Kate is recognised as one of Australia's foremost directors of dance theatre. She is an award winning creator of multidisciplinary works which cross the mediums of film, television and live performance. She graduated in 1994 with a Bachelor of Dance from the Victorian College of the Arts (School of Dance) and the following year studied at the John Bolton Theatre School. In 1997 she co-founded KAGE with Gerard Van Dyck. As the Artistic Director of KAGE she has devised, directed and/or performed in all of the Company's works including: 

Contamination - Karyn Lovegrove Gallery (Next Wave Festival 1998)

·       No (Under)standing Anytime – Athenaeum Theatre (Kate received a Fellowship from the Australian Choreographic Centre in Canberra in 1999 to develop this work which premiered at Next Wave Festival 2000)

·        Birthday – Malthouse Beckett Theatre (Kate was awarded a Womens' Artist Grant from Arts Victoria in 1999 to develop a solo performance directed by John Bolton)

·         Nowhere Man - North Melbourne Town Hall (Melbourne International Arts Festival 2003)

·       The Day the World Turned Upside Down - North Melbourne Town Hall and Artplay (Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2004)

·         Al Fresco - Outdoors (Melbourne 2006 Cultural Festival for the Commonwealth Games)

·         Headlock – Malthouse Merlyn Theatre 2006 (also selected to be on the 2006 VCE Drama Playlist)

·         Appetite – Fairfax Studio Arts Centre (Melbourne International Arts Festival 2008)

Many of these works have won Kate and KAGE industry awards and national and international recognition. The awards for Kate include joint winner of the Eva Czajor memorial Award, which salutes women directors, the Canberra Critics' Circle Award for Dance, a Green Room Award for Female Emerging Artist in Dance and the 2004 Australian Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Independent Dance.

Kate was commissioned by Chunky Move to choreograph a new work This Side Up in which she performed in Melbourne in September 1999. The work toured nationally for the Big Day Out in January 2000.  Kate was invited to present This Side Up at the World Dance 2000 Tokyo Asian Next Wave in August 2000 where she performed the work with Gerard Van Dyck.

In 2001 