Name: Tony Yap
Address: 137 Victoria Street Brunswick 3056
Mobile: +61 412 019 876
Email: tonyyap@netspace.net.au

Education

* University of Cambridge GCE O-levels
* Victorian HSC
* Diploma of Fine Arts - Deakin University
* Honours degree of Bachelor of Arts (Graphic Design) - Monash University

* Doctor of Philosophy - University of Melbourne

Achievements & Awards

Winner Male Dancer, Green Room Awards. 1999
AsiaLink Residencies: Indonesia. 2005 & 2014
Dance Fellowship, Australia Council for the Arts. 2008
Arts in Asia Awards, Finalist, Melaka Arts & Performance Festival & Kekkai. 2013

Significant Nominations

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE DANCER in Rasa Sayang, Australian Dance Award. 2011

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN INDEPENDENT DANCE for Rasa Sayang, Australian Dance Award. 2011

Biography
Tony Yap, born in Malaysia, is an accomplished dancer, director, choreographer and visual artist. Tony was one of the principle performers with IRAA Theatre (1989-1996). He has made a commitment to the exploration and creation of an individual dance theatre language that is informed by psycho-physical research, Asian shamanistic trance dance, Butoh and  psycho-vocal experimentations. Tony has received numerous nominations and awards including The Decay of the Angel which won him a Green Room Award for Male Dancer Award; and Rasa Sayang was nominated for The Australian Dance Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Independent Dance. He has been a leading figure in inter-cultural discourse and received Asialink residential grants to work in Indonesia in 2005, and 2008 and a Dance fellowship from the Australia Council for the Arts. Tony is the founding Creative Director of Melaka Arts and Performance Festival – MAP Fest (www.melakafestival.com).

He has contributed significantly to the development of contemporary dance & performance practice, particularly bringing a non-Western perspective to the palette of work being created. His practice is grounded in: Asian philosophies, sensibilities and forms; inter-cultural and multi-disciplinary approaches; ongoing relationships and collaborations that deepen over time; inclusiveness, diversity and individuality; process, evolution and the emergent.

Tony was one of the principle performers with IRAA Theatre (1989-1996) and has worked extensively in Australia and overseas including Agamemnon Festival Colline Torinese, Italy, and The Trojan Woman, Vienna International Art Festival. As the founding Artistic director of Mixed Company (now Tony Yap Company) in 1993. Tony has collaborated with many companies and individual in Australia, Indonesia, Austria, Italy, France, Malaysia, Greece, The Netherlands, Denmark, China, South Korea and Japan. He danced in an international collaborative work in The Silence of the Forest with Company Lian in Paris and The Night Gardener in Marseille for the Mai-diteranee Festival, France.

Tony has received numerous nominations and awards including his solo work The Decay of the Angel which won him a Green Room Award for Best Male Dancer.

Tony’s contemporary trance praxis is the focus of his PhD research in dance, physical theatre and multidisciplinary practice.

“…exquisite…There are real lessons to be learned from the way Yap builds his work.  Each element has its place and is given its time, allowing the audience to reflect and absorb the miltiplicity of meanings....The feeling was profound, the silence palpable.”
St Sebastian, Hilary Crampton, The Age

Performances and exhibitions

2022
> Oct The Fly – Steppes Gallery, Melbourne Fringe Festival, played the Fly, Directed by Luca Romani
> Aug MAP FEST 2022, Workshop and performances – Melaka, Malaysia, Artistic Director
> May Animal/God V1 – Yogya International Street Festival, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
> Jun Animal/God V1 – Festival Tuai, Cherating, Malaysia

2021
> Nov Medea Monk / Medea's Howl – as part of PIVOT residency, Abbortsford Convent, Reuben Lewis (music) $ Tony Yap (dance)
> Aug Animal/God – Online as part of Malaysia Dance Online
> Jun Animal/God – Online as part of India Dance Online Festival
> Mar Biometric Mirror – AsiaTOPA Festival, Melbourne, with Mindy Wang, Melbourne

