Dr Rachael Swain
Co-artistic Director
Marrugeku
Dr Rachael Swain is a director, dramaturg and performance researcher of Scottish/Irish/English descent. Born on the land of the Ngāi Tahu, Aotearoa, she works between Gadigal (Sydney) and Yawuru buru (north Western Australia). She is a founder and co-artistic director of Marrugeku, together with long-term collaborator Yawuru/Bardi choreographer Dalisa Pigram. Rachael specialises in co-facilitating intercultural and intersectional devising methodologies, collaborative concept development and directing transdisciplinary processes to produce Marrugeku’s award winning productions. She currently holds a Future Fellowship (part time) at UNSW where she is researching visual dramaturgies and their role in cultural diplomacy. Rachael is the author of Dance in Contested Land— new intercultural dramaturgies (2020).