About Nadia

Nadia Milford is an interdisciplinary dance artist and performer who uses the intrinsic language of the body to promote empowerment and compassionate perspectives. She pollinates her practice with film, theatre, installation and new technology. With movement as a genesis for her creativity, Nadia’s work engages people in immersive experiences that connect at sensory touchpoints.

She has presented her live dance work in Swell Scultpure Festival, Supercell Festival of Contemporary Dance, Henny Jurriens (Amsterdam), Dancenorth (Townsville), Judith Wright’s Centre, Metro Arts, Grey St Gallery and House Conspiracy, BEMAC, Griffith University and HOTA. She has received support through the IndepenDANCE , Backbone, Ausdance QLD and NSW, Open Practice, Superordinary, Critical Path, RADF, Arts Queensland and DFAT.

Her films have screened in Dart Short Film Festival (winner), Choctop Dance Fest (Critics Choice), Capture: Dance for Screen (Brisbane); Moving Body (Bulgaria); Headspace Australia; Motion Capture (Toowoomba); Tempo Dance Festival (New Zealand); Hosek Contemporary, Mobile Kino at Alte Münze and Grrl Hause Cinema (Germany); Sanskar International Dance Festival (India) and The Land Art Moving Biennial, (Portugal). Her recent documentary A Delicate Hope was a finalist for the Khallyrah Prize at the North Carolina State University.

Nadia has worked with various companies including Phluxus2 Collective, Expressions Dance Company (now Australasian Dance Collective), Red Leap Theatre, Blue Roo Theatre, as well as independent choreographers, theatre makers, circus artists, musicians, visual artists, film artists, photographers and poets. These works were presented in venues such as Assembly Checkpoint Edinburgh, Ulaanbaatar Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse, QAGOMA, UQ Art Museum, QUT Art Museum, The Triffid, The Tivoli, Busan International Dance Festival, QPAC. Artists included talents such as Liesel Zink, Lizzie and Zaimon Vilmanis (Prying Eye), Byström Källblad, Mel O'Callaghan, Margi Brown Ash, Danielle Constance (Aha Ensemble), Jacob Watton, Courtney Scheu and Itamar Freed and Stephanie Hutchinson.

Nadia holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Performance (with Distinction) from the Queensland University of Technology in 2016 and her practice has since been supported through Individual’s Fund 2017 and 2020, scholarships for STRUT Dance (Perth) and Atom Choreographic series (Bulgaria) in 2019, as well as attaining her yoga teacher qualification in 2018.

Nadia acknowledges the Yugambeh and Kombumerri language group as the traditional custodians of the land she lives and works on. She recognises, and honours, their rich history as well as their continually invaluable contributions to generations of storytelling, dance and cohesive community.