Ainslee Palmer is an emerging actor and movement-based performance artist with a passion for play and artistic curiosity. After graduating from the University of Southern Queensland Bachelor of Creative Arts (Theatre) in 2013, Ainslee moved to New York City where she worked with Tectonic Theatre Project as a teaching artistic and performer with various physical theatre companies. After moving to Brisbane in 2017, Ainslee worked in Arts Health in various aged care facilities around the South East Coast: facilitating movement workshops with people experiencing dementia. In 2018, Ainslee formed a strong collaboration with White Rabbit Theatre Ensemble as a performer, producer and facilitator working with young people in the studio program and has since taken the role of Associate Director with the company for 2019. Her recent performing work includes puppeteering in Agnes and Earl during Commonwealth Games Festival 2018, as a company actor with Mashed Theatre on two regional tours with the shows Pressure and R&J Love vs. Fate, and also writing and performing Flour Girl: a 30-minute one woman show for You’ve (already) Begun as part of Anywhere Theatre Festival 2018. Now based on the Gold Coast, Ainslee describes her artistic practice as a movement-based theatre maker and boundary breaker who strongly believes in collaboration.

Dates attending Dance Massive: 12 March - 22 March