SUE HEALEY & KEN BUTTI | 'On View: Icons NANETTE HASSALL AM (born 1947)' | Photographic print on rag paper

"NANETTE HASSALL AM (born 1947) graduated from the Juilliard School in New York and then joined the Merce Cunningham Dance Company touring extensively in the USA and Europe. She performed, taught and choreographed for major companies in both Europe and Australia before returning to Australia to teach at VCA (1981-85) and founding and directing Danceworks, a professional dance company in Melbourne between 1983 and 1990. She was Head of the Dance Department at the W.A. Academy of Performing Arts from 1994-2016. As a dance advocate Nanette has been a member of the Australia Council and its Dance Board. She was recognised nationally through two Australian Dance Awards, for her Services to Dance Education in 2002 and for Lifetime Achievement in 2012."

SUE HEALEY & KEN BUTTI | 'On View: Icons NANETTE HASSALL AM (born 1947)' | Photographic print on rag paper | 60 (h) x 80 (w) cm