Lizzie and Zaimon's combined credits include working across a diversity of professional roles in Australia and overseas, both within and beyond the dance sector.
Their comprehensive experience encompasses performing, choreographing, directing, teaching, arts management, arts administration, research, advocacy, production, touring, and more.
Highly sought after, their expertise has been engaged by the likes of Random Dance Company (UK), Attik Dance (UK), Expressions Dance Company (EDC), Dancenorth, Bangarra Dance Theatre, The Queensland Ballet, Leigh Warren and Dancers, Ballet West (USA), Topology, Katie Noonan, Sheppard, Edge of Colour, Feet Teeth, Lady Electronica, Donna Hewitt, Brisbane Festival, Noosa Long Weekend Festival, Supercell: Festival of Contemporary Dance Brisbane, Curious Arts Festival, WOW Festival, Cinedans (Amsterdam), Choreoscope (Spain), the! Kunsthumaniora Hedendaagse Dans (BE), Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, Queensland University of Technology, Adelaide College of the Arts, Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts, QLD Dance School of Excellence, Sir Robert Helpmann Centenary Awards, Ausdance, Velvet Helmet, Royal Academy of Dancing, Lutheran Services, Ageing Creatively, Dance for Parkinsons Australia, DanceHubSA, Arts Queensland, Australia Council for the Arts, Merge Dance Theatre, Fresh Bred Ensemble, Museum of Brisbane, Mad Dance House, WAW Dance, 2Ballerinas, Dance Direction, Promenade Dance, and Ausdance Educators Queensland.
Respected peers within their dance community, Lizzie and Zaimon co-founded Brisbane Dance Artists Hub in 2010 and Pro Dance Classes Brisbane in 2011. They were active participants and regular facilitators of Open Practice whom they initiated the non-festival festival, 'The Workers Paradise' with in 2019. 'The Garden of Curiosity' which they created for Curious Arts Festival in Toowoomba became a signature event of the festival.
Creative Directors
In partnership, Lizzie and Zaimon Vilmanis, shaped a unique artistic voice through collaboration.
Under the umbrella of Prying Eye they each developed new creative practice and evolved existing practice drawing on the knowledge gained throughout their extensive and celebrated careers as creative professionals.
They created Prying Eye to assemble diverse and exciting voices, approaches, and experiences to shape work of physical, cognitive and emotional depth.
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Art making and creativity remains a process of collaboration with the surrounding world.
Searching for a fulfilling way to interact with others and push themselves and others to learn, they developed the practice of Prying Eye called "The Collaboration of Creative Minds". Cultivating a fun, supportive environment which challenges and inspires risk taking; the practice creates a shared vision built from multiple perspectives which exceeds what could be built in isolation. It supports finding a balance of elements; enabling each party involved to contribute effectively to make the primary essence of the experience resonate. Enhancing the impact of the processes and the outcomes for those both within and engaging with each project as well as encouraging and building innovation through supported risk-taking.
The practice enables new discoveries that reveal new learnings, and understanding and embed art and creativity within the fabric of place, people, and time.
The strength of the practice of Prying Eye is evidenced through the success of their projects which have been revered as spellbinding, human, committed, resonant, sophisticated, provocative, courageous, insightful, fun, innovative, and positively impactful.
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Today they continue utilising their artistic and creative practice both in and beyond the arts world to learn, understand, and engage with the people and places around them.