2020

> Oct Liminal City – TYC, Online performances, Melbourne, Music: Roger Alsop and Dancer: Tony Yap
> Feb Stark – Now Pieces, Dancehouse, Melbourne, TYC, Artistic Director
> May Animal/God – Online as part of PhD presentation, to date 68,000 viewers
> Mar Biometric Mirror – AsiaTOPA Festival, Melbourne, with Mindy Wang, Melbourne

2019
> Dec OKKO and Bull-Trance – Buffolo Fields Festival, Bangkok, Brendan O'Connor, Agus Royanto
> Nov MAP EXPERIMENTUM Workshop and performance festival – Melaka, Malaysia, Artistic Director
> Sept The Other – Workshop & Performance, Rinbun Dahan, Malaysia, Artistic Director
> May Silent Speaks – Hippo Dance Theatre, Athens & Tassoloniki, Greece, choreographerand dancer

> Apr Songs for Albert – Mildura Writers Festival, Tony Yap, Lynne Santos, Domenico de Clario
> Feb House Body - MAP MORELAND Festival– Siteworks, Moreland, Creative Director
> Feb OKKO – as part of MAP Moreland, Brendan O'Connor, Reuben Lewis & Tony Yap

2018
> Dec Shadow's Light – Mapping Melbourne Festival, Testing Ground Melbourne, Artistic Director/performer
> Nov MAP FEST & MAP Workshop Pod – Melaka, Malaysia, Artistic Director
> Sept The Other – Workshop & Performance, Rinbun Dahan, Malaysia, Artistic Director
> Apr MAP RAINBOW – Workshop & Performance Festival, Rainbow,Westren Victoria, Creative Director/performer

> Mar Lovefall – ButohOUT Festival, Abbortsfort Convent, Melbourne, Tony Yap, Brendan O'Connor, Reuben Lewis & Shane Duggan
> Feb The Great Square – in progress, ArtHouse, Melbourne, Tony Yap, Tim Humphrey, Madeleine Flynn, Jennifer Hector

2017
> Dec The Minor Square – Openspace, Nang Loeng Community, Bangkok Thailand
> Nov MAP FEST & MAP Workshop Pod – Melaka, Malaysia, Artistic Director
> Nov MAP DELHI – Workshop & Performance Festival, Manger Village, Creative Director
> Oct A Gaze, Smeltkroezen Festival – Tilburg, The Netherlands, Tony Yap & Brendan O'Connor

> Sep Stillness, Roosentaal Festival – Roosentaal, The Netherlands, Tony Yap & Brendan O'Connor

> Mar Strife – AsiaTOPA Festival, La Mama,Melbourne, Tony Yap, Brendan O'Connor, Jonathan Rainin
> Feb I am Ding Chai – AsiaTOPA Festival, Immigration Museum, Melbourne, Tony Yap, Reuben Lewis

2016

> Dec Seven-ness (Sub Luna)– M Pavilion, Alexander Gardens, Melbourne, Directed by Domenico de Clairo
> Nov MAP FEST & MAP Workshop Pod – Melaka, Malaysia, Artistic Director
> Nov MAP DELHI – Workshop & Performance Festival, Manger Village, Creative Director
> Sep Palem Festival – Pacitan, Java, Indonesia

> Aug tonglen* (from the opaque) – With Domenico de Clario and Tony Yap, Irymple, Mildura, Victoria, Australia

> Aug 7 Songs, Arrival and Displacement in Utopia – By Domenico de Clario and Tony Yap, Museu Italio CO.AS.IT, Melbourne
> Jun Silence, Square of Light, Light in Winter Festival – Tony Yap, Brendan O'Connor, Federation Square, Melbourne
> May Stillness – You are Here Fest, Canberra, Tony Yap, Brendan O'Connor, Reuben Lewis

> Mar inflorescense – Installation performance with Musicians Reuben Lewis, James Greening, Miroslav Bukovsky, Ronny Ferella, Geoff Hughes and master printmaker Dianne Fogwell, dancer Tony Yap, Brunswick Music Festival, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia

2015
> Dec MAP MELBOURNE – Forecourt, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Artistic Director
> Nov MAP FEST & MAP Collaboration Pod – Melaka, Malaysia, Artistic Director
> Nov MAP DELHI – Manger Village, Creative Director
> Aug Dionysus Molecule – Abbortsford Convent, Melbourne

