TransVision Arts Director
TransVision Arts is inspired by and committed to making meaningful theatre and arts events with communities to promote positive social justice, education and cultural growth.
“Theatre is a form of knowledge; it should and can also be a means of transforming society. Theatre can help us build our future rather than just waiting for it.” – Augusto Boal.
“Theatre is a form of knowledge; it should and can also be a means of transforming society. Theatre can help us build our future rather than just waiting for it.” – Augusto Boal.
Anna is Co-Founder & Director of TransVision Arts (TVA) a compelling, original
theatre company which uses the techniques of Augusto Boal to address social issues.
Projects have included 'Binge Drinking Forum Theatre Project, Dunedin, NZ, ‘Deconstructing Dolly’: Forum Theatre Project with youth (LenZone! Stawell & the Government’s Go for your life Positive Body Image Strategy), and Right On the Money: Making a Drama out of a Financial Crisis (TVA, Ontrack Learning & Wimmera Uniting Care) 2008, which toured rural Western Victoria.
Anna holds a Graduate Diploma in Secondary Education in Drama and English with Distinction, won The School of Teacher Education Graduate Diploma Courses Prize and was also awarded The Lionel Allen Award for Most Meritorious Student School of Teacher Education, at Charles Sturt University, Australia.
In her practice, Anna has continually found meaningful links between performance, critical pedagogies and the psycho-social wellbeing of a community. Her community theatre work includes music theatre with The Aids Ladies in Zimbabwe, Forum theatre about bullying with students in New Zealand, choreographing hip–hop dance with Indigenous youth in Australia, animatuering a performance with adults with disabilities for the Awakenings Festival, and writing short plays about identity and sexuality for youth in Australia. Anna is in her fourth year working for the Royal Children’s Hospital in the Festival of Healthy Living. This year she is Event Artistic Director in Alexandra, Victoria, working with fifteen artists and seven schools.
In the Education World Anna has also been:
Choreography Mentor: University of Ballarat, VCAL, 2008 Artist Mentor: A course in work place creativity – VCAL, University of Ballarat, 2010.
Conference Presenter: International Art & Health Conference, Melbourne (for the Royal Children’s Hospital program), Melbourne, Australia, 2009 & 2010
Conference Presenter: Partnerships for Learning: A Community Arts Approach, Professional Learning day, Australian Catholic University, 2011
Conference Presenter: ‘Festival of Healthy Living’ Artists Training Program 2008-2010
Teen Pregnancy Forum Theatre Show. Anna, Jaeger and Bonnie work on a scene with the spect-actors.
