Renata Commisso is a multidisciplinary dancer, choreographer, movement director, and community arts facilitator based in Little Hartley. With over 12 years of international experience, she has performed with esteemed companies including Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (Montreal), Opéra de Lyon (France) and Victor Ullate Ballet (Madrid), before returning to Australia in 2018 to establish her independent practice.
Renata has collaborated with leading organisations and artists such as the National Gallery of Australia, Opera Australia, Form Dance, Marc Brew, Sue Healey, Living Room Theatre, and Julie-Anne Long. Her choreographic works—including YOUWHO? and Motherhood—have been featured at Sydney Fringe and integrated into the Western Sydney University curriculum. She has also worked as an inclusive choreographer and movement director across stage and screen, with credits including Look the Part (Bus Stop Films) and Fluffy (Sydney Festival 2022). Her current interdisciplinary practice explores creating dance and theatre works for and with young children, as well as intergenerational experiences that invite connection through shared movement and storytelling. Here has been supported through residencies with ArtsOutWest, Lithgow City Council, InnerWest Council, Canada Bay Council, Critical Path, Ausdance NSW, DirtyFeet, and Annandale Creative Arts Centre.
Committed to inclusive and community-engaged practice, Renata facilitates creative dance and theatre programs for people of all ages and abilities through Milk Crate Theatre, the Centre for Creativity at the Sydney Opera House, Dance for Parkinson’s Australia, DirtyFeet (The Right Foot),and Sydney Dance Company. In 2021, she founded Move and Groove, a creative dance initiative that nurtures connection, creativity, and belonging.
As both an artist and educator, Renata is passionate about the transformative power of movement and storytelling, and is currently available for performing, choreography, movement direction, and multidisciplinary collaboration.
She is also very keen to get everyone dancing and feeling good in their bodies and currently facilitates local movement and dance classes you can join.
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