Marc Brew

he/him
Dancer, Choreographer & Artistic Director
Marc Brew Company

Award category:

Performing Arts, Television, Radio

Acclaimed International disabled Dancer and Choreographer, Marc Brew trained as a professional dancer at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School and The Australian Ballet School. He has been working in the UK and Internationally for over 25 years as a director, choreographer, dancer, teacher and speaker; with the Australian Ballet Company, State Theatre Ballet Company of South Africa, Infinity Dance Theatre, Candoco Dance Company and AXIS Dance Company. Marc was Associate Director with Scottish Dance Theatre, Associate Artistic Director with Ballet Cymru in Wales and was Associate Artist at Tramway Theatre in Glasgow and Artistic Director of AXIS Dance Company from 2017-2021. Since 2008 Marc has been dedicating time to his own choreography with Marc Brew Company and his recent choreographic commissions include: Hessiches Staatsballet, Eisenhower Dance Detroit, a co-commision with CODA Oslo International Dance Festival & Norske Opera Ballet, University of South Florida, Restless Dance Theatre, San Francisco Ballet Trainees, Dancing Wheels, Scottish Ballet, Ballet Cymru, AXIS Dance Company, Candoco Dance Company, Touch Compass, Amy Seiwert’s Imagery and Scottish Dance Theatre. Marc was presented with a Centenary Medal for Outstanding Contribution as a dancer and choreographer. His work Remember When was nominated for an Isadora Duncan Dance Award for Best Performance (individual) and his solo work For Now, I am… was listed in the Guardians Top 10 Dance Shows for 2016.

I seek to challenge and be challenged as an artist….. Through difference we find beauty….. There are no problems, only solutions…

Q&A

Marc Brew
To follow their hearts ambition and dont take no for an answer….
Through my inclusive dance practice I create opportunities for the disability community to access and feel welcome to dance.
To create more opportunities for disabled dance artists to have access to dance education and training and to be recognised and embraced in the dance world.
Spending time with my family and enjoying the great outdoors, being in nature.
my family, dancing and travelling
Australia not being so far away.
access to training, work opportunities, attitudinal barriers, financial barriers
White male using a manual wheelchair in a suit and wearing glasses with a shaved head. He is lifting one leg with his arm in front of him while seated in his wheelchair.

Areas of expertise

Accessibility, Community, Disability Advocacy, Education, Equality, Health and wellbeing, Performing arts, Television, radio, podcast, Transport, travel

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Image credits: Maurice Ramirez, Filip Van Roe