Dr Stephanie Burridge

Stephanie Burridge (PhD) lectures at LASALLE College of the Arts and Singapore Management University. She trained at the Laban Center (UK), holds a BA in Anthropology/Arts History and a PhD in Contemporary Dance from London Contemporary Dance School in association with the University of Kent (UK). Stephanie was the Artistic Director of Canberra Dance Theatre (1978-2001) and was awarded the first Choreographic Fellowship at the Australian Choreographic Centre.  She has choreographed for television, opera, musical theatre, and gymnastic floor routines for Australia across three Olympic Games. She is Series Editor for Routledge anthologies Celebrating Dance in Asia and the Pacific (7 books) and Perspectives on Dance, Young People and Change, co-editor Charlotte Svendler Nielsen, Series Foreword by Sir Ken Robinson (3 books). In 2021 she edited the Routledge Companion for Dance in Asia and the Pacific: Platforms for Change and co-authored Routledge Choreographic Basics with Jennifer Roche (University of Limerick). Her current choreographic focus and research are collaborating with senior artists.  

Dissertation supervision Arts Management Hons; MA Pedagogy and Practice (supervision); Research consultant; Adjunct lecturer Asian Dance and Cultures (LASALLE)

Adjunct lecturer Dance: East and West (SMU)

MA and PhD supervision (various external).

Asian dance and cultures, indigenous dance in Australia, embodiment, interdisciplinary arts, privileging the artist's voice. 

Practice-based inquiry, practice as research, ethnographic and autoethnographic methods, phenomenology and embodiment.

Asian dance and cultures  

Intergenerational and senior dace

Dance and education

Diversity, access and inclusion

Choreographic practice and inquiry

Current publications – books and book chapters

ROCHE, Jennifer and BURRIDGE, Stephanie (2021 in press) Choreography: The Basics, Routledge, UK.

BURRIDGE, Stephanie (ed.) (2021) Companion to Dance in Asia and the Pacific: Platforms for Change, Routledge, India. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Dance-in-Asia-and-the-Pacific-Platforms-for/Burridge/p/book/9780367748760

BURRIDGE, Stephanie (ed.) (2020) Embodied Performativity in Southeast Asia: Multidisciplinary Corporealities, Routledge UKhttps://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Contemporary-Southeast-Asia-Series/book-series/RCSEA

SVENDLER NIELSEN, Charlotte and  BURRIDGE, Stephanie and (eds) (2019) Dancing Across  Borders: Perspectives on Dance, Young People and Change, Routledge U.K.
https://www.routledge.com/Dancing-Across-Borders-Perspectives-on-Dance-Young-People-and-Change/Nielsen-Burridge/p/book/9780367442590

BURRIDGE, Stephanie and SVENDLER NIELSEN, Charlotte (eds) (2017) Dance Access and Inclusion: Perspectives on Dance, Young People and Change, Routledge U.K. https://www.routledge.com/Dance-Access-and-Inclusion-Perspectives-on-Dance-Young-People-and-Change/Burridge-Nielsen/p/book/9781138674080

BURRIDGE Stephanie and CARINO, Caren (ed) (2014) Evolving Synergies: Celebrating Dance in Singapore, Routledge, India.

Book chapters

Burridge, Stephanie, (2021) “Writing Dance: Mentoring the Voices of Dance Artists across the Asia-Pacific”, in Teaching Creative Writing in Asia, edited by Darryl Whetter, Routledge, UK

‘The significance of an interdisciplinary arts pedagogical approach for dance teaching artists on dance education in Singapore’ (2020, pp 125-133) in SVENDLER NIELSEN, Charlotte and  BURRIDGE, Stephanie and (eds) (2020) Dancing Across  Borders: Perspectives on Dance, Young People and Change, Routledge U.K.

Asian dance and cultures, indigenous dance, interdisciplinary arts, dance genres across generations, dance access and inclusion, dance education, embodiment, movement wellness and therapy.

Asian dance and cultures, indigenous dance, interdisciplinary arts, dance genres across generations, dance access and inclusion, dance education, embodiment, movement wellness and therapy.

Research in Asian dance and cultures

Current creative projects 2021

• Ten Days on the Island Festival (Tasmania) and MADE Dance Company Tasmania choreographic commission for ‘If These Halls Could Talk ‘  - Belvedere Ballroom
• National Arts Council Singapore Creation Grant – Men Dancing Project We Dance Alone creative direction and choreography Stephanie Burridge, dancers Antonio Vargas, Zihao Zhou and Patrick Harding Irmer (Australia, composer/performer Kailin Yong.
• Singapore/Australia (NAC/Australia Council) Digital micro residency BUBBLES– creative direction and choreography Stephanie Burridge, dancers Yarra Ileto and

All choreographic projects involve collaborations with Singapore dance artists, composers, musicians, film-makers along with researchers, writers and aligned colleagues.

Mentorship and support of local artists and dance-makers.

Panel member of various NAC committees (dance)

Over the years articles and reviews about dance in Singapore have been published in local and international forums such as the Straits Times, Business Times, The Arts MagazineFlying Inkpot, Time Out Singapore, Ballettanz (Germany), Real Time, Eyeline, Art Monthly  and Dance Forum (Australia), Asian Dance magazine (Malaysia), Ballet Dance, (UK),  Critical Dance UK - “Scene in Singapore”, Arts Equator podcasts and articles (various), 5 Lines (Singapore – guest reviews).

I am happy to supervise in the following areas - Asian dance and cultures, indigenous dance, interdisciplinary arts, dance genres across generations, dance access and inclusion, dance education, embodiment, movement wellness and therapy, practice as research.

Choreographic and research projects have been supported and sponsored by the Australian Council for the Arts, ACT Arts (Canberra), the National Arts Council (Singapore), Singapore International Foundation among others.

Inaugural Choreographic Fellowship at the Australian Choreographic Centre (Canberra)

Lifetime achievement award for contributions to Arts and Culture (Canberra)

First Practice-based PhD in Australia through London Contemporary Dance School in association with the University of Kent (UK)