About Us
Based in Launceston, Tasmania, Stompin investigates Australian youth culture in a regional context, exploring issues proximate to young people through a collaborative, creative process alongside professional artists. The company prides itself on its welcoming and non-competitive environment and the promotion of creative and healthy lifestyles for young people through an arts-based dance practice; providing a platform to empower young dancers and makers to believe in the strength of their own artistic voice.
Stompin is a vital force in Australian youth dance, leading the sector with its ambitious site-specific practice, innovative programs and empowering approach to the engagement and development of young dance artists. During Stompin’s 34 year history, the company has presented 45 new, large-scale, site-specific performances involving over 7,000 young people, performed to over 40,000 audience members taking over sites such as wetlands, conservatories and the underbellies of historic theatres. The company has also presented countless smaller scale projects, showings and public and school-based workshops. Stompin presents work in acclaimed festivals, Ten Days on the Island, Junction Arts Festival and MONA FOMA.
History
Stompin was founded in 1992 by Jerril Rechter, with the idea that when young people collaborate with professional artists they can create inspiring, bold and relevant new dance works and through that process, experience transformative personal and creative growth. By the year 2000, Stompin had begun to shift from a sole Artistic Director/Choreographer model to a new model focused on diversifying the opportunities, both choreographic and organisational, that were available to the Stompin participants. This included transitioning Stompin alumni into potential leadership roles, something the company champions to this day.
Previous Leaders
1992 - 2002: Jerril Rechter | Founder/Director
2002 - 2006: Bec Reid | Artistic Director
2002 - 2008: Luke George | Artistic Director
2009 - 2011: Becky Hilton | Guest Curator
2010 - 2016: Emma Porteus | Artistic Director
2016 - 2024: Caitlin Comerford | Artistic Director
2025 - 2025: Daisy Sanders | Artistic Director
Sarah McCormack
Alison Wilkes
Mary Shannon
Freyja Wild
Rachel Moore
Notable Alumni
Adam Thompson
Adam Wheeler
Alice Lee Holland
Alisdair Macindoe
Anna Whittaker
Antony Hamilton
Ash Musk
Bec Dundas
Ben Cisterne
Bones Sylvan
Courtney Scheu
Dylan Sheridan
Ebony Nichols
Martyn Coutts
Matt Adey
Matt Cornell
Michael Smith
Michelle Boyde
Mike Willmett
Nicholas Higgins
Rebecca Jensen
Rikki Mace
Sofie Burgoyne
Stephanie Lake
Yolande Brown
Zoe Howard
Participants
Stompin dancers assist in creating the choreography for all of our shows. Thank you to all the dancers who have been a part of Stompin and whose names are not included in this list.
