlocked. If the door is closed, please ring the doorbell to alert our team.
The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
We are excited to present A scratch to a whisper, a new exhibition by Nicolas Ottavio Saccardo. In this exhibition Nicolas explores materiality, mark-making and trace through a series of works on found surfaces. Using previously discarded panels, boards and pages, Nicolas examines the relationship between surfaces and the body, both as the material of our human ecology and as artefacts of our culture.
Through this body of work Nicolas draws our attention to mark making, honouring found marks- carpenters measurements once hidden on the inside of cabinets, scuffs from use, the wearing away of surface through repetitive touch. Through studio practice, they add layers of text like marks, sometimes referencing writing, scribbles, shopping lists, diary entries, and sometimes gestural, abstract marks across the surface.
Nicolas Ottavio Saccardo (they/them) is an emerging visual artist living and practicing on Kaurna land. Utilising primarily drawing and sculpture, their work revolves around an interest in human-object dynamics and finding unexpected ways of viewing often mundane, found materials. Through material-led experimentation, they attempt to intervene with objects as a way to dislodge them from familiar day-to-day contexts and blur the lines between material, place, self, and others, all in a world that grows increasingly dense and chaotic.
Nicolas is a recent graduate from The Adelaide Central School of Art (2024) and is also an active member of Highhorse Collective, a multidisciplinary artist-run group active in the SA arts scene.
A scratch to a whisper is a collection of artworks that explore the concept of the trace, and how mundane human rituals render themselves into physical memory. Sparked from a wider interest in material histories, this body of work makes use of drawing and mark-making as tools to document narratives of who, how, where, and what. Each piece carries with it an abstract record of a particular moment in time, as passing interactions, thoughts, gestures, and routines are archived onto the object’s surfaces - mindlessly, compulsively, curiously.
The work examines the crossovers between humans and objects, and how the spaces we inhabit and the materials we use remember us. Routine registers itself a physical existence through our collisions with the material world – a door, opened daily, leaves a reminder of itself through scuff marks on the floor. Notations are inscribed on whatever materials are on hand – phone numbers copied on receipts, to-do lists scribbled in the margins. Mundane traces of our actions become preserved as anthropological artefacts. In much the same way, I myself have become frozen into the spatial and temporal record, whispering out upon the surfaces of these objects and calling to the viewer and others beyond.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body
We are thrilled to announce Piri Eddy as the recipient of the 2026 Scotch College Residency.
In partnership with Scotch College, Piri will receive a six-week paid residency within the English Faculty. Aiming to help further develop students’ writing and communication skills responding to creative themes.
About the writer:
Piri Eddy is an award-winning writer and producer living and working on Kaurna land.
As a screenwriter, Piri won Best Short Film at the 54th AWGIE awards for The Last Elephant on Earth, which had its international premiere at the prestigious Sitges Film Festival. His fiction and non-fiction have appeared in such places as The Saturday Paper, Island Magazine, and Westerly Magazine and he has written arts criticism and reviews for Australian Book Review and CityMag.
Piri’s debut play Forgiveness won the 2020 Jill Blewett Playwright’s Award. His follow-up The Spoil was nominated for the same award in 2024 and was a finalist for the 2026 Australian Theatre Festival NYC New Play Award.
Piri has been a writer-in-residence at the Adelaide Festival Theatre, The Mill, and Writers SA, and was a 2025 SA Literary Fellow at the State Library South Australia. He has a PhD in Creative Writing from Flinders University.
Image: Jen Trantor, CONGRATULATIONS, on not shooting anyone today, CONGRATULATIONS, you didn’t poison anyone today, CONGRATULATIONS, on taking a great shot, photo: Russell Millard
You can find Jen’ exhibition in The Mill’s Foyer Gallery, located at 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide).
The Mill’s galleries is open Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm.
Accessibility
The Mill’s entrance has a small step into the building. We have a ramp available, please ring the doorbell and our friendly team will assist you.
During gallery hours, our entrance will be unlocked. If the door is closed, please ring the doorbell to alert our team.
