Associate Professor Gene Moyle, Head of the new School of Creative Practice at QUT, has been announced as AusDance’s new National President. With a background in professional dance with the Australian Ballet Dancers Company and Queensland Ballet, Gene brings a research background that combines dance, and sport and exercise psychology to the role, and has extensive experience working with private and public sector organisations in Australia, New Zealand, US and UK on performance improvement strategies and responses in both performing arts and elite sports.
Gene joins fellow board members: Professor Elizabeth More, AM, (Dean Australian Institute of Management ); Shaun Comerford (Australian Dance Theatre); Marinda Burger (Canberra Institute of Technology); Kathy Baykitch (Royal Academy of Dance); Annette Carmichael (dance artist and creative producer); Jacqui Simmonds (former Associate Dean at the Australian College of Physical Education); and Jasmine Moseley (Australian Ballet).
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