Danielle a'Campo, Mitchel Abraham, Rebecca Aitchison, Zoe Aitken, Hannah Allan, Isabelle Allen, Cassie Anderson, Lil Andrews, Emma Anglesey, Shenoa Anglesey, Jesse Apted, Nicki Armstrong, Peter Arnold, Chet Aswib, Laurel Atkins, Bodhi Aulich Croll, Pearl Azura, Georgia Babos, Justine Bailey, Jason Bakes, Claire Barker, Corey Barker, Dylan Barker, Gina Barker, Angela Barnard, Medhanit Barratt, Heath Barrett, Holli Barrett, Paige Barry, Alice Baxter, Tom Baxter, Eden Beck, Emma Beechey, Jess Bennett, Vanessa Bessant, Arsene Biamungu Igulu, Ali Bignal, Chelsea Billett, Allanah Blackman, Ellen Blackman, Rachelle Blakeley, Simone Blanch, Shenoa Bland, Emily Blazely, Kathryn Bloom, Ellen Bodell, Hannah Bodell, Sophie Bodell, Soph Bodell, Breia Bolton, Alaya Bolton, Chloe Boon, Abby Bowyer Bower, Tara Boyd, Joel Boyd, Hamish Brass, Damian Brauchli, Alex Braybon, Mark Brazendale, Conor Breen, Delia Breen, Grace Brewer, Laura Briant, Josephine Briginshaw, Imogen Brown, Carmen Brown, Michelle Brown, Sean Brown, Skye Brown, Ebony Brown, Geordie Browning, Cassie Brumby, Melissa Brumby, Hayley Buckley, Kelly Burke,Eliza Burke, Emily Butler, Amanda Calabro, Lucy Cameron, Ava Campbell, Tess Campbell, Jasmine Carr, Sarah Chapman, Sally Anne Charles, Sylvia Claridge, Peyton Claxton, Joanna Clifford, Barrie Cole, Angie Collins, Rowena Collings, David Coombs, Ashlee Cooper, Emily Costello, Jim Coulson, Eva Crainean, Laura Crick, Jess Cripps, Kristian Crowe, Katie Crowley, Dorothea Csutkai, Samara Cunningham, Billy Cure, David Cutler, Fiora Cutler, Emily Daly, Gina Damiano, Lashana Dance, Taynisha Dance, Ineke Dane, Stacey Davis, Mikaela De Zoete, Nadia De Zoete, Stacey Dean, Lily Deeth, Megan Denne, Alex Dennis, Anna DePaoli, Paris Dingemanse, Cody Dittman, Lisa Divall, Caleb Doherty, Gemma Donnelly, Anthea Doroloulos, Ashley Dyer, Caitlin Eade, Jayde Earl, Lisa Eastman, Lane Edwards, Sarah Elali, Lauren Ellerton, Ashleigh Elliott, Clint Elliott, Chloe Elouisa, Liz Elsbey, Josie Emery, Alexander Epstein, Riley and Jorden Farrow, Emilee Faulkner, Finda Fayia, Victoria Feeley, Luke Felmingham, Joel Fenton, Andrea Fergusson, Amelia Fergusson, Marini Fernando, Natalie Fitzallen, Eve Flaherty, Holly Flaherty, Jamie Fleming, Janita Foley, Emi Forster, Michael Foster, Cindy Foster, Bridget Frain, Jake Fraser, Cat Freeman, Ruby Frelek, Jenna French, Hayley Fulton, Bianca Galvin, Caludia Garwood, Ali Gay, Katherine Genge, Luke George, Scott Gibson, Lucy Gilmore, Grace Goh, Rhiannon Golder, Emily Goss, Siobhan Graham, Laura Grant, Anya Gravell, Jessica Gray, Gemma Gray, Shannon Gray, Chloe Green, Rhianna Greenway, Victoria Greiner, Pip Griggs, Justin Groves, Zeke Guest, Melita Gul, Cameron Hall, Jordyn Halliwell, Emma Handley, Sarah Hanky, Ruby Hardcastle, Adam Harris, Bonnie Harris, Lauree Harris, Eloise Harris, Taylor Harris Nason, Jesper Harrison, Krystelle Harvey, Daniel Hedlund, Rachel Hewison, Rebecca Hewitt, Chloe Hick, Rachel Hickson, Hayley Higgs, Belle Hilder, Aisling Hinchey, Cassy Hinds, Damien Hinds, Katie Hinds, Joshua Hodgkinson, Lyndon Howard, Ruby Howard, Zoe Howard, April Howell, Kristine Hudson, Madeline Huett, Jessica Hunt, Kei Ikeda, Benjamin Inman, Liz Oliver Inman, Courtney Innes, Emma Issac, Kylie Jackson, Elise Jackson, Molly-Kate Jacob, Natalie Jacobs, Carly Jacobson, Nichola James, Matt Johns, Hayley Johnson, Kevin Jones, Cassie Junkeer, Jezreel Kay, Abby Keen, Cait Kelly, Cat Kerr, Grace Kenyon, Alana Kiely, Lily King Roberts, Rowan Kirby-Brown, Robert Kmetoni, Gayl Koh, Grace Koh, Kyle Kremerskothen, Jess Kristevic, Kirtana Kunasegaran, Ilona Lakatos, Stephanie Lake, Tiffany