about.
Tegan Nash Ollett is an artist, creative producer, and performer working across dance, live art, and contemporary performance. Her practice explores movement, collaboration, performance installation, and community engagement. Following the completion of a Bachelor Degree in Dance (QUT), she established a creative focus exploring contemporary dance practice through collaborative performance installations and larger choreographic works which examine our intrinsic connection to one another, and to place. She has produced opportunities for others to engage in creative practice by facilitating programs for youth, artists and the wider community as a producer for leading arts organisations in Australia, including Dancenorth and Lucy Guerin Inc.
Tegan has produced numerous original works and received the Dance Award at the North Queensland Arts Awards (2015). Her works have featured in festivals, galleries and public spaces, and includes collaborations with Australian visual, sound and projection artists. Her recent works include Access Memory which premiered in 2024 at Gasworks Arts Park, Melbourne, touring in 2026 to PUNQ Festival in North Queensland. In 2026 she presented a collaborative project Ours for the Making, commissioned for the 2026 Beechworth Biennale.
She has worked and trained with a range of Australian artists and her residencies include Guts Dance Alice Springs, Goods Shed Arts and Lucy Guerin Inc. Tegan is an alum of the Footscray Community Arts Centre’s Emerging Cultural Leaders Program and TNA’s Victorian Independent Producers Initiative. In 2022, Tegan launched Live Art Benalla in North East Victoria to present multidisciplinary performance work and support the development of rural/regional artists and their practice.
works.
Tegan can facilitate a range of classes, workshops and movement sessions for all ages. From creative movement classes for little ones, to contemporary dance technique and choreographic workshops, there are a range of education programs available via one off sessions or longer form projects.
Previous tertiary, school based and youth dance projects include:
For information or to discuss these options, get in touch: tegan.nash.ollett@gmail.com
producing.
Tegan is an independent producer working in Victoria. With an extensive, 10-year+ career developing performances, public events, and programs for arts organisations and community groups, nationally and internationally, Tegan has diverse skills and networks that allow her to successfully achieve projects and artistic outcomes. Her producing practice traverses both dance and the visual arts across regional and metropolitan communities. It is unique, as it is informed by her work as an independent artist, teacher, arts manager, and producer; in a range of contexts including small to medium arts organisations, regional councils and companies, and in direct partnership with independent artists. This has allowed her to define her interests as a producer and gain the knowledge and skills required to plan and achieve projects in a range of spaces for a variety of audiences and stakeholders.
Currently situated in regional Victoria, Tegan is striving to develop a practice that is responsive to the particular needs of artists working in this context and which acts to both serve and challenge the interests of audiences living in these communities. She is passionately focused on advocating for an inclusive and diverse arts sector, developing community and sector opportunities to encourage this shift.
Tegan is currently the Founder and Director of Live Art Benalla, a new performance platform developed to present multidisciplinary events in Benalla and surrounding areas. LAB works with local artists, organisations and the community to program events and create artistic experiences and opportunities.
Tegan has also worked within the visual arts space for Galleries and community groups as an educator, facilitator, and program coordinator. She has developed creative programs, education resources, interactive learning activities and workshops within these spaces.
Tegan can provide a range of support, advice, and guidance to artists and organisations including:
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Grant /report writing, budgets, and advice
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Marketing, promotions, and communications
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Publicity support and engagement
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Stakeholder/artist engagement and relationship building
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Touring organisation and arrangements
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Industry advice and knowledge
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Contracts
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Project organisation and delivery
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Creative development support and vision boarding
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Events management
Past projects:
Sacred Grooves for Secular Spaces – Nithya Nagarajan
Sat 14 March 2020, 7.30 - 9.30pm @ MPavilion
Pieces for Small Spaces 2017 – Lucy Guerin Inc
Co-produced 5 small premiere works by 5 Independent Artists.
Current Projects:
