Biography
For the past 25 years, Olivia has worked as a performer, maker and lecturer of dance. After graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1992, Olivia performed with companies and independent choreographers/directors in Australia and overseas including Rosalind Crisp, Sue Peacock, and Peter Sellars (Salzburg Festival). Olivia has created over 20 dance works, both funded and commissioned, including for the Asian Young Choreographers Project in Kaohsuing, Taiwan, and was the recipient of a Creative Development Fellowship from Arts WA in 2003. Olivia taught at WAAPA, Perth from 1999-2006 and has taught dance at Deakin University since 2007. Olivia’s PhD, from Deakin University was conferred in April 2013. Research interests include improvisation in dance performance, site based performance and dance installation. Olivia works as part of the Deakin University AllPlay Dance program which is undertaking research into the benefits of dance for children with disabilities.
Read more on Olivia's profileTeaching interests
Dance Technique, Dance Composition, Experiential Anatomy, Dance Production, Dance History, Creative Practice Studio, Creative Practice Research
Units taught
ACA100, ACA101, ACD307, ACD308, ACD309, ACD310, ACA701, ACA401, ACA702
Knowledge areas
Dance, Performance, Dance Improvisation, Dance for children with disabilities
Publications
Practising sameness: Inside a long-term dance improvisation practice
Olivia Millard, Ashlee Barton
(2023), Vol. 15, pp. 93-105, Journal of Dance and Somatic Practices, Bristol, Eng., C1
E Lindor, O Millard, N Papadopoulos, B Devenish, S Bellows, A Mantilla, J McGillivray, N Rinehart
(2023), Vol. 109, pp. 1-12, Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
The Body as it is Discovered in the Present
Olivia Millard
(2022), Coburg Train Station, Melbourne, JL3
Teaching the Dance Subject in Australian High Schools
S Gardner, O Millard
(2021), Vol. 21, pp. 103-113, Journal of Dance Education, C1
O Millard, E Lindor, N Papadopoulos, C Sivaratnam, J McGillivray, N Rinehart
(2021), Vol. 12, Frontiers in Psychology, Switzerland, C1
Olivia Millard
(2020), Vol. 17, pp. 335-349, Idea journal, Sydney, N.S.W., C1
Rosemary Woodcock, Olivia Millard, Shaun McLeod, Dario Dacirca
(2019), Palazzo Bembo, Venice, JR3
'Sightings'. About now at Treatment 2: flightlines
O Millard, S McLeod, A Barton
(2017), Werribee, Vic., J1
What's the score? Using scores in dance improvisation
O Millard
(2015), Vol. 40, pp. 45-56, Brolga: an Australian journal about dance, Braddon, A.C.T., C1-1
Dancing habitus: the formation of a group (dance)
O Millard
(2013), Vol. 38, pp. 1-11, Brolga, Braddon, ACT, C1
AllPlay Dance: Dance for Children with Disabilities
Olivia Millard
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Funded Projects at Deakin
Other Public Sector Funding
AllPlay Dance: Professional Development for Community Dance Teachers to enable the participation of children with disabilities.
Dr Olivia Millard
City of Greater Geelong - Creative Communities Grants
- 2021: $9,300
Industry and Other Funding
The Grace & Emilio Foundation supporting the AllPlay Dance program.
Prof Nicole Rinehart, Prof Jane McGillivray, Dr Ebony Lindor, Dr Olivia Millard, Dr Shaun McLeod, Ms Nicole Papadopoulos
The Grace and Emilio Foundation
- 2020: $20,000
- 2019: $20,000
AllPlay Dance
Dr Olivia Millard
Mecca Brands Pty Ltd
- 2023: $20,000
Supervisions
Sarah Neville Thomas
Thesis entitled: Immersive Participation: Futuring, Training Simulation and Dance and Virtual Reality
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts
Ashlee Barton
Thesis entitled: Dancing in and out of time: noticing the present through repetition
Master of Arts, School of Communication and Creative Arts