> Jun The Dreaming of the Bones – Play by BW Yates, Tony Yap, Brendan O'Connor, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
> Jun Square of Light, Light in Winter Festival – a community dance /installation, Federation Square, Melbourne
> Mar Kekkai – Castlemaine Festival, Nottle Theatre (Korea) & TYC
> Jan Kesupen – Ndalem suryowijayan, Collaboration with Suryo Kencono & TYC

2014
> Dec MAP MELBOURNE – Forecourt, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Artistic Director
> Nov MAP FEST & MAP Collaboration Pod– Melaka, Malaysia, Artistic Director
> Nov Zero Zero – Melbourne International Arts Festival, Tony Yap, Yumi Umiumare & Matt Gingold
> Aug Arts Island Festival – Bali, Malang, Kediri, Batu,, Indonesia
> Jul Evocation of Chakrasamvara – Leh Palace Temple, Ladakh, India, Tony Yap & Brendan O'Connor
> Jun Square of Light, Light in Winter Festival – a communuty dance /installation, Federation Square, Melbourne
> Apr Butcher Boys – Patterson Buildings, Melbourne, Directed by Tony Yap with Jessi Lewis and Brendan O'connor
> Mar Horizon – Lorne Sculpture Biennale, Directed and perform TYC

2013
> Dec Dionysus Molecule – Melbourne, Creative development 2, Khaled Sabsabi, Rob Meldrum, Tony Yap & Brendan OConnor
> Nov Clock-It – Big West Festival, Substation, Newport, performane with 12 dancers.
> Nov MAP FEST – Melaka, Malaysia, Artistic Director
> Nov Naik Naik – International collaboration, Melaka, Malaysia, Directed by Cheryl Stock, with 8 international artists
> Oct Zero Zero – Tretro Mayor, Bogota, Columbia, Tony Yap, Yumi Umiumare & Matt Gingold
> Oct Kekkai, APAM, Seoul, South Korea
> Sep KULTOUR GATHERING 2013 Laboratory Provocateur, Brisbane, Australia
> Sep Arte Magra: from the Opague, Australia Experimental Arts Foundation, Physical performance at the National Gallery of South Australia Tony Yap & Janette Hoe, Adelaide, Australia
> Jun/Sept ASIALINK residency, development and showing of Srimpen Lost, Surya Kencana Dance Company, and Bantengan Bull trance choreographic research in Batu
> August Minatour Series, Tony Yap & Brendan OConnor, Geok Festival Jogja, Indonesia
> Jun/July Arts Island Festival – Bali, Bandung, Malang, Kediri, Batu. Ngawi
> Jun Grobak Padi, ISEA International Synposium of Electronic Arts, Sydney, Multi-media/Installatation/dance, Tony Yap, Agung Gunawan & Mike
> Jun Winter Filament, Light in Winter Festival – a communuty dance /installation, Federation Square, Melbourne
> Apr Kekkai, International Creative Development, Seoul, South Korea
> Apr Learning Curve, Dancehouse, Melbourne, masterclasses workshop
> Mar Falling, Dance Massive, Melbourne, Street solo
> Feb Zero Zero – fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, Tony Yap, Yumi Umiumare & Matt Gingold
> Jan Dionysus Molecule – Melbourne, Creative development 1, Khaled Sabsabi, Rob Meldrum, Tony Yap & Brendan OConnor.

2012
> Oct Grobak Padi, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Multi-media/ Installatation /dance, Tony Yap, Agung Gunawan & Mike Hornblow
> Sept MAP FEST – Melaka, Malaysia, Artistic Director
> Mar Rasa Sayang – Georgetown Arts Festival, Penang Malaysia
> Jun/July Arts Island Festival – Bali, Bandung, Malang, Kediri, Batu.
> Jun Winter Filament, Light in Winter Festival – a communuty dance /installation, Federation Square, Melbourne
> Mar Temier Journey – Creative field Research, Malaysian Jungles, Kedah/Kelantan with indiginious Temier community.
> Mar Rasa Sayang – Blacetown Arts Centre
> Feb Zero Zero – Carridgeworks, Sydney, Tony Yap & Yumi Umiumare
> Jan/Feb Range/Terrain – Lismore (Kultour/NORPA)
creative development with Paschal Berry (Sydney), Karla Dickens (Lismore), Khaled Sabsabi (Sydney) and Tony Yap (Melbourne)

