Along-side her career as an independent dancer, Anya also makes her own work as an emerging choreographer.

First year out after graduating Anya developed her first work ‘Fit To Shift’ as part of her JUMP Mentorship with mentor Sue Healey. In 2013, ‘Fit To Shift’ was selected to be shown in Melbourne dance festival Dance Massive ‘Open Studios’, and with the support of Ausdance NSW and TASDANCE space residencies, became part of the Dance Makers Collective’s (DMC) premier season at Riverside Theatre Oct. 2013.

During this same period (2012-2013), Anya also began to choreograph for the work of others, like writer and director Caleb Lewis’s ‘Destroyer of Worlds’ (Rock Surfers Theatre Co.) and Freshly Squeezed for collaborative work ‘Scattered’ (PACT Theatre). In 2014, Anya began a new work ‘Office Bodies’, that in 2015 received a research residency from Critical Path and found an outcome through some short films (2014-2015).

After taking some time out from choreographing to focus on her dance career, Anya has returned to making dance through creation of solo work ‘woman untitled’ in 2018, which had short residencies with ACCA and Bundanon Trust. This work along with Office Bodies feed into a new work titled ‘Woman’s Work’ and co-created with Katina Olsen (2019-2023) a slow burn for the pair due to busy schedules, COVID and new parenthood. ‘Woman’s Work‘ set to premier shortly!

2019 Anya was afforded the Sydney Opera House Digital Mentorship with Mentor Sue Healey and created dance-film ‘Dancing with Dad: Miri & Alan’.

2020-2022, Anya has also directed and choreographed ‘Dancing with Lolo & Papa‘, originally intended to be a short scene insert into national tour of Dance Makers Collective’s show ‘DADS’, post COVID cancellations it was re-worked to be a full length show of its own, premiering at The Sir Robert Helpmann in Mt Gambier South Australia with the help of the Local and Live Program and again at The Golden Grove (SAPA) Adelaide and Fringe Outreach Mt. Gambier later in 2022.

Anya as a founding member of western Sydney’s Dance company
Dance Makers Collective has also co-choreographed and performing in Dance Makers Collective’s shows since 2012, including ‘Big Dance (BDISC)’, ‘DADS’ and most recently ‘The Rivoli’ which premiered in Sydney Festival 2020 and still tours nationally.

Current work in development:
‘Woman’s Work’

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