Linda Sastradipradja's extensive dance career encompasses dancing, teaching, directing, producing, mentoring, researching and creatively engaging with dance and performing artists over many years and in many countries.
Graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts with Distinction, she moved to New York and performed internationally with US artists and companies including Mikhail Baryshnikov's White Oak Dance Project, Sara Rudner, Dennis O'Connor Dance, Dana Reitz and Molissa Fenley; in Hong Kong with City Contemporary Dance Co; and with Australian artists and companies including Dance Exchange, Opera Australia, and Dance Works.
In recognition of her mentorship of company dancers, the Trisha Brown Company invited Linda to perform their iconic work ‘Spanish Dance’ during their Melbourne Festival season. Linda has also worked on theatre and film productions in association with artists Sara Rudner, John Carrafa, Lee Gingold and The Alley Theatre (Houston), Director Jennie Livingston (Paris is Burning and Who’s the Top) and is featured in the work of renowned dance photographer Lois Greenfield.
Her performance work has been presented at The SUBSTATION, and in conjunction with Open House Melbourne Festival from 2017 – 2019. Linda’s PhD by creative practice acknowledges the primacy of the dancer as auteur of dancing embodied, created and performed, and is realised through her work in Performance, Movement and Dance at the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA), and with Russell Dumas and Dance Exchange as a performer and Artistic Associate.
Photo Credits:
- “Dance for the Time Being”, Baryshnikov Arts Center, NYC. NY Times Photographer: Richard Tormine. Choreographer: Russell Dumas. Dancers: Linda Sastradipradja & Stuart Shugg
- “Adam and Eve”. Photographer Lois Greenfield. Dancers: Linda Sastradipradja & Jack Gallagher
- “Past Imperfect”, City Contemporary Dance Company, HK. Choreographer: Helen Lai, Dancers: Linda Sastradipradja & Ringo Chan
- “What A Beauty”, White Oak Dance Project. Choreographer: Kraig Patterson. Dancers: Michail Baryshnikov, Ruthlyn Salomons, Linda Sastradipradja, Vernon Scott, Jamie Bishton
- “Spanish Dance”, Trisha Brown Dance Company. Choreographer: Trisha Brown. Dancers TBDCo
- “Linda/Sara” Chorographers: Sara Rudner & Linda Sastradipradja. Dancer: Linda Sastradipradja
- “Solo” Photographer: Lois Greenfield. Dancer: Linda Sastradipradja
