Hellen Sky is an Australian digital choreographer / performer / director / writer. Her inter-disciplinary work bridges dance, performance, theatre, and installation extended through new technologies. She collaborates with artists, scientists, performers, composers, academics, designers, writers, architects, interface designers and programmers to develop scores and technology systems that often use real time data generated by the body to effect the relationship between multiple media to form total choreographies for live performance and installations. Hellen studied at the Australian Ballet School and at the Victorian College of the Arts. She was a member of the Australian Performing Group (Pram Factory) and a founding member of Circus Oz. She was co-founder of internationally recognized new media performance company, Company In Space, 1992–2004 (with John Mc Cormick); Fellow of the Australia Council Dance Fund 2004–06; Nominee of the Leonardo MIT, Rockerfeller Ford Foundation Global Crossing Award 05; and co-founder and Artistic Director of Dancehouse, Centre for Moving Arts, Melbourne from 1991–2001.
Hellen Sky
Awards, collections
2007
Inter Arts Lab Recipient: Australia Council for the Arts Culture Lab Arts House
2004- 2006
Dance Fellowship awarded by the Australia Council Dance Fund
2005
Nominee for Leonardo Global Crossings Award MIT
Rockerfeller Ford Foundation USA
International Artist in Residence for Connected Live Art
Waag : society for old an new media, Amsterdam
1998
Green Room Award for Outstanding Creativity in Performance for Escape Velocity
1994 ABC Radio National Award for " Ghost in the Machine" Fringe Festival
Melbourne
Vic
Australia