Brianna Shahin is an Egyptian–Australian contemporary dancer, choreographer and facilitator based in nipaluna/Hobart, lutruwita/Tasmania. Her practice centres on choreographic research, exploring how bodies organise, negotiate and relate through movement, touch and environment.

Working between contemporary dance and martial arts–informed movement systems, Brianna develops physically grounded work shaped by floor practice, redirection, efficiency and responsiveness. Her movement language draws from contemporary technique, improvisation, Judo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, alongside ongoing investigation into relational dynamics between bodies, objects and civic space.

Brianna trained with Ev & Bow Full-Time Training Centre and Sydney Dance Company’s Pre-Professional Year, and holds a Bachelor of Anthropology from Western Sydney University. Her parallel practice in bodywork, including a Diploma of Remedial Massage, informs her attention to physical intelligence, adaptation and care within movement processes. After relocating from warrane/Sydney to lutruwita, she became deeply embedded within Tasmania’s independent dance ecology, working across performance, creation and facilitation.

Brianna performs nationally with multidisciplinary collaborators including Silikil, presenting improvised and durational works across festivals and site-responsive contexts such as MONA FOMA, Dark Mofo and independent gallery spaces. She has developed an ongoing creative relationship with DRILL Performance Company, performing, teaching and contributing as Associate Choreographer on major projects including Interwoven (2025), while continuing to mentor young dancers across regional programs.

She is currently developing her first independent solo work, Leaning Bodies for Ages, a site-responsive performance investigating dependency, balance and one-sided relationships through interaction with a grappling dummy. The work is being developed through international research and a structured Tasmanian studio process, premiering at Junction Arts Festival 2026.

Alongside her choreographic work, Brianna facilitates Surface Work, an ongoing movement practice exploring floor-based movement, relational awareness and the negotiation between body and ground. Across performance, teaching and research, her work seeks practical clarity — creating movement that is rigorous, adaptable and accessible within public and shared environments.

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