2011
> Nov MAP FEST – Melaka, Malaysia, Artistic Director
> August/Sept Kekkai Residency with Nottke Theatre – Bundanon, NSW and Monash University – Creative Development and showing of 'Kekkai' a collaboration between TYC abd Nottle Theatre
> August LITTLE CON – Dancehouse – Tony Yap, Brendan O'Connor & Emma Bathgate in an inprovisation season
> July IN THE ART ISLAND FESTIVAL – Indonesia - A touring Festival to 5 destinations in different island in Indonesia. Collaborative work with local artists and workshops
> June WINTER FILAMENT – FEDERATION SQUARE – as part of The Light in Winter Festival, winter solstice. With Vocalist Emma Bathgate, Domenico de Clario and TYC.
> May METANOIA ILLUMINATIONS – Banyule Arts Space. Domenico de Clario on piano, Tony Yap & Brendan O’Connor
> Mar EULOGY FOR THE LIVING (tyc Melbourne Filamant performance) - Ballarat Mining Exchange
> Mar METANOIA – part of the exhibition, REVISITATIONS – A FREE public “Full Moon” performance with Tony Yap & Domenico de Clario titled ‘Metanoia’. – La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre, 121 View St. Bendigo

2010
> Nov MAP FEST – Melaka, Malaysia, Artistic Director
> SPRING EQUINOX - It's all I ever want to do - performance with Domenico de Clario; Janette Hoe and Mark Minchinton; performer/dancer, Federation Square, Melbourne
>Jun/Jul TransGrobak, Multi-medias Installatation performance, Video and curator, Mike Hornblow. Jogja National Musium, Jogja, Indonesia.
>Jun/Jul How could you even begin to understand?, TYC Production, In the Arts Island Festival, Bandung, Bali, Malang, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
>Apr Rasa Sayang, TYC Production, Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne.
>Mar Spent, with Anthony Pelchen, Dance performance/Installation, Times Four, ART IS Festival, Horsham.
>Mar Journey to the surface of the earth (the idea of light and love), with Janette Hoe, Domenico de Clario, Stephen Whittington & Australai Experimental Art Foundation, Dance/music performance/installation,University of Adelaide, Adelaide Festival.
>Feb Lumiere as part of Nexus, TYC/Phuncktional Dance Company, Dance performance, St Kilda/Midsumma Festival, Melbourne.

2009
> NovThe in augural MAP FEST – Melaka, Malaysia, Artistic Director
>Oct Choreographies of Inhabitations & Filament, TYC Dance performance/installation, Monash University, Melbourne.
>Aug Palimpsest, TYC/Nottle theatre (Korea) Dance performance/installation, Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne.
>Jul Difficult Majesty, TYC Dance performance/installation, Melaka Arts & Performance (MAP) Festival, Malaysia.
>Jul Budak Melaka, collaboration with Anthony Pelchen; performance/installation, Ballarat Mining Exchange, Ballarat.
>Jun Project 2222, Dance performance in collaboration with Lequyduong co of Vietnam, Shanghai International Experimental Festival, Shanghai.
>Apr Buddha Body Series one - Melangkori, tyc performance Northcote Town Hall, Melbourne.
>Apr Difficult Majesty, Mildura Palimpsest Biennale performance with Visual Artist Anthony Pelchen, Mildura.
>Mar Edge-PULSE rooftop project, with tyc artistic team, Melbourne.
>Feb Past Caring, performance The Necessary Stage, Singapore, interntional collaboration.

2008
>Nov/Dec The Buddha My Body -Palimpsest International collaborative development with Nottle Theatre Co. Sth Korea, Paguyuban Seni Surya Kencana Indonesia and tyc performed in Jogjakarta, Indonesia and SSeoul, ARKO Theatre.
>Mar Anatomy of Melancholy, performance with Madelaine Flynn, the Art Centre, Melbourne.

