David

Senior Instructor

David Mueller is a graduate of the Bachelor of Arts (Dance) course at The West Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) where he worked in a number of productions including The Awesome Festival, In Transit as part of the 2005 Artrage Festival and the student choreography season of Tapas. He also performed in The Countdown Spectacular at Burswood Dome in 2007, The Oz Concert and attended Options Tertiary Dance Festival in Adelaide, Brent Street Summer School in Sydney and Youth Dance Advance in NSW.

In 2001, David won the West Australian Young Performer of the Year Award (Dance) and in 2004 was awarded the Critics Choice 'Dancer to Watch (Perth)' by Dance Australia Magazine.

Since 2006 David has been performing in the production of Honour Bound, directed by Nigel Jamieson and choreographed by Garry Stewart (ADT). Honour Bound toured to The Sydney Opera House, Malthouse Theatre (Melbourne), The Vienna Festival, Holland Festival, The Barbican Theatre (London) as part of the bite ‘07 season and The New Zealand International Arts Festival 2008 in Wellington and won a number of Awards.

Recently, David choreographed Welcome and co-choreographed A Life's Work in the John Curtin College of the Arts Performance Season, was awarded 'Runner-Up' in the SYTYCD Westfield Dance Competition and is now teaching at performing arts high schools, dance institutions and WAAPA. David is also a founding company member of Perth's newest contemporary dance company, Visible Dance.

Later this year, David has been invited to be involved in the creation of a new dance work in New York with Canberra choreographer Cadi McCarthy. The production will involve porfessional dancers from all over Australia and is expected to be performed in New York and Canberra.

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