Phaedra Brown

Phaedra Brown is an independent dancer, choreographer and producer based on Gadigal Land. Her practice utilises movement, choreography and text, often drawing on media external to dance. Her interest lies in performers as people, and the body’s ability to tell stories about shared human experiences and relationships.

Phaedra has choreographed and performed in the works ‘FLOP’ (side.step program, Balmain Town Hall 2025), ‘How to Watch People in Cafes’ (Sydney Fringe Dance Hub 2024), ’Waiting Game’ (supported by March Dance and Melbourne Fringe Festivals 2022) and ‘A Small Spectacle’, (live-streamed for Melbourne Fringe 2020 and March Dance 2021). She has also undertaken residencies supported by Critical Path, Dance Makers Collective, Readymade Works, Lucy Guerin Inc., AusDance NSW and March Dance Festival.

Phaedra’s other performance highlights include Rhiannon Newton’s ‘Caresss’ and Ella Watson-Heath’s ‘catandmouse’ (DMC Future Makers ‘Echoes’ season, 2024), Dance Maker’s Collective’s ‘Big Dance 2.0’ (2023), Future Makers ‘Makers Season’ (2023), Stephanie Lake’s ‘Colossus’ (2018, 2019), Thalia Livingstone’s ‘Dark Points’ (2019), and the National Gallery of Victoria’s reconstruction of ‘Demon Machine’ (2017).

In 2025 she produced ‘BiPolar Express’ for Sydney Fringe, and in 2022 produced The House That Dan Built’s ‘Whispers and Roars’ Festival of emerging female artists.

Phaedra holds a BFA (Dance) with First Class Honours from the VCA (2020) and a Graduate Diploma in Cultural Leadership from UNSW (2023).

Experimental Choreographic Program Lab Artist (2026)