Amber Haines is currently the Associate Artistic Director of Dancenorth. In 2006 Amber attained a Bachelor of Dance from the Victorian College of the Arts graduating with the Mary Orloff Prize for Most Outstanding Dancer. Since then she has worked with many of Australia’s most acclaimed companies and choreographers including Chunky Move / Gideon Obarzanek, Australian Dance Theatre / Garry Stewart, Lucy Guerin Inc / Lucy Guerin, Stephanie Lake and Tracie Mitchelle. She has performed throughout Australia, Europe, United Kingdom, North, South and Central America, Canada and Japan. Amber is a multi award nominee for both the Australian Dance Awards and The Heplmann Awards for Best Dance Performance by a Female.
Amber and Kyle Page, her partner and long-time collaborator, have co-directed three full-length works for Dancenorth including Syncing Feeling, Spectra and Rainbow Vomit. These works have been performed across Australia including major international arts festivals - Sydney Festival, Brisbane Festival, OzAsia Festival and MOFO. Their works have received numerous award nominations from both the Helpmann Awards and the Australian Dance Awards.
In 2013/14 Amber and Kyle spent three months in Varanasi, India on an Asialink residency and in 2015 they spent three weeks onboard a Barquentine Tall Ship sailing around Svalbard as part of the prestigious Arctic Circle Residency.
Amber is also an emerging photographer, creating the majority of photographic material for Dancenorth.
Kyle Page began his professional career at Dancenorth in 2004 and in 2014 he returned as Artistic Director of the company. Over the last 11 years he has collaborated with renowned choreographers including Meryl Tankard, Garry Stewart, Lucy Guerin, Gavin Webber, Ikuyo Kuroda, Antony Hamilton, Jo Stone and Paulo Castro, Larissa McGowan and Stephanie Lake and performed in 17 countries. In 2013 Kyle was offered an Asialink residency and spent three months in Varanasi, India, in the same year he was selected as a finalist in the Australian Arts in Asia Award. In 2015 Kyle took part in the prestigious Arctic Circle Residency with his wife and long-time collaborator, Amber Haines. In 2015 Kyle was awarded the coveted Australian Institute of Business 30 under 30 and was listed as one of North Queensland’s top 50 most influential people.
Kyle and Amber have co-directed three full-length works Syncing Feeling, Spectra and Rainbow Vomit. These works have been performed across Australia including major international arts festivals, OzAsia Festival and MOFO. Research into cognitive processes and neuroscience regularly inform Kyle’s creative developments and he is currently working with mentor Scott de la Hunta, exploring the dance / science nexus.