2007
>Dec Palimpsest, collaboration with Agung Gunnawan (Indonesia) and Nottle Theatre (Korea), Hooyong Performing Art Centre, South Korea.
>Nov E1-Evocation of a Lost Boy , BIWAKO BIENALLE, Ohmi-Hatchiman, Japan
>Jun E1-Evocation of a Lost Boy Presentation at Asian Arts Market, Esplanade, Singapore
>Mar The Crossing collaboration with Koorie Unit, The Victorian College of Koorie Education and the performance artist, Jill Orr. Dance and music in both Aboriginal and Butoh dance forms, Loch Island, Murray River, Mildura
>Mar ImproLab: Transparencies, music/dance collabration, Forty Five Downstairs, Melbourne.
>Jan RIAU Cross-cultural, cross-medium collaboration in Gwangju, Sth Korea (Little Asia Creators Meeting).

2006
>Dec 3A, (showing) music/dance video dance installation, collabration with Yumi Umiumare and Bambang Nurcahyadi, Black Box, the Arts Centre
>Nov ImproLab: Transparencies, music/dance collabration with Ami Yoshida, Sachiko M, Tess de Quincey, Peter Fraser, Yumi Umiumare, Chris Abrahams and Amanda Stewart, Sydney Opera House.
>August E1-Evocation of a Lost Boy, solo dance, Lombok Arts Festival, Indonesia; Bali, Jogjakarta 250th Anniversary Arts Festival, Indonesia.
>July E1-Evocation of a Lost Boy, solo dance, as part of Accented Bodies, Brisbane Arts Festival, Queensland, Australia
>Mar The Light in the Shadow, direct and choreograph dance theatre with Rivergrass Dance Theatre, Dancehouse, Melbourne.
>Jan E1-Evocation of a Lost Boy, solo dance, Shanghai Consevatory, China.

2005
Sept E1-Evocation of a Lost Boy, solo dance, BB05 Festival, Dancehouse, Melbourne.
July The Light in the Shadow, direct and choreograph dance theatre with Rivergrass Dance Theatre, Malaysia Dance Festival, KL Performing Arts Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Mar Pulse, direct and choreograph dance theatre with Theater Garasi, Kedai Kebub Forum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

2004
Nov Ether, direct and choreograph dance/installation (multi-medium) pilot project commission by Victorian Arts Centre- George Adams Gallery, melbourne
Sept The Night within the Day, choreographed “-“ Butoh Company, 14 dancers, BB04 Beyond Butoh Festival, Dancehouse, Melbourne
Sept How could you even begin to Understand? Ver 30-33, part of BB04 Beyond Butoh Festival, Dancehouse, Melbourne
Jan Ether 2, solo trance dance performance, Rechabite Hall ,Melbourne

2003
Nov BB03 (Beyond Butoh), co-choreographed and curated festival with Yumi Umiumare, Dancehouse, Melbourne
Oct In-Compatibility, co-choreographed and performed with Yumi Umiumare, 45 Downstairs Melbourne International Arts Festival
Aug 24-hour Performance, directed by Stuart Lynch, Images of Asia Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
Mar How could you even begin to understand ? V 25, performance with Yumi Umiumare, Actors Studio, Kuala Lumpur

2002
Dec BB01 (Beyond Butoh), co-director with Yumi Umiumare, Melbourne
Nov The Grand Feeling, directed by Nadja Kostich and Jeremy Anderson, 45 Downstairs, Melbourne
Aug How could you even begin to understand? V 21, performance with Yumi Umiumare, JADE (Japan Arts Dance Event) Beyond Butoh, Tokyo
June Time lapse, performance/Installation, collaborative work with Dylan Volkhardt, St Kilda Film Festival & Experimenta 2002 Melbourne
May How could you even begin to understand? v19, 20 with ” Yumi Umiumare, Kultour, Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane.
How could you even begin to understand? v14-18 Yumi Umiumare, in “5”, collaboration with Anthony Pelchen and Hisako Tsuzuku, at Mass Gallery, Melbourne.