The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
We are excited to present CONGRATULATIONS, a new exhibition by Jen Trantor. With cheeky humour and more than a touch of sarcasm, Jen offers the least of us an opportunity to be celebrated. Her delightful series of medals commemorate mundane and everyday achievements - CONGRATULATIONS, you made it out of bed!!! We all get a chance to be decorated with rich velvet ribbons, embellished beading and gold work.
For Jen this is an opportunity to share about her own small wins. Each of these daily achievements are what add value, enjoyment and creative fulfilment to our lives. Sure, you could go run a sub-two-hour marathon, or, you could celebrate yourself for living your life in line with your values, knowing yourself deeply, and cherishing your friends. Don’t get too mushy about it though, this is all meant to be a bit tongue in cheek!
Jen Trantor is an installation artist using beads, embellishments, fabric and wire. Her work is a playful commentary, combining traditional craft methods with a contemporary twist and a touch of humour.
Jen Trantor is a petty and slightly ironic artist.
This body of work is based on the jealousy of her very athletic partner who has so many medals……..it’s ridiculous!
So she has created an exhibition around the medals that she should have been awarded.
She hopes that others can relate.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body
Discover your next favourite artist or maker at The Mill. See behind the scenes of our 70+ studio on a free, fortnightly studio tour.
We open our doors for tours on alternating Tuesdays and Fridays; inviting audiences to explore our studios and engage with our community.
Whether you're an art lover, a curious wanderer, or just keen to see creativity in motion, these tours promise inspiration and new connections at every turn.
Social clubs, community organisations and groups of 6+ can register for private tours by emailing info@themilladelaide.com.
WAYIN:THI creates greater visibility for powerful cultural storytelling through movement and performance.
The dance theatre ensemble have performed at the 2025 Ruby Awards, 2026 Adelaide Fringe Award Ceremony, Blak Night at Carclew, Common Threads Summit, 2026 Gluttony Gala and more.
We are thrilled to announce Chloe Noble as the recipient of the 2026 Disability Access Studio.
Chloe will receive a 6-month studio space in our community, and will work towards an exhibition outcome later this year.
About the artist:
Chloe Noble (she/they/he) is an emerging artist based in Kaurna Yerta / Adelaide.
Their practice includes expressionist portraiture and impressionist landscapes, using watercolours, oils, acrylics and digital mediums. Noble transforms personal experiences into a unique visual language characterised by gestural mark making and vibrant colour harmonies.
They often explore digital art, video, and installation, examining the interplay between traditional and contemporary mediums in relation to identity and place. Drawing from lived experiences of disability, chronic illness, neurodivergence, trauma and queerness, Noble creates deeply resonant works that engage emotional themes, inviting reflection and dialogue with audiences.
They have previously held studio spaces at Collective Haunt Inc., Carclew, and Floating Goose Studios Inc.
We are thrilled to announce Tobiah Booth-Remmers as a Dance Residency recipient for 2026.
Tobiah will be in residency for two weeks, continuing his research and development of his latest work In The End.
This piece builds on ideas explored in Damaged Goods and From The Other Side of Chaos. It is an ode to humanity's tenacity in the face of constant pressure or adversity. Despite what is often a relentless cycle, we keep moving forward, supporting each other through uncertain moments and across unpredictable ground.
The piece experiments with an interactive set, a non-traditional performance format and structured improvisation.
The residency will culminate in a private showing for invited guests.
Tobiah Booth-Remmers is a freelance dance director, performer and teacher originally from Adelaide, Australia. He has worked with a large variety of choreographers and directors across dance, theatre and circus, both nationally and internationally.
Tobiah has performed in major arts festivals including the Adelaide Festival of the Arts (AUS), Brisbane Festival (AUS), WOMAD (AUS), Dance Massive (AUS), Dublin Dance Festival (IRE), Adelaide Fringe Festival (AUS) and has performed at the Barbican Centre in London.
As a dance maker Tobiah has choreographed numerous commissioned and self-produced works, from large scale interactive pieces to theatrical solos. He has lectured on dance at Adelaide College of the Arts, LINK Honours Course, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Queensland University of Technology, Transit Dance and at Sydney Dance Company’s Pre-Professional Year. He has also taught for major dance companies such as DV8, Sydney Dance Company and Australian Dance Theatre.
Tobiah regularly works internationally and has developed projects and taught workshops on his own artistic practice in Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, France, Israel and Mexico.
In 2022 Tobiah was the Associate Artist at Australian Dance Theatre which saw him research and produce a new full length experimental performance work. In 2023 Tobiah took on the role of Program Manager at Sydney Dance Company’s Pre-Professional Year and in 2026 Tobiah began working with FORM Dance Projects as their Producer.
We are thrilled to announce Melanie Bakewell as the recipient of the 2026 Writer in Residence.
The Writer in Residence program, in partnership with CityMag, supports emerging writers from a variety of disciplines. The program creates a broader audience for writing through leadership, mentorship and publication.
About the writer:
I’m an emerging writer, audio producer and artist currently based on Kaurna land.
I write essays, creative non-fiction and reportage, and my writing has been published in Australian literary magazines including Overland, Kill Yr Darlings, fine print and Debris Magazine (forthcoming 2026).
With an interdisciplinary background in community media, art and audio documentary, my radio writing, audio storytelling and journalism has been published by community radio across Australia, ABC RN, and The Wheeler Centre (VIC).
My print and digital journalism has been published in independent media outlet The Westsider, and RMIT’s The City Journal. I studied Creative Writing as part of my BA undergrad, and in 2024 completed a Grad Dip in Journalism from RMIT.
My creative non-fiction and essays interrogate the systemic and personal, with a particular interest in social justice, community building and the arts, and I am a current member of Writers SA.
Across print and audio, my practice favours local and community storytelling, arts profiles, access to justice, and community activism. I’m driven by responsible reportage and narrative beats, and love delving into story structure and stakes to find the most compelling way to hook a reader or listener.
An experienced interviewer and in-depth researcher, I can flip between hard news and feature writing to personal essays and profiles, and love to creatively tackle nuance and context in features to make them accessible and engaging.
Most recently, I was a scholarship recipient for Faber Academy’s short course Writing The Essay with cultural critic and essayist Eda Gunaydin in late 2025.
We are thrilled to announce Zane Qureshi as the recipient of the Photographer in Residence program for 2026. Presented in partnership with the Ana and Christopher Koch Foundation Fund, Zane will receive a 12-month studio space in 2026 and an exhibition outcome as part of our Visual Arts Program in 2027.
About the artist:
Zane Qureshi is a multi-talented neurodivergent photographer and designer based in Adelaide, South Australia. He loves capturing the raw beauty and emotion of his subjects, bringing fresh ideas to life, making new friends on set, and supporting fellow creatives and like-minded individuals. He specialises in fashion, editorial, and portrait photography.
Additionally, he has experience with creative direction, casting, fashion styling, magazine/book publishing, curation, and event management. Driven by his passion for art and photography, Zane is dedicated to empowering young creatives through his self-run publication and community-driven project, FRND Magazine and independent casting agency showcasing diverse faces, FRND Models. He finds fulfilment in showcasing their unique talents and inspiring others to pursue their dreams.
The Mill is thrilled to announce Rhianna Dunaiski as the recipient of the 2026 Perth Moves / The Mill Bursary.
This residency is presented in partnership with STRUT Dance (WA), designed to connect and elevate dance-makers across Australia through dedicated professional development. This opportunity encourages national exchange and sector-wide conversation through active participation and visibility.
Rhianna will travel to Perth [Boorloo] in February to attend the Perth Moves Workshop Series, a three-week program of deep-dive workshops with leading figures of the dance world, hosted by STRUT Dance.
The Mill CEO/Artistic Director Katrina Lazaroff will join Rhianna at the end of the festival to support her with additional networking opportunities.
About the artist:
Rhianna Dunaiski is an emerging movement artist with European and English ancestry. Based in South Australia, she graduated from Adelaide College of the Arts with a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Dance) and an Advanced Diploma of Professional Dance (Elite Performance). Through her evolving dance and choreographic practice, Rhianna is committed to expanding the audience reach of contemporary dance by prioritising accessibility and enhancing public engagement within its conceptual frameworks. Inspired by the interdisciplinary collaboration between improvised live music, visual arts, and dance, she enjoys finding new movement pathways that test the athleticism and artistry of those who perform it.
The Mill is thrilled to announce Kaine Sultan-Babij as the recipient of the 2025 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.
