We are thrilled to announce that choreographer Lee Serle has been selected as LGI’s Resident Director for 2025. This year-long program was created for choreographers approaching mid-career — supporting their specific goals and interests as they look to take the next steps as artists, and assisting them to develop the skills required to become Artistic Directors. These skills are distinct from those of a choreographer, but essential for the successful running of a dance company or other organisational structure.
About the appointment, Lee said, “I am thrilled to be named Lucy Guerin Inc’s Resident Director for 2025. Lucy and LGI have supported my artistic career over many years, shaping me into the artist I am today. I look forward to reigniting my studio practice alongside the development of two new works, and immersing myself in an organisation that consistently punches above its weight in supporting the independent artist community and our sector.”
About Lee
Lee Serle graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts with a Bachelor of Dance in 2003, and has presented his choreographic work to critical acclaim worldwide, creating dances on all scales, from grand stages to the intimate and personal, commissioned by the Lyon Opera Ballet (France), Sydney Dance Company, Lucy Guerin Inc, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Dancenorth, among others. Lee choreographs within varied contexts and forms creating proscenium works, site-specific and interactive performance, intimate solo dances, and within the gallery, engaging a broad range of artistic collaborators.
Lee began his career as a sought after collaborator and performer in Melbourne, contributing to the works of notable choreographers including Lucy Guerin, Gideon Obarzanek, Shelley Lasica, among others, and in 2010 was awarded a prestigious Fellowship from the Rolex Arts Institute to be mentored by seminal American choreographer Trisha Brown. Following this he was awarded an Australia Council Creative Australia Fellowship that facilitated his ongoing choreographic practice for two years mentored by another seminal American choreographer Tere O’Connor. Lee has also received Fellowships from the City of Sydney and the Chloe Munro Bequest awarded via Lucy Guerin Inc.
Lee is a highly regarded educator having lectured and choreographed at tertiary institutions in Australia, USA and Europe, and was Education and Licencing Director for Trisha Brown Dance Company in 2017 facilitating the dissemination of Brown’s work globally.