2001
Oct Rice Paddies, performance/Installation, collaborative work, Melbourne International Arts Festival
Sept Whispers from the Secret World by Duong Le Quy, Choroegraphed and performed, Art House, North Melbourne Town Hall
Aug How could you even begin to understand ? V 9-12, performance with Yumi Umiumare, Mixed Metaphor, Dancehouse
July Flying The Shadow devised with Yumi Umiumare, performed by butoh workshop group, Dancehouse, Melbourne
Mar 1000 sacks.., installation performance, installation by Anthony Pelchen, dancers Jill Pearce, Yumi Umiumare, Art is... Festival, Horsham
Feb Miss Tanaka Directed by David Bell, written by John Romeril, Handspan/Playbox, Melbourne.

2000
May The Night Gardener Dance theatre directed by Rainsford, Marseille Mai-diterainee Festival, France.
Oct Meat Party Directed by Michael Kantor, Written by Duong Le Quay, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Playbox

1999
Nov The Decay of the Angel (Green Room Best Male Dancer Award) Major Solo Performance directed by Paul Rainsford, Trades Hall, Melbourne
Apr How could you even begin to understand, v 3 Performance art with Yumi Umiumare, Horsham Regional Art Gallery Horsham, Victoria
May The fate of the Children of Lir, Chroegraphed and performed with Mixed Company, Dancehouse, Melbourne.
May 24hr Performance, Devised by Strart Lynch,performed with 11 other dancers/artists Artspace, Sydney.
Apr Nowhere to sit, Devised and directed an outdoor movement piece for Dance storm, Melbourne.
Apr How could you even begin to understand. v 2, Performance art with Yumi Umiumare, Antistatic, Sydney
Feb Silence of the Forest, an international performance with musicians and dancers, artistic director, Serge Limbvani, Company Lian, St Quentin and Paris, France.

1998
Aug Kagome, a hybrid performance with musicians and dancers, Nadoya Music and Dance Company, Performance Space, Sydney, and Beckett Theatre, Melbourne
July The body and the double bass, Dance and music performance performed in collaboration with Ezio Bosso and Josephine Fisher, Dancehouse, Melbourne
Jun Saint Sebastian, Dance performance choreographed by Tony Yap performed with Mixed Company, MAP, Dancehouse, Melbourne
May Fleeting Moments, Dance performance choreographed by Yumi Umiumare, Atheneaum Theatre, Melbourne
Apr Transition Full, Dance performance choreographed by Tony Yap performed with Ben Rogan for VAC, Melbourne
Feb Portrait of a Shadow, dancescape. A physical dance performance choreographed by Tony Yap performed with Jarrod Benson, Midsummer Festival, Universal Theatre, Melbourne

1997
Sep Print of a Pulse, butoh and installation. Collaboration with Lim Tzay Chuen and Chris Arnol, performance choreographed by Tony Yap performed with Mixed Company, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Dance house, Melbourne
July Amleto (Hamlet), a collaboration dance/theatre with director Valter Molosti, Teatro Dioniso and Yumi Umiumare, Festival Colline Torinese and Festival Porta Venere, Italy
Jun Roof Roof, a multimedia  performance event, conceive and produce by Lim Tzay Chuen, dance improvisation movement with Yumi Umiumare, Dean Linguey, K.C park safe car park, A’Beckett Street, Melbourne
Apr The Last Egg, dance performance choreographed by Tony Yap performed with Ann Norman, National Dance Week, Ausdance, Chapel off Chapel, Melbourne
Feb Narcissus' Dream, (Nominated for Best Innovative/New Form Theatre, Green Room Awards) dance performance choreographed by Tony Yap performed with Mixed Company, Midsumma Festival season, Chapel off Chapel, Melbourne

1996
Nov Echo, dance performance choreographed by Tony Yap performed with the Melbourne Eternal Choir and Mixed Company, BodyWorks season, Dancehouse, Melbourne
Oct How could you even begin to understand. A Sound installation work by Lim Tzay Chuen at Experimenta '96, invited by the artist to dance and interact with the space and installation, dance performance (Version 1) in collaboration with Yumi Umiumare, Melbourne
Oct ShiShi Daiko, a butoh performance with daiko drummers, Melbourne International Arts Festival of the
Aug Dance of Infinity, Butoh performance with Fukuhara Tetsuro, Banana Alley, Melbourne
Jul Un Sogno di una notte di mezza estate, directed by Valter Molosti, Teatro di Dioniso, San Mauro Torinese, Festival Colline Torinese, Turin, Italy
Jul Agamenone, directed by Renato Cuocolo, IRAA Theatre, Bussolino, Festival Colline Torinese, Turin, Italy
Apr Kagome, a hybrid performance with musicians and dancers, Nadoya Music and Dance Company, TheatreWorks, Melbourne
Mar A little Escape in the Subterrain, dance performance choreographed by Tony Yap with Mixed Company, Dancehouse, Melbourne

