Chunky Move is located on the unceded lands of the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nations. We respectfully acknowledge the significant contributions of Australia’s First Peoples, and are committed to supporting the continuity of culture and relationship to this land.
Luke Currie-Richardson
Director
Luke Currie-Richardson is a proud Kuku Yalanji, Djabugay, Mununjali, Butchulla, and Samsep Meriam man. For over 14 years, he has shared powerful Indigenous stories through dance, photography, spoken word, fashion, and film. He has toured nationally and internationally with Bangarra Dance Theatre and Marrugeku, working alongside artists such as Stephen Page, Francis Rings, Dalisa Pigram, Ghenoa Gela, Jacob Boehme, Joel Bray, and Wesley Enoch. In 2023, Luke debuted his choreography GEDOVAIT as part of the Stephanie Lake’s Escalator program. His photography has featured in Vogue and Marie Claire, and in 2024 he won the People’s Choice Award in the National Photographic Portrait Prize. On stage, Luke made his acting debut in Kalanga Atu (2022) at the Art Gallery of NSW, and in 2024 performed in Emu in the Sun, an Ilbijerri and Melbourne Theatre Company co-production for the Blak in the Room program. In 2025, he travelled to Paris with Grace Lillian Lee for Haute Couture Week, contributing to her Guardians collection, a bold First Nations presence on the global runway. As a poet, Luke’s work has been published by Red Room Poetry and performed at Sydney Festival’s The Vigil and 2024 Blak and Bright program of Beneath the Sky. Through his multidisciplinary practice, he challenges perceptions of identity and celebrates the strength, beauty, and complexity of Indigenous culture today.