Michael Smith

Michael Smith (he/him) is an award-winning artist working within contemporary dance, dance-theatre, film and installation. With Queerness being a driving force in his process-ing, Michael foregrounds "Dance", the body, in a practice that experiments with and empowers modes of existence that lay on the peripheries of dominant narratives and societal norms. 

Michael's choreographic work has been presented at esteemed national and international platforms including MONA FOMA (Lutruwita), Brisbane Festival, MELT Festival, Dance Massive (Naarm), Melbourne Fringe Festival (Naarm), Metro Arts (Meanjin), Desert Festival (Mparntwe), FORM Dance Projects, Umbrella Studio of Contemporary Arts (Gurambilburra), Ars Electronica (Austria), TanzZiet (Berlin), AGITART Figueres Festival MOU (Spain), Japan Media Arts Festival and Sunshine Coast Arts Prize. 

Michael is also Artistic Advisor with physical theatre / contemporary dance company The Farm, and in 2021, his work COWBOY (in collaboration with The Farm) received a Matilda Award for Best New Australian Work.