S I T U A T E

Emma Porteus | SITUATE Executive Producer

I believe deeply in the power of art to positively transform both people and communities. I have over 15 years experience working as a performance maker and producer on dance, community and festival projects throughout Australia and Internationally, including with Vrystaat Festival (South Africa), ANTI Festival (Finland), Sydney Festival (NSW) Dancehouse, FOLA, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Next Wave (Vic), Tracks (NT), Dark Mofo, Mona Foma, Tasdance, Ten Days on the Island, Festival of Voices, Junction Arts Festival and Tasmania Performs (Tas).

I'm really interested in performance and art-making models that connect people and places. I want to create and produce tourable live, visual art, and festival events that can be delivered in any community, in any country, to produce rich experiences that speak directly to the place, the people, and communities who help create it.

From 2006 to 2009 I led the education arm of Tasmania’s professional dance company, Tasdance. In 2010 I became Artistic Director of Stompin and in that time created and produced six large scale, highly successful works for the company. In 2014 I was selected as one of four Tasmanians to be mentored as a Creative Producer in the Producing Cultural Leaders Program. In 2015 I received the Regional Arts Australia International Professional Development Fellowship. In 2016 I left Stompin to forge a career as a Creative Producer and began running Situate Art In Festivals with Salamanca Art Centre in 2017. Situate is now part of Assembly 197 in Launceston: https://assembly197.com/