Rebecca Youdell
	The environment is a stimulating force in my mind. As a choreographer the nature of creating through mixed media emphasises the ephemeral ideas of which I feel innately a part of. The unlikely combination of exploring Body Weather(Butoh) and Ballet is intriguing to me as it allows for a fusion of form and essence. Internal and external images transpose through performing arts and visual arts readily. Listening to Skin explores metaphoric and semiotic understanding and translates them through interdisciplinary and collaborative practice.
choreographic enquiry
Rebecca Youdell is an emerging choreographer and accomplished performer with an in-depth knowledge of Ballet through the RAD/Checcetti/Vagonova syllabi. Studying and performing worldwide, Youdell has danced in the USA, UK, Scandinavia and Europe, attending the Royal Ballet School in London, and working for the Royal Swedish Ballet Company in Stockholm. The last five years has seen Youdell focusing on a contemporary improvisation dance practice. Introduced to the Body Weather discipline through the Linkage Leakage project 1996. Experimenting with choreographic techniques through the fusion of Ballet and Body Weather by performing locally and nationally in collaborative performance projects. Youdell has completed a BFA high honours degree (USA) and through Listening to Skin fulfils a final requirement of her candidacy toward an MA (VPA) degree at Charles Sturt University.

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