ABOUT
GIOVANNA YATE GONZALEZ

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Giovanna Yate Gonzalez is an emerging lighting designer and multidisciplinary professional from Colombia, with a rich background as a dancer and teacher with over 10 years of experience in the performing arts industry. As a dancer, she had been a choreographic assistant and performer in the Colombian dance companies Concept Anvar and Dinamov Danza (2014-2017). These companies participated in several national festivals in different cities such as Bogotá, Cali and Tocancipá, in addition to international festivals in Sao Paulo-Brazil, Mazatlán-Mexico and San José-Costa Rica.

Also, she has expanded her skill set and knowledge in Australia through the production bachelor at VCA in Lighting Design. She has participated in various performances and projects in Melbourne. For example, not only as the lighting designer for the play “The Book of Everything”, directed by Ryan Bentley, 2019, but also as a dancer and media artist in the Isolation Improvisation Collective as well as several visual projects with visual artist Paul Fletcher. Previous works include the lighting design for the interdisciplinary dance project “Ten Degrees”, MMA, and the Musical “Sweet Charity” at Space 28 VCA 2021. Furthermore, theatre performances such as “Nora: A Doll’s House” at the Union House Theatre in April 2022 and “Fast Food” at Red Stitch in Jun 2022.  The dance performances “Passing” by Isabelle Beauverd and “Siren Dance” by Lilian Steiner at DanceHouse March 2022. Also, she had a collaborative lighting installation, “Talk to Me”, with musician Monica Lim at the Bundoora Homestead Art Centre.