lewis rankin

In 2009 Lewis completed his three year Bachelor of Dance Performance Degree at the Adelaide Centre for the Arts. During this time he was fortunate to work with many choreographers including Peter Sheedy, Jo Stone, Aidan Kane Munn, Brooke Stamp and Leigh Warren.

Prior to his studies at Adelaide Centre for the Arts Lewis was involved with the contemporary SA youth dance group, Fresh Bred, performing at Come Out, Choreolab and the Horsham Australian Youth Dance Festival. He also participated in a mentoring program with the Australian Talented Youth Project, held in Canberra and sponsored by Ausdance.

Lewis now regularly performs for the roving entertainment group "Slack Taxi", incorporating stilt walking and acrobatic skills, which has taken him to perform at events such as WOMADelaide, the Tour Down Under, Singapore Grand Prix and the Singapore Youth Olympics.

In 2010 Lewis performed in the premiere of Stone/Castro's contemporary theatre work, Superheroes at the Adelaide Festival Centre and Arts House Melbourne. Later in the year he performed in Alison Currie's Instillation work 42a which toured Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

Lewis is excited to be working with Leigh Warren and Dancers on their upcoming work Breathe by Francis Rings for WOMADelaide 2011.