Kaine was the 2024 and 2025 recipient of our First Nations Dance Residency. During these residencies he developed his new work Sovereign Sequins.
Kaine will further develop and present Sovereign Sequins at Dancehouse in Melbourne, November 24-28, 2025, with an invite-only showing on November 28.
About the artist:
Arrernte and Gurindji Contemporary Dance Artist, Kaine Sultan-Babij, is making a lasting impact on the world of dance and drag.
With a background that includes performing with Leigh Warren and Dancers, Bangarra Dance Theatre, and the Australian Dance Theatre, Kaine has skilfully blended Contemporary Dance and Contemporary Indigenous Dance. Based in Kaurna Country, Kaine stands as an Independent Dancer and Choreographer, contributing to the vibrant Australian performing arts scene.
Beyond Kaine's achievements in the dance world, the emergence of Estelle, a captivating Drag Performer and Persona, has added another layer to their artistic repertoire. Estelle quickly gained recognition, establishing herself as a standout performer in the Adelaide Drag Scene. Through electrifying performances, Estelle has earned a respected place in the realm of drag.
Together, Kaine and Estelle embody a powerful fusion of Tradition, creativity, and contemporary expression, making a lasting impression on the dance and drag communities in Australia.
We’re thrilled to announce Motus Collective as the recipient of our STRUT Residency for 2025.
Felicity and Zoe will be travelling to Perth to develop and present their second-stage development TRIFLE at STRUT Dance.
This residency unites national dance sectors by providing development opportunities for dance-makers across Australia.
About the artists:
Motus Collective was formed in 2019 by Adelaide College of the Arts graduates, Zoe Gay and Felicity Boyd.
The collective was formed out of a desire to create a sense of community, to foster collaborations, expand performance opportunities, and to create a revenue of exploration and experimentation.
Motus Collective began their journey hosting Improvisation and ‘Jam Sessions’, before conducting residencies through Australian Dance Theatre, The Mill, VitalStatistix and more. With a heavy importance being placed on inter-disciplinary collaboration, Motus Collective have worked extensively within the visual arts world including performing with Tom Borgas and Amber Cronin in HyperObject, created in Arthur Art Bar’s SA LA LA LAND program, worked with Fine Print Magazine in their live response to If the future is to be worth anything, performed Hiromi Tango’s Brain Flower at Splendour in The Grass, and more recently collaborated with eDuard Helmbold in Elegy of The Pale Lion for VitalStatistix.
Motus Collective were selected to be Share House residents at Carclew in 2021, where they produced Open House, a platform for emerging artists to create and perform, and premiered White Rhino in the Adelaide Fringe, performing to sold out audiences and winning the ‘Best Emerging Artist’ award. 2022 saw Motus Collective premiere The Leftovers, a collaboration with sculptor Nicholas Hanisch, and were selected to be a part of the InSpace program through Adelaide Festival where they developed Trifle, a choreographic experiment melding clowning, cabaret and contemporary. In 2023, Motus Collective returned to the Adelaide Fringe with a remount of The Leftovers and collaborated with Dragon Mill on Unseen Fire Festival, a month long performance celebrating the Winter Solstice. 2024 saw Motus Collective present The Leftovers at the Space Theatre, produced in collaboration by Adelaide Festival Centre. In 2025, Motus Collective is focusing on building the independent sector within South Australia, by starting weekly free classes for professional dancers, and a monthly newsletter highlighting funding opportunities, classes, workshops and more happening within the state.
Felicity is currently working as a dancer, choreographer and physical theatre performer based on Kaurna Yerta, South Australia. Felicity is the co-director of project-based dance company Motus Collective, founded in 2019 after returning from touring Q&A with ilYoung dance company in Sweden. Her practice involves a multi-disciplinary approach to dance.
Felicity’s roles as a performer have most recently involved working for Lina Limosani on What Lurks on the Edge (2025), Requardt & Rosenberg (UK) on Future Cargo at the 2024 Adelaide Fringe, and as producer/performer in Motus Collective’s The Leftovers at the Space Theatre at Adelaide Festival Centre 2024. She has worked for Australian Dance Theatre as a replacement dancer on Garry Stewart’s South and toured and performed with Lewis Major Projects on Losers. She has worked with Tobiah Booth-Remmers, Eldad Ben-Sasson, Matan David and APHIDS. Felicity’s theatrical credits include Adelaide Cabaret Festival’s L’Hotel and Frank Theatre’s Chameleon, as well as Aaron Schuppan's short film Heavy Red.
