OUR TEAM

Nick Power | Artistic Director & CEO

Nick Power is a B*boy and Choreographer whose work draws on the rituals and culture of hip hop to create contemporary performances. His practice spans from remote Aboriginal communities to the stages of the most prestigious contemporary dance festivals in Europe. Crossing complex divides of place, culture, language and form is Nick’s forté.

Nick grew his skills in the Australian hip hop scene through dance battles and club shows. He was a founding member of Gravity Warriors Crew, competing and performing across Australia before going on to create performances for some of Australia’s most celebrated companies including Tracks Dance and Stalker Theatre.

In 2012 Nick was the recipient of the Australia Council dance residency at the Cité International Des Arts in Paris. This residency, alongside his time in the remote Aboriginal community of Lajamanu, inspired his first full length independent work: Cypher. Based on a hip hop dance ritual, the work toured to major European dance festivals and throughout Australia including Sydney Festival, Sydney Opera House, Tanz Im August (Berlin) and URB Festival (Helsinki).

Between Tiny Cities was a duet developed over three years through a cross cultural hip hop exchange between Australia and Cambodia. It premiered at Dance Massive in 2017 with seasons in Phnom Penh, Darwin Festival, APAM and Hong Kong Arts Festival. The work then toured through Australia, Asia and Europe in 2018 & 2019 and completed a 5-week tour of the UK in 2022. The work was nominated for a Green Room Award and an Australian Dance Award.

Two Crews (2020) was a collaboration with all female group Lady Rocks

Crew (Paris) and Western Sydney Crew Riddim Nation commissioned through the Major Festival Initiative.  The work premiered at Sydney Festival in 2020 followed by Adelaide Festival.

Nick’s most recent work, Deejay x Dancer was commissioned by Sydney Opera House and premiered in 2023 and toured Australia and to Vanuatu in 2024. 

Nick was the founder and Artistic Director of Platform Hip Hop Festival (2008 -

2012), produced by Carriageworks and was the Curator of Contemporary Dance at Campbelltown Arts Centre from 2016 - 2018.

Nick was awarded the Sidney Myer Fellowship in 2018 and the Creative Australia Dance Fellowship in 2024.

Amy Morcom | Executive Director

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Amy is the Executive Director of Force Majeure, a national devising company that makes visceral interdisciplinary movement-based performance. Amy is passionate about fostering collaborations between diverse people, practices, and ideas to create impactful live experiences, and she brings her long practice of managing interdisciplinary collaborations to Force Majeure. She comes from the rich theatre-making community of Theatre/Media graduates (CSU Bathurst) and has worked in various contexts including devised performance, immersive theatre, social impact, commercial theatre, and large-scale outdoor events. Her experience includes STOMP in the West End and world tour, Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour, SKATE at the Cutaway and the Australian Event Awards. Amy has worked with organisations including Griffin Theatre Company, Belvoir, Big hART, Darlinghurst Theatre Company, Opera Australia, Les Enfants Terribles (UK) and Glynis Henderson Productions (UK).

Samm Ward | Marketing Associate
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Samm is a creative producer and a marketing generalist who has been in the creative arts industries for over 10 years. Having produced seven independent theatre productions with her company, Cross Pollinate Productions, co-founded by Michael Wood, Samm brings a multi-skilled approach to marketing which is rooted in storytelling and creative concepts.

Samm has worked with creative small businesses for over 15 years, helping them to make bold creative decisions, streamline processes, and communicate with their audience with vigour and a sense of humour.

Rhanda Mansour | Accounts Manager
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