OUR CREATIVE LEADERS
Bec Dundas | Artistic Director
Bec Dundas is a dance artist, director and producer living in lutruwita/Tasmania.
Bec studied at Adelaide College of the Arts, completing a Bachelor Dance Performance Degree in 2009.
As a dancer, Bec has performed with Australian companies Leigh Warren and Dancers, Opera Australia & Tasdance & performed in works by Prue Lang, Frances Rings, Graeme Murphy, Jukstapoz, Liesel Zink, Gabrielle Nankivell and Stephanie Lake.
Through company work, Bec has been fortunate to tour to international festivals including The Holland Dance Festival, The Oz Asia Festival, Edinburgh Festival & national festivals in Melbourne, Brisbane & Adelaide.
Bec has a deep curiosity for cross-pollinating movement forms & engaging with hybrid artists from multiple movement disciplines.
In 2018 Bec began a creative exchange with Finnish artist, Anna-Maria Vaisanen - resulting in their work premiering at Paikallisliike Festivaali in Kuopio and Lonely in the Rain Festival in Joensuu.
Passionate for youth dance, Bec has worked with Stompin, DRILL and The Australian Dance Theatre Youth Ensemble. Through various mentoring programs, Bec has enjoyed supporting young people through pathways from youth dance to tertiary dance education.
Through working across Marketing in both the Arts & Tourism industries, Bec has evolved into a diverse artist with skills in producing and creation. Working with Junction Arts Festival, Assembly 197 & independently, Bec has co-produced shows for outdoor theatre & in festival environments. Throughout 2022, Bec worked as Associate Producer with Assembly 197 and was the Acting Artistic Director of Stompin Youth Dance.
Bec was appointed as AD of DRILL in May, 2023.
Image by Luelle Images.
Julie Waddington | Executive Producer
A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, Julie is a theatre maker, director, producer and educator who has spent a significant part of her 25-year career working in youth arts. She spent several years in Melbourne working with companies such as St Martins Youth Arts, The National Theatre School, La Mama, Melbourne Fringe Festival, and the Arts Centre Melbourne. In 2007 she moved to South Australia to be Artistic Director of Riverland Youth Theatre.
Since returning home to Tasmania in 2010 Julie has worked for many local arts companies including the Tasmanian Theatre Company, Ten Days on the Island and Performing Lines TAS. Julie is also the producer and co-creator of The Motherload a multi-outcome arts project exploring the ‘mental load’ of motherhood, which toured regional Tasmania in 2023.
Julie joined DRILL in February 2024.
Image by Rebecca Thomson.