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Biographies Sally Chance is a dance artist working at the interface between art form and community cultural development. Sally is the founding artistic director for . A graduate of the , London, Sally has worked in community and professional dance throughout Australia and the UK. Sally has also worked in India, where she spent a three-month Asialink residency working with people with disability. Sally has filled the position of Artistic Director for , and is Chair of the Australia Council’s Dance Board, where she has also completed a two year Fellowship. She is currently a board member of the and the May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust. Catherine Chappell has taught at , School of Performing & Screen Arts, and guest tutored at the New Zealand School of Dance and the University of Otago School of Physical Education. Catherine trained in mixed ability dance with Alito Alessi at the first International Teacher Training in Eugene Oregon. Since then she taught classes for people with and without disability, which led her to be the founder of , New Zealand’s first Integrated Dance Company. In 2011 Catherine was awarded a Creative New Zealand Choreographic Fellowship to research aerial bungee dance in combination with contact improvisation. Helen Clarke Lapin has a Masters Degree in Dance/Movement Therapy from Antioch University, Masters in Occupational Therapy from Sydney University and is a certified Yoga Teacher (IYTA). She has taught and performed internationally as a member of Synergy Dance Company and was a founding member of Fulcrum, an improvisational three- member company. In Australia Helen is a leading exponent of Contact Improvisation and has performed with Steve Paxton, founder of Contact Improvisation. Since 1995, Helen has opened her classes to people with and without disabilities. More recently, Helen has been working as a movement coach for , , and for the Accessible Arts dance project. Janice Florence has completed dance studies in Australia and the USA, including an Arts Degree, Teaching Diploma, Diploma of Librarianship and Graduate Diploma of Movement & Dance. After becoming paraplegic, she began to develop new directions. Using a grant from the Australia Council, she travelled to the UK to work with . Upon returning to Australia performed and taught in Dance Company based in Melbourne for 10 years. Her involvement in the After Arts Access project developed into the creation of in 1997, where she currently fills the role of Artistic Director. Weave is a company of six performers, both with and without physical disabilities. Janice is currently working in the role of Access Development Officer for , where she works to expand access to the arts for people with a disability.