ERIN FOWLER is an Australian artist working across the dance, theatre, music and film industries. She creates and presents deeply feminine, audience driven, socially minded work. Erin is a multi-faceted performer that blends together an eclectic mix of contemporary dance, theatre, music, clowning and martial arts.
Erin’s choreographic credits includes FEMME, (2019 Adelaide Fringe - Best Dance Award. 2020 Adelaide Fringe – Made in Adelaide award), and toured to Reykjavik, Edinburgh & Stockholm. Other works include Gen- y (2018) commissioned for the Adelaide Dance Festival; Epoch (2016) created on Australian Dance Theatre for their Ignition season; and the dance film, Gaia (2014), which has screened in over 23 international film festivals.
Erin is a qualified Qoya teacher (a holistic movement practice for women incorporating the wisdom of yoga, the wildness of dance and the freedom of sensual movement) as well as a facilitator of women’s circles and women’s embodiment practices. She has been teaching Qoya around the world alongside the tour of FEMME.
Erin has been recognised for her contribution to the arts through a number of channels including being awarded the South Australian Young Achiever of The Year for 2017 as well as receiving the Arts & Fashion Category Award in the same year. She was also one of the inaugural recipients of the SA 40 Under 40 Entrepreneurs Business Award in 2018.
Through her new NFP company, The Gaia Movement, she is currently developing a school’s education program and community engagement strategies based on Gaia with a number of international schools and partner organisations. She was a performer and the Community Engagement officer for Patch Theatre’s various international tours.