Landers, Madeleine Lawler, Kaitlin Lee, Cate Lehner, Emily Leslie, Amber Lester, Keith Lim, Jake Lionetti, Zac Lister, Rebecca Livermore, Tamieka Lockhart, Jessica Loft, Tanya Lohrey, Frith Loone, Angela Lovell, Josh Lowe, Sophie Lucas, Kate MacGregor, Holly Macpherson, Sepideh Madah, Clare Maddox, Emma Magnussin Reid, Nicholas Maine, Ally Mallpass, Holly Margetts, Gillian Marsden, Rosie Marshall, Taylor and Kiaimi Marshall, Chelsea Martin, Jade Martin, Haylee Martini, Liam Martschinke, Jason Maskiell, Jyoti Maulder, Clare McCann McCall, Maranda McCutcheon, Felicity McElwaine, Ashley McHenry, Paris McIntosh Taylor, Alice McKenzie, Kathryn McKenzie, Toby McKnight, Danielle McPherson, Abby Meyer, Georgie Midson, Kirby Miller, Cheyne Mitchell, Kate Mitchell, Erin Mollison, Liana Mollison, Claire Montague, Shelley Moore, Lucy Morgan, Ella Morrison, Roisin Mortimer, Holly Moszko, Joel Mukinayi, Hannah Mulligan, Georgia Murphy, Larissa Murray, Natasha Nesbit, Alice Neville, Daniel Newell, Al Newman, Cara Nicholls, Ebony Nichols, Hannah Nichols, Bridget Nicklason King, Alivia Nicolls, Lily Noonan, Anna Noris, Bella Notman, Darcy O'Loughlin, Justine Ocampo, Jessie Oliver, Alison Orr, Rachel Orr, Cooper Orchard-Skey, Bec Osborn, Isaac Pace, Maddie Pace, Melanie Palomares, Deirdre Parsley, Emily Parsons, Amalia Patourakis, Taylor Paulsen, Tenille Pentland, Isabella Perkett, Alicia Perry, Kieran Phillips, Chris Philpott, Clare Pickett, Genevieve Piedade, Fletcher Pinner, Jarrod Pitman, Rhys Pitstock, Beau Polley, Emma Porteus, Michelle Post, Aimme Powell, Amiee Powell, Scott Prewer, Sage Price, Jasmine Pritchard, Sarah Propsting, Rebekah Pybus, Gemma Pyers, Jess Ransley, Sandi Rapson, Megan Rayner, Nikita Reeve, Frances Reeve Palmer, Bec Reid, Kate Reid Clark, BrookeReynolds, Ingrid Reynolds, Grace Richards, Jenni Richards, Jonathan Robarts, Jodee Roberts, TheresaRoberts, EbonyRobertson, Charley Robertson, Rhea Robertson, Anna Robins, Anna Roddick, Amber Romein, Kelsey Rosevear, Holly Russell, Immogen Ryan, Yasmin Santoso, Hannah Saunders, Jessica Scales, Emma Schubert, Shannon Scott, Frances Seen, Cynthia Semmens, Ellen Sheil, Joe Shrimpton, Jinaya Simpson, Alicia Smith, Ash Smith, Jordan Smith, Josh Smith, Keida Smith, Megan Smith, Mikaela Smith, Frankie Snowdon, Kate Southam, Heloise Sowerby, Corey Speers, Lyndsay Spencer, Made Spencercastle, Molly Spicer, Katie Stackhouse, Lauren Stanley, Chimene Steele Prior, Haylie Steuart, Mekaela Stonehouse, Ede Strong, Alicia Stroud, Natasha Tabart, Nessie Tamba, Rachael Taylor, Sam Thiele, Saffron Thomas, William Thomas Nicolson, Alex Thompson, Cara Thompson, Keisha Thompson, Emma Thorold, Emily Titmus, Lachlan Tong, Georgia Triffitt, Alex Tse, Bella Tuppini, Hayley Turner, Skye Van Asch, Jade VanStralen, Linda Voumard, Priya Vunati, Isabel Walsh, Carmen Walters, Eve Walters, Samantha Warmsley, Rebecca Warner, Janine Watson, Jay Watson, Nicola Watson, Sarah Watson, Sam Wearne, Rachel Weiner, Sarah Weiner, George Weir, Cheryl Wheatley, Adam Wheeler, Zoe Whiley, Alison Wilkes, Emma Wilkinson Reed, Emily Rose Wills, Madeline Wilmot, Courtney Wilson, Marianne Wilson, Brittany Wood, Bella Wyley, Dylan Yeandle, Bridie Youd, Aliesha Young, Monika Ziemkiewicz.