Leisa Shelton

Leisa Shelton is a performance artist, maker and curator whose practice foregrounds collaboration and advocacy for new Australian transdisciplinary work. Her practice concentrates on developing new frames for the presentation of performance alongside greater sustainability within arts practice.

In 2008, Shelton founded Fragment31, a multidisciplinary collective focusing on contemporary performance practice. Shelton has directed and collaborated on productions with Arts House & Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne; Performance Space, Sydney Theatre Co & Belvoir St, Sydney. She led the Postgraduate course in Performance Making (Animateuring) at Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne (2008–13) and was guest artist at Taipei National University of the Arts (2012); Theatre Training and Practice, Singapore (2004); and DasArts, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2008). She currently teaches independently across Australia and lectures within the Centre for Cultural Partnerships, VCA Melbourne. In 2014, Shelton is a guest collaborator with Century Contemporary Dance Co. Taipei, Taiwan, and co-curator of Venice International Performance Week 2014, Italy.