Felicity’s choreographic commissions include works for Australian Dance Theatre’s The World’s Smallest Stage, Vitalstatistix’ Adhocracy, Tom Borgas’ HyperObject, Dragon Mill’s Unseen Fire Festival and Motus Collective’s co-choreographed White Rhino (winner of Best Emerging Artist award 2021), Old Body, New Management and Trifle.
Felicity holds a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Dance) from Flinders University, and a Certificate IV in Commercial Dance from Gravity Studios.
Zoe Gay is an independent contemporary dancer, choreographer, and producer based on Kaurna Land. A graduate of the Adelaide College of the Arts with a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Dance), Zoe has collaborated with a range of acclaimed artists including Lee Brummer, Israel Aloni, Lina Limosani, Garry Stewart, Michelle Ryan, and Larissa McGowan. In 2019, she co-founded Motus Collective, through which she has developed and performed in projects such as Brain Flower by Hiromi Tango, eDuard Helmbold’s Elegy of The Pale Lion, and the Vitalstatistix Adhocracy program. Her co-choreographed work White Rhino won Best Emerging Artist at the 2021 Adelaide Fringe. She also directed The Leftovers, presented in both the 2022 and 2023 festivals.
Zoe moved to Bergen, Norway in 2023, where she completed a choreographic residency at Bergen Dansesenter for a new work, Narrated by Cillian Murphy, worked for Borealis Music Festival as Ticketing Manager, and premiered Once More With Feeling in collaboration with Norwegian artist June Lysjø at Festival Danserom in Bergen. In 2024, Zoe returned to Australia to create and premiere On Not Knowing with the Bachelor dancers at Adelaide College of the Arts, and was commissioned by Adelaide Festival Centre to present The Leftovers at the Space Theatre. Zoe’s choreographic work explores the space between realism and absurdism, often drawing from time paradoxes, thought experiments, and the complexities of the human condition—constantly returning to the universal stories that connect us all.
We are thrilled to announce Dai Trang Nguyen as the recipient of the Kayangan Visual Arts Studio Residency in 2025. The Mill’s KayanganVisual Arts Studio Residency is supported by donors Geoff Martin and Sorayya Mahmood Martin, Arts SA and OzAsia Festival.
Dai Trang will receive 6-months of studio space and an exhibition outcome in The Mill’s Gallery II as part of OzAsia Festival 2025.
Kayanganis a Malay word meaning ‘heaven’ or ‘from the sky’.
Dai Trang is a Vietnamese artist and designer based in Kaurna Country whose creative journey spans the UK, Vietnam, and Australia. With a foundation in graphic design, her work radiates vibrancy and a profound connection to colour.
During the solitude of the COVID-19 pandemic, art became her sanctuary, a way to delve into self-discovery and expression. This transformative period led to her first solo exhibition in Vietnam, exploring themes of self-identity. Inspired by this milestone, she moved to South Australia in 2022 to pursue contemporary art, embracing experimentation and deepening her artistic practice.
Living far from home has enriched her connection to her heritage and mindfulness practices. Deeply influenced by mindfulness and Buddhism, her work has evolved from structured design to an intuitive, meditative process she calls Moment Art. Rooted in the present moment, by letting go of judgment and pre-determined notions, she lets life unfold naturally through painting, textiles and found objects.
After three years of solitary practice for self-understanding, Dai Trang has recently begun sharing her work in the local art scene. Her creations reflect her inner journey, inviting viewers to pause, reflect, and connect with their innermost selves.
Photo: Courtesy of the artist.
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The Kayangan Visual Arts Studio Residency is supported by donors Geoff and Sorayya Mahmood Martin.
We are thrilled to announce Nadera Rasulova as the recipient of the Visual Arts Studio Residency in the second half of 2025. Nadera Rasulova will receive 6-months of studio space and an exhibition outcome in Gallery II, as part of our 2026 Visual Arts Program.
