Associate ProfessorOlivia Millard

(she/her)

Associate Head of School, Teaching and Learning

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Communication and Creative Arts

  • Associate Head of School, Teaching and Learning
    Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Communication and Creative Arts
  • +61 3 924 45138 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

TEACHING EXPERTISE

Dance Technique, Dance Improvisation, Dance Composition, Experiential Anatomy, Dance Production,
Dance History, Creative Practice Studio, Creative Practice Research

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • UNIT TAUGHT
    ACA100, ACA101, ACD307, ACD308, ACD309, ACD310, ACA701, ACA401, ACA702
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Practising in Turbulent Times: a small dance for now
    Emily Bowman - School of Communication and Creative Arts
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    How aesthetics of dance film/cinematography can advance development in contemporary society
    Yichen Zhou - School of Communication and Creative Arts
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Awakening somatic intelligence for health and well being in ageing
    Sally Jane Davison - School of Communication and Creative Arts
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Fascia Network, landscape of queer inference and reshaping
    Sarah Marie Gottlieb - School of Communication and Creative Arts
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Improvisation, affect and self-regulation: dance and affective neuroscience perspectives
    Michaela Mariah Berton Gerussi - School of Communication and Creative Arts
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Exploring and redefining socio-ecological engagement through community- and dance-based practice
    Abigail Benham-Bannon - School of Communication and Creative Arts
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Dancing communities; Applying improvisation and composition
    Madison Elyse Duncan - School of Communication and Creative Arts
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Dancing With My Multiple Bodies
    Ashlee Barton - School of Communication and Creative Arts - 2025
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Immersive Participation: Futuring, Training Simulation and Dance and Virtual Reality
    Sarah Neville Thomas - School of Communication and Creative Arts - 2022
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Dancing in Infinite Worlds
    Joshinder Chaggar - School of Communication and Creative Arts - 2025
  • COMPLETED MASTERS SUPERVISION
    Dancing in and out of time: noticing the present through repetition
    Ashlee Barton - School of Communication and Creative Arts - 2019