Dance Performance

Play Research

Proper Motion are a fluid and responsive group of movement artists based on the South Coast of NSW, Australia working on Dharawal and Yuin country. Proper Motion was conceived to provide opportunity and visibility to regionally based dance artists and their projects. We aim to make exciting and challenging work that grows out of our regional context, providing audiences and communities from the Illawarra / Shoalhaven region of NSW (and beyond) the opportunity to witness, experience and engage with contemporary dance making and performance. Proper Motion is of the belief that regional communities do not need to be “dumbed down” to in order to cater to their particular tastes when it comes to engaging with the arts. For this reason Proper Motion seek to uphold rigorous artistic exploration and experimentation within their practice and find unique and innovative ways to engage with and build regional audiences for dance. Proper Motion also aims to organically mentor and nurture new dance talent on the NSW South Coast. Established by Australian choreographer Lisa Maris McDonell, whose experience and interests span choreography, performance, works for screen, therapeutic arts and Flamenco, Proper Motion endeavours to continue working across various modes of presentation and creation.