1995
Nov Critical Mass, dance performance choreographed by Tony Yap & Sylvia Staehli, BodyWorks season, Dancehouse, Melbourne
Oct Licking Flint, dance performance choreographed by Tony Yap, Dozan Dance Theatre, Fringe Festival, Melbourne
Oct Kagome One, a hybrid performance with musicians and dancers, Nadoya Music and Dance Company, Melbourne International Arts Festival
Sept Icarus-Yearning for the heavens, (Nominated for Best Innovative/New Form Theatre, Green Room Awards) dance performance choreographed by Tony Yap, Mixed Company, Dancehouse, Melbourne
Aug Rensei, dance performance directed by Greg Dyson, Sydney Japan Arts Festival, Sydney Town Hall
Jun Rensei, dance performance with Yumi Umiumare and Ben Rogan, Dancehouse, Melbourne
May Othello, Othello, directed by Renato Cuocolo, IRAA Theatre, IRAA Centre, Melbourne
Apr Atsumori, dance performance directed by Greg Dyson, Dancehouse, Melbourne
Nov Longing, dance performance choreographed by Tony Yap with Mixed Company, Dancehouse, Melbourne
Feb Bacchae-Burning by Water, directed by Renato Cuocolo, IRAA Theatre, Sydney International Arts Festival, The Performance Space, Sydney

1994
Dec Icarus-Yearning for the heavens, dance performance choreographed by Tony Yap, Dancehouse, Melbourne
Oct Woyzeck, played the role of Woyzeck, directed by Renato Cuocolo, IRAA Theatre, Castlemaine Arts Festival, Victoria
Oct Licking Flint, dance performance choreographed by Tony Yap, Dozan Dance Theatre, Castlemaine Arts Festival, Victoria
Sept Woyzeck, played the role of Woyzeck, directed by Renato Cuocolo, IRAA Theatre, Beckett Theatre, Melbourne
Jul Licking Flint, dance performance choreographed by Tony Yap, Dancehouse, Melbourne
Mar Duel, dance performance choreographed by Tony Yap with Greg Dyson, The Great Escapes Weekends, Dancehouse, Melbourne
Feb Bacchae-Burning by Water, directed by Renato Cuocolo, IRAA Theatre, IRAA Centre, Melbourne

1993
Nov Six moments from a woman waking, dance performance with Lynne Santos, Greg Dyson and Nick Papas, Bodyworks season, Dancehouse, Melbourne
Sep Flight of Icarus, performed with Greg Dyson and Nick Papas, Dancehouse, Melbourne
Jul The Trojan Women, directed by Renato Cuocolo, IRAA Theatre, Vienna International Art Festival, Vienna, Austria
Mar Agamemnon, directed by Renato Cuocolo, IRAA Theatre, IRAA Centre, Melbourne

1991
Jul Medea- A Vision of the Void, played the role of Medea; directed by Renato Cuocolo, IRAA Theatre, IRAA Centre, Melbourne
May In Transit, dance performance with Lynne Santos, Danceweek 1991,P.I.T. Space, Melbourne

1990
Sep Red Herring, dance performance with Lynne Santos, New Movement Season, Melbourne International Art Festival (Fringe), Silo Studios, Melbourne
Jul Far From Where, directed by Renato Cuocolo, IRAA Theatre, Bali Art Festival, Puri Ubud Art Centre, Ubud, Bali
Xstatic, dance performance with Sylvia Staehli, Art for the Future, Toyabunkah, Bali
Jun Highwater, dance performance with Lynne Santos, IMAGE '90, Extensions, Melbourne
Apr Far From Where, directed by Renato Cuocolo, IRAA Theatre, Universal Theatre, Melbourne
Feb Far From Where, directed by Renato Cuocolo, IRAA Theatre, Norman House, Canberra

