About Kath Papas Productions
Kath Papas – Creative Producer
Kath has developed a highly respected producing practice of diverse aesthetics, cross-cultural exchange & collaboration over two decades in the arts. She has worked extensively on collaborations, tours and festivals in Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea and China, and grounds her practice in Australia’s geographic location within the Asia-Pacific. Through Kath Papas Productions (KPP), she works collaboratively with a group of outstanding established artists, collectives & companies whose work intersects with the burning issues of representation, self-determination, gender, spirituality, climate and environment. KPP receives support from Creative Victoria’s Victorian Independent Producer’s Initiative, 2021-3.
She has worked with Finucane & Smith for over a decade across their regional, national & international program, and works part-time as Senior Producer for APAM & ILBIJERRI Theatre Company, mentoring an emerging First Nations Producer.
Prior to her full-time producing focus, Kath was Director of Ausdance Victoria from 2003 to June 2009, having previously been Administrator (from 1999 to 2002). During her directorship, Kath led a major period of strategic development and growth in the organisation, delivering many major projects, festivals, symposia and sector development initiatives. Some highlights in the latter period of her time included the Australian Dance Awards 2008 and 2009, where she developed a model that included public outreach and industry programs alongside the Awards Gala, and securing investment for the first regional dance map of Victoria.
Kath was awarded an Honorary Life Membership of Ausdance Victoria in 2011. She undertook an Asialink residency in Indonesia and Malaysia in 2012. She is a board member of St Martins, former Deputy Chair of Next Wave, and former Chair of the Dance Panel of Melbourne’s Green Room Awards.
Kath is also Creative Producer for acclaimed Melbourne-based performance company, Finucane & Smith.
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CREDITS
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Takashi Takiguchi – Associate Producer
Takashi is an independent creative producer and artist of Japanese heritage based in Naarm (Melbourne). Takashi is a recipient of the Victorian Independent Producers Initiatives (VIPI) from Theatre Network Australia (2020-2021) and it has led him to work with Kath Papas as an associate producer.
As a migrant, queer, conventionally-not-trained performer himself, and a late starter as an independent creative producer in the art sector in Australia, Takashi is passionate about the creation of an engaging, inclusive, cultural and artistic platform for dance, theatre, poetry and experimental work, and supports a group of artists through his producing practice, ImPermanence Productions. Takashi has played an important role in engaging and connecting with the culturally, physically, gender diverse community via Australian’s first Butoh festival, ButohOUT!,directed by esteemed Melbourne-based Butoh dancer/choreographer, Yumi Umiumare, since 2017.
Other major projects and artistic collaborations he has produced and co-produced through his include Pelem Festival (2016, 2018 & 2020) with the Indonesian-based dancer, director, choreographer and vocalist, Agung Gunanwan and Melaka Art & Performance Festival (2016 – 2020) with the highly accomplished Melbourne-based dancer, director, choreographer and visual artist, Tony Yap.
CREDITS
Photo by Toshiki Tanaka
Kath Papas – Creative Producer
Kath has developed a highly respected producing practice of diverse aesthetics, cross-cultural exchange & collaboration over two decades in the arts. She has worked extensively on collaborations, tours and festivals in Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea and China, and grounds her practice in Australia’s geographic location within the Asia-Pacific. Through Kath Papas Productions (KPP), she works collaboratively with a group of outstanding established artists, collectives & companies whose work intersects with the burning issues of representation, self-determination, gender, spirituality, climate and environment. KPP receives support from Creative Victoria’s Victorian Independent Producer’s Initiative, 2021-3.
She has worked with Finucane & Smith for over a decade across their regional, national & international program, and works part-time as Senior Producer for APAM & ILBIJERRI Theatre Company, mentoring an emerging First Nations Producer.
Prior to her full-time producing focus, Kath was Director of Ausdance Victoria from 2003 to June 2009, having previously been Administrator (from 1999 to 2002). During her directorship, Kath led a major period of strategic development and growth in the organisation, delivering many major projects, festivals, symposia and sector development initiatives. Some highlights in the latter period of her time included the Australian Dance Awards 2008 and 2009, where she developed a model that included public outreach and industry programs alongside the Awards Gala, and securing investment for the first regional dance map of Victoria.
Kath was awarded an Honorary Life Membership of Ausdance Victoria in 2011. She undertook an Asialink residency in Indonesia and Malaysia in 2012. She is a board member of St Martins, former Deputy Chair of Next Wave, and former Chair of the Dance Panel of Melbourne’s Green Room Awards.
Learn more about Kath Papas Productions
CREDITS
Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti
Takashi Takiguchi – Associate Producer
Takashi is an independent creative producer and artist of Japanese heritage based in Naarm (Melbourne). Takashi is a recipient of the Victorian Independent Producers Initiatives (VIPI) from Theatre Network Australia (2020-2021) and it has led him to work with Kath Papas as an associate producer.
As a migrant, queer, conventionally-not-trained performer himself, and a late starter as an independent creative producer in the art sector in Australia, Takashi is passionate about the creation of an engaging, inclusive, cultural and artistic platform for dance, theatre, poetry and experimental work, and supports a group of artists through his producing practice, ImPermanence Productions. Takashi has played an important role in engaging and connecting with the culturally, physically, gender diverse community via Australian’s first Butoh festival, ButohOUT!,directed by esteemed Melbourne-based Butoh dancer/choreographer, Yumi Umiumare, since 2017.
Other major projects and artistic collaborations he has produced and co-produced through his include Pelem Festival (2016, 2018 & 2020) with the Indonesian-based dancer, director, choreographer and vocalist, Agung Gunanwan and Melaka Art & Performance Festival (2016 – 2020) with the highly accomplished Melbourne-based dancer, director, choreographer and visual artist, Tony Yap.
CREDITS
Photo by Toshiki Tanaka