Dr Vicki Van Hout is a Wiradjuri choreographer, performer, writer, teacher and researcher with more than three decades of practice and a doctorate in dance. A graduate of NAISDA and the Martha Graham School in New York, she has performed with Bangarra Dance Theatre and Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre before pursuing a career as an independent artist. Her research explores Contemporary Indigenous Dance Technique, bringing cultural knowledge, embodied histories and contemporary practice into dialogue. Her choreography and research inform one another. Her works include Wiradjouni, Briwyant, Long Grass and plenty serious TALK TALK. Recipient of the 2019 Australia Council Award for Dance and a 2023 Creative Australia Dance Fellowship, she is developing Bitch Troll, the first in a triptych exploring power and subjugation through the written word and the body.

Photo: Jody Haines.