Juliet Widyasari Burnett
About
Juliet Widyasari Burnett (she/her) is an Indonesian-Australian dancer, choreographer and founder-director of A__PART, connecting Indonesian and Australian artists and communities. She was a Senior Artist at The Australian Ballet (2003-2015) and at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Belgium (2016-2022) and has guested with Chunky Move, Dutch National Ballet and West Australian Ballet. As a choreographer she co-created dance film ‘Letting Blood’ for MONA/Dark Mofo (2016), dance theatre work ‘in situ’ (2019) for Opera Ballet Vlaanderen and music clips for Melbourne band Cool Explosions (2018) and Icelandic artist Gyda Valtysdottir (2021). She was Winner of the Arts and Culture category of the 40 Under 40 Most Influential Asian-Australians Awards 2021, Most Outstanding Dancer in Dance Europe 2020 for Edouard Lock’s ‘The Heart of August…continued’ and Standout Solo Performance in Portland Dance Film Festival 2021 for Sam Asaert’s short film ‘Exaltation’. In 2024 she starred in and choreographed for Indonesian director Garin Nugroho’s film ‘Samsara’.
Experimental Choreographic Residency 2025