Biography

Gabrielle Nankivell is an acclaimed Australian artist. Her atmospheric performance works and immersive projects are known for their vivid choreography, attention to detail and evocative combinations of the mundane and the bizarre.

Gabrielle's work has been widely presented across Australia, Europe and Asia by Adelaide Festival Centre, Arts House (Melbourne), Brisbane Powerhouse, Cankarjev Dom (Slovenia), Carriageworks (Sydney), Esplanade Theatres (Singapore), Festival d'automne (France), High Fest Yerevan (Armenia), Klapstuk (Belgium), Lyric Theatre (Hong Kong), Roslyn Packer Theatre (Sydney), Le Théâtre National de la Danse Chaillot (Paris), Theatre Royal Hobart, The Joyce (NYC), The Place (London) & Vitalstatistix (Port Adelaide).

Recent works include The Incandescent Dark (2022) for Australasian Dance Collective, Welcome to Galactica (2022) for Brisbane Festival's Art Boat, Sightings (2022), an interdisciplinary portrait of place and social practice project, Future History (2021), a full-length solo performance, and Wonder Grit (2021), an action-packed performance text commissioned by The Mill & Adelaide Festival Centre for The Move.

Other notable commissions include Wildebeest (2016) and Neon Aether (2019) for Sydney Dance Company, Carbon Field (2018) with 40 dancers of the Queensland Ballet and ADC, SURGE (2018) for Dancenorth for the Commonwealth Games and Order of Things (2015) and Focus (2017) for Frontier Danceland Singapore.

As a performer Gabrielle has worked with Australian Dance Theatre, Alexander Baervoets (BE), Chunky Move/Gideon Obarzanek, Gavin Webber/Regurgitator, Jurij Konjar (SLO), Maxine Doyle (UK), The Farm, Thomas Steyaert (BE), Raul Maia (PT) & Ultima Vez/Wim Vandekeybus (BE) amongst others.

Gabrielle is the recipient of multiple scholarships, the inaugural Keith Bain Choreographic Travel Fellowship, the 2015 Tanja Liedtke Fellowship and a 2019 Arts South Australia Fellowship. She was Artist in Residence at the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts (2017), Sydney Dance Company's inaugural Training Associate (2021) and is currently part of the Artistic Team at Australasian Dance Collective.