Performer

Nick Sommerville

Nick Graduated from the VCA in 2003 and received the Orloff Family Prize for Most Outstanding Talent. Since graduating Nick has perfromed The Point Hotel with Danceworks, and participated in Balllet lab's Choreographic Symposium as part of the Next Wave Festival in 2004. This year Nick developed Duets for Lovers & Dreamers with Naomi Steinborner and Sandra Long. He also performed in a regional tour with akaDance as part of the arts2go programme developed by Regional Arts Victoria. In June this year Nick went to Hong Kong to attend the Hong Kong Dance Festival. He is continuing to develop a new work with Helen Herbertson.and performed in Chamisa 4° by Japanese choreogrpaher Kota Yamazaki in Japan and the 2006 Melbourne Festival as part of the Australia / Japan Dance Exchange.

Nick has a strong interest in improvised performance and has performed at Conundrum and in the Dancecard at Dancehouse. This is the third dance piece Nick has performed in for Feng Feng Wang, appearing in Phoenix Feathers and The Treasure.