Kate Champion created and performed the critically-acclaimed solo shows, Face Value and About Face, and has been the recipient of numerous awards, including three Helpmann Awards.
13 Facts About Kate Champion
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Kate Champion choreographed the original stage version of the film Dirty Dancing.
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Kate Champion travelled to Munich at age 16 working with Iwanson Dance Company.
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In 1992 Kate Champion travelled to London, where she spent time with Lloyd Newson's DV8 Physical Theatre, first as production assistant and then as a performer in Strange Fish, both the stage and BBC film versions.
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In 1996, Kate Champion was awarded the Robert Helpmann Scholarship for Choreographic Excellence, enabling her to create her first solo work Face Value which was awarded a 1998 Green Room Award and a Mo Award.
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In 1997 Kate Champion begin collaborating with theatre director Neil Armfield and choreographed Cloudstreet, and directed and devised Under the Influence.
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In 2002 Kate Champion founded and became artistic director of a new company, Force Majeure, in Sydney, where she stayed until 2015.
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Kate Champion has worked in theatre, dance, film, circus, opera and musical theatre with arts companies and institutes including Belvoir, Sydney Theatre Company, State Theatre Company of South Australia, Performing Lines, The English National Opera, Opera Australia, Hayes Theatre, Ensemble Theatre, NIDA, National Institute of Circus Arts, and National Theatre of Parramatta.
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In 2004 Kate Champion choreographed the world premiere of Dirty Dancing, the stage show based on the popular film.
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Kate Champion's choreography has been included in the European, West-End, North American, South African, and Asian versions of this box-office-record-holding production.
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In 2018 Kate Champion directed That Eye the Sky, adapted from the novel by Tim Winton for State Theatre Company of South Australia, and the world premiere of the musical Evie May for Hayes Theatre.
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Kate Champion choreographed the movement sequences in the film Somersault, and most recently RED.
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In 2022, Kate Champion was appointed artistic director of Black Swan State Theatre Company, at the same time as the appointment of Ian Booth as Chief Executive Officer.