Our Visual Arts Studio Residency is supported by donors Geoff Martin and Sorayya Mahmood Martin.
Nadera Rasulova is an emerging abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of her Central Asian heritage and Australian upbringing.
Drawing inspiration from Uzbek cultural traditions and Western societal norms, Nadera’s art fosters a dialogue between these two worlds. Her compositions often take the form of patchwork topographies, evoking the diverse natural environments she has encountered throughout her life.
Her use of upward and downward strokes in oil paint is reminiscent of the intricate techniques of traditional Uzbek silk weaving, reflecting her cultural roots. These gestures, combined with modern abstraction, create works that resonate with themes of memory, identity, and place.
Sustainability plays a significant role in Nadera’s practice. She consciously works with canvas and linen offcuts, transforming what would typically be discarded into meaningful, purposeful art. This commitment to repurposing materials reflects both her respect for the environment and her dedication to creative innovation.
In 2022, Nadera’s work Greenwashing was selected as a finalist for the National Emerging Artist Prize, marking a significant milestone in her career. As her practice evolves, Nadera continues to bridge tradition and contemporary issues, producing art that is both deeply personal and universally resonant.
Photo: Courtesy of the artist.
The Visual Arts Residency is presented with support from donors Geoff Martin and Sorayya Mahmood Martin.
The Move is a choreographic commission – a curated initiative of Dance Hub SA, The Mill & Ausdance SA, presented by Adelaide Festival Centre.
This unique project is the opportunity for choreographers to create works that engage artists and audiences through choreographic process, and to pursue the delivery of choreographic development, seek artistic collaboration, test ambitious ideas in the studio and boldly commit to delivering brave performance works for public presentation.
Two professional South Australian Choreographers and their artistic teams have been selected to present a double bill of works to be staged at Adelaide Festival Centre’s Space Theatre in April 2021. Artist commissions and additional funding for design elements has been funded by ArtsSA.
Congratulations to commissioned artists:
Gabrielle Nankivell selected by The Mill
Lewis Major selected by Dance Hub SA
About the artists:
Gabrielle Nankivell
Wonder Grit
Choreography and Direction: Gabrielle Nankivell in collaboration with Jo Stone
Dramaturgical Support: Katrina Lazaroff
Wonder Grit throws contemporary dance at competitive cycling to investigate the nature of loss, injury and motivation in times of uncertainty. The show is an energetic two-hander packed with killer dancing, survival tips and Adelaide’s most strenuous monologue. Featuring crowd sourced data, a deadly treadly and two women with a tonne of experience, Wonder Grit might just be a ride you won’t want to get off.
“Being part of The Move is an opportunity to develop some new collaborative connections while contributing something fun to an artistically diverse new program.” Gabrielle Nankivell
Satori is a Japanese term for awakening. The work explores the states of impermanence and imperfection through an ensemble dance work with 3D projection design and stellar dancers. The interconnecting elements transform into a fluidly shifting atmosphere and stage architecture that continually collide, collapse and create.
“The Move is an incredible, rare opportunity: through this program I have been granted the freedom, space and resource to take a scratch idea, to mould it, shape it and play with it, culminating in a fully-fledged professional performance in the leading South Australian performance venue” Lewis Major
The Move is a performance platform for new choreographic works; founded through the directors from the allied organisations and the Adelaide Festival Centre.
“South Australian independent dance deserves presentation in our state’s highest calibre venue, the Adelaide Festival Centre. The Move is designed to make this possible for freelance artists to shine a light on our local talent.” Katrina Lazaroff, The Mill Director
“The Move is one of the most exciting, relevant and significant platforms for freelance Choreographers and the future of Dance. The Move validates and supports creative careers, artistic expression and the development and presentation of new Australian work centred in Choreography as an art form.” Amanda Philips, Artistic Director Dance Hub SA
“The Move grew out of a need for production opportunities for SA professional dance artists. Performing original work at the Festival Theatre was a significant part of my development as an artist and I’m excited to help develop an opportunity like this again. I’m proud to fulfill Ausdance’s brief to support excellence in all forms and genres of dance.” Cathy Adamek, Director Ausdance SA
Photo credits clockwise from top left: Gabrielle Nankivell supplied by the artist; and Lewis Major by Chris Hertzfeld.