1989
Sep Kuei Mei, dance performance with Lynne Santos, New Short Works, Spoleto Fringe Festival, Universal Theatre, Melbourne
Mar In Touch, photographic exhibition, University of Melbourne

1988
Feb Grace 22, JAMCAT Movement Theatre, Adelaide Fringe Festival, Balcony Theatre, Adelaide. Performed Transition I, Change I and Change IIv1987
Sep Grace 22 JAMCAT Movement Theatre, Spoleto Fringe Festival, Extensions, Melbourne. Performed Transition I, Change I and Change II

1986
Dec Milk of the Cipher, directed by Deborah Hay, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne

1985
Aug Full Moves, directed by Simone Forti, Extensions, Melbourne

1984
Nov The Rainbow Serpent, directed and performed with the Horsham Contemporary Art Group, Horsham Town Hall
Jun Transitions, performance and installation, Horsham Regional Art Gallery

1983
Nov Clowns, Horsham Contemporary Art Group, Kanamaroo Festival, Horsham
Apr Recent Prints, one-person exhibition, Horsham Regional Art Gallery

1981
Oct One-person exhibition, Portland Creative Visuals, Portland

1978
Oct Final-year students' exhibition, Warrnambool Regional Art Gallery

Activities in relation to dance/performance

* Principal Actor (1989-1996) of IRAA Theatre Company
* Artistic Director and founder of Mixed Company - 8 artistic members in ongoing workshops, training, and experimentation in body work.

1983-1996 Graphic Designer at CSIRO Publishing; Senior Graphic Designer at The University of Melbourne and Chief Graphic Designer at La Trobe University.
2001-2008 Graphic Designer at Melbourne International Film Festival
2009 - present Creative Director, Melaka Arts & Performance (MAP) Festival

1999 May Butoh workshop with Yukio Wasuri, International Workshop festival, VCA, Melbourne
1998 Aug Art of performance workshop with Deborah Hay, Dancehouse, Melbourne
1996 Aug Butoh workshop with Fukuhara Tetsuro, La Trobe University, Melbourne
1995 Mar Butoh workshop with Min Tanaka, Greenmill, Melbourne
1994 Release Technique workshop with Joan Skinner, Dancehouse, melbourne
1994 Noh Theatre with Akira Matsui, Malthouse, Melbourne
1993 Apr Voice workshop with Linda Wise (Roy Hart Theatre, France)
1992 Dec Butoh workshop with Cheryl Hazelwood, AADE, Melbourne
1991 May Butoh workshop with Yoko Ashikawa, Malthouse, Melbourne
1990 May Noh Theatre with Akira Matsui, La Trobe University, Melbourne
1986 Dec Movement workshop with Deborah Hay, VCA, Melbourne
1985 Aug Movement workshop with Simone Forti, Extensions, Melbourne

Some past activities

* Workshops at Georgetown as part of the Penang Arts Festival and Batu Arang Center, Selangor, Malaysia
* Workshop at The Universiry Sains Malaysia, Penang
* Masterclass at Korea International Workshop Festival in Munmak
* Mentorship program with Emiluy Cox/Red Shoes Dance Theatre, Alice Springs, Sept 2006
* Little Asia Creators Workshop, Korea Aug 2005 + masterclasses at Korea International Workshop Festival
* Masterclass for actors and dancers, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
* Master classes for Drama Teachers, Melbourne University 2003
* Speaker in MAP (Movement and Performance) Symposium 1998 - Asian Connection
* In the panel for New Theatre in Australian Theatre Conference, VCA 1995.
* Conference on Art for the Future, Toyabunkah, Bali 1990
* Classes and workshops in Tai Chi, Noh Theatre and Shiastu
* Voluntary teacher in Creativity at the Horsham
* Educational Program for Unemployed Youth
* Tutor in Life Drawing and Yoga at the Horsham Learning Centre
* Instructor in Photography and Art to the Horsham Aboriginal Centre (Golum-Golum)