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.
Sophie Travers
Director
Sophie Travers is an experienced arts manager based in Melbourne. She has a passion for contemporary dance and was Wayne McGregor’s General Manager at Random Dance in London, after managing Retina Dance Company, Bi Ma Dance Company and working with Green Candle Dance Company. Sophie wrote extensively about dance in international publications, Dance Theatre Journal, Dance Now, Dance Australia, Dancing Times and Real Time. In her roles at The British Council and Australia Council for the Arts, she toured performing artists and set up reciprocal residencies, exchanges and large scale projects internationally.
Sophie is the CEO of Australian Tapestry Workshop, an organisation dedicated to hand-weaving contemporary tapestries. Previous roles include CEO at Collingwood Yard, work at City of Melbourne and in venues such as The Roundhouse in London. Sophie sits on the Board of TarraWarra Museum of Art and was previously a Director for Res Artis, the international artist residency network. She is a member of the Deakin University Arts and Cultural Management Advisory Board and was a Creative Victoria First People’s Mentor.
Sophie was born in Scotland and has lived and worked in many cities, including Berlin, Brussels, London, Edinburgh, Zaragoza, Sydney and Groningen. She speaks six languages and is learning Indonesian.