Why We Need to Pause Before We Clap: Exploring Notions of Expression and Merit in Indigenous Performance

Dione Joseph is a theater director and writer with an academic and performance background in community and cultural development. She has developed an ethical and political aesthetic based on her own diverse background and through experience working at local, national and international levels. To date, Dione has directed theatre in New Zealand, the USA and Australia; written extensively as a reviewer and journalist for Australian Stage; and has devoted the last five years to exploring the development of contemporary Indigenous theatre in Australia within academic and artistic frames. She has recently completed her Masters in Community and Cultural Development at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia, and was Assistant Director to Scott Rankin on Big hART’s latest project Yijala Yala, which premiered in Canberra in 2013.

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