Lilian Steiner
Dancer
Birthplace: Australia
Lilian Steiner is an Australian dancer and choreographer, whose practice encourages the deep intelligence of the body and its unique ability to display and comment on the complexities of contemporary humanity. Her interests extend to experimental sound and visual design where the body is the basis for questions and expressions.
After graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts, Bachelor of Dance program in 2010, Lilian worked in Australia and toured extensively as a major performer/collaborator with Melbourne-based company, Lucy Guerin Inc. She occupied the role of Resident Director with the company across 2021-2022. Alongside this, Lilian worked on multiple projects with choreographers Phillip Adams (Balletlab), Melanie Lane, Shelley Lasica and Brooke Stamp amongst others, and with numerous artists working with live performance and film in the fields of visual arts, experimental sound and architecture/design.
Lilian’s own work has been presented across the forms of live performance, sculpture and video in Australia, Italy, France, Latvia, Spain, Switzerland, England, Sweden, Bulgaria, Hong Kong and online.
Lilian received the Australian Green Room Award for Best Performer in 2023 and Best Female Dancer in both 2017 and 2018, as well as the Helpmann Award in 2017. Her work Noise Quartet Meditation received the 2015 Green Room Award for Concept and Realisation.
Since joining Cullberg in 2023, Lilian has performed works by Ligia Lewis, Alexandra Bachzetsis, Hooman Sharifi, Renan Martins, Alma Söderberg and Halla Ólafsdóttir.