Cora Hughes is dance artist based in Naarm, Melbourne. Predominately, trained in contemporary dance forms, she is interested in how dance can bring people together and connect people to their sense of place.
Recently, she completed her studies in Contemporary Dance at the Victorian College of the Arts where she worked with Lucy Guerin, Julie Minaai, Gregory Lorenzutti, Tristan Carter and Dylan Tedaldi, Daniel Riley and Brianna Kell. She was the recipient of The Philip Adams Award, 2022. Whilst studying she was engaged as a dancer in a development with Helen with Helen Herbertson Projects.
As a former company member of Yellow Wheel for five years, she has worked with renowned artists including Adam Wheeler, Kyall Shanks, Israel Aloni, Lee Brummer, Phillip Adams, Alice Lee Holland, Ashleigh Musk and Joshua Lowe at events such as The Australian Dance Awards, Lucy Guerin Inc’s 15th Birthday, The Australian Youth Dance Festival, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Melbourne Fashion Festival and Dance Massive.
In 2021, Cora performed as part of dance residency with Ashleigh Musk, Jenni Large, Isabella Hood and Erin O’Rourke at the Judith Wright Centre, working on Ashleigh Musk’s work ‘From Infancy.’ In 2022, he continued with Ashleigh Musk in a residency at WXYZ Studios.