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Artistic Director Ruth Osborne
Ruth Osborne has devoted her professional life to youth dance, challenging old ideas and developing new methods. She is nationally respected for her teaching and choreographic work. She has developed dance in primary and secondary schools, tertiary institutions, private dance studios, summer schools and regional outreach tours. She has mentored choreographers and dancers, including both young emerging artists and senior dance professionals.
Her professional dance career extends over 40 years and includes performing, teaching, choreographing, directing, collaborating and mentoring. She has served on many arts related boards including Ausdance WA (President), The West Australian Ballet, WAAPA Advisory Panels, Arts WA Peer Assessment Panel, STEPS Youth Dance Company and Youth Arts Incorporated. [more...]
Associate Directors
Our Associate Directors are involved with QL2 over several years: planning, developing and evaluating our artistic program in collaboration with the Artistic Director, as well as working in projects and classes.
Brian Lucas is a nationally celebrated and respected dance and theatre artist based in Brisbane, and a recent recipient of an Australia Council Fellowship.
Solon Ulbrich is an Australian independent performer, choreographer, teacher and arts producer.
Liz Lea is an experienced dance artist with a contemporary and Indian Classical movement practice, who divides her time between Australia and the UK, choreographing, performing and teaching.
Guest Choreographers & teachers
Anton is an independent choreographer who has worked with DarcSwan, Dance North, Australian Dance Theatre (ADT), Sydney Theatre Company, The Australian Opera, Meryl Tankard and Tanja Liedtke.
Jodie Farrugia is Associate Director and choreographer for the Flying Fruit Fly Circus, who works across contemporary dance, acrobatics and physical theatre.
Adam Wheeler is the Artistic Associate of Stompin Youth Dance Company in Launceston, and regularly teaches for Chunky Move, and Dance World.
Larissa McGowan is an independent choreographer and Associate Director with Australian Dance Theatre.
Rowan Marchingo is a dancer and choreographer working in physical theatre and contemporary dance.
Marko Panzic is well known as a dancer and choreographer for his appearances on So you think you can dance; and as a teacher who bridges commercial hiphop and contemporary dance.
Dean Cross is an emerging choreographer and dancer recently working with Legs on the Wall and Shaun Parker.
Adelina Larsson is a Canberra-based Swedish freelance dance artist and contemporary dance teacher.
Vivienne Rogis is an independent Canberra choreographer and dancer.
Ruth Osborne (continued)
After extensive training and experience across all dance sectors in Sydney, Ruth moved to WA and in 1976 established the Contemporary Dance Centre, where she was Artistic Director until 1999. She taught at WAAPA from its inception; and was a founding board member, choreographer and Artistic Director of STEPS Youth Dance Company for 10 years.
She has choreographed for local, national and international television and film; and many large scale events including the Opening Ceremonies for the 6th and 8th World Swimming Championships; the Pacific School Games; collaborations for the Festival of Perth in 1995 and 1997; and Australia Day celebrations.
Ruth joined The Australian Choreographic Centre in Canberra as Manager of Youth Dance Practice in 1999, and established the highly successful Quantum Leap youth choreographic ensemble. She developed ongoing programs, focused on choreographic literacy, for young people auditioned from Canberra and the region. These bridged community and professional practice, with professionally produced performances in major theatres and institutions in Canberra, and regional and interstate tours.
Ruth established the Licence to Move program to encourage boys into dance, and directed the highly acclaimed Industrial Hardware dance project series for young men and boys.
In 2003 she won the Canberra Critics Circle Dance Award for her ongoing work with Quantum Leap and in particular “boys in dance”. In 2005 she was short-listed fort he prestigious Australian Dance Awards ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’, and in 2008 served as an adviser to the Dance Board of the Australia Council.
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