Artists

Fiona Hill multi-award-winning composer and Miranda Wheen independent dancer both based in Western Sydney, Dharug Country

Fiona specialising in electroacoustics, orchestral and chamber music, film and television, dance, theatre and immersive sound. Emotive, textural and organic, Fiona Hill’s “striking timbral exploration of abstract sonic properties” (Music Trust) and “seamless working in of live electronics” (Sydney Arts Guide) blends new technologies with corporeal evocations to generate detailed and immersive sound worlds. Fiona was winner of the Stelvio Cipriani International Film Composition Competition (2022).

Miranda has collaborated with Marrugeku, Stalker Theatre, Martin Del Amo, Shaun Parker and Company, Restless Dance Theatre, Dance Makers Collective and the Tsai Jui-Yueh Dance Foundation in Taiwan. Her involvement in intercultural performance and collaboration has been extensive, leading to her participation in Marrugeku’s International Indigenous Choreographic Laboratories over five years. Her practice, whilst rooted in contemporary dance performance, spans the areas of intercultural collaboration, improvisation, advocacy and choreography.

In Residence at Bundanon

We will undertake experimental exploration of women’s handicraft, memory, and social connection through contemporary dance and interactive music technology. Building on three successful collaborations through Dance Makers Collective and Sydney Dance Company, we seek to deepen our artistic partnership through intensive creative development at Bundanon. This project aligns with both artists’ practices of creating accessible, story-driven works that connect audiences to universal human experiences through innovative theatrical devices. The final project, working title ‘Mappa’ will premiere at the Canberra International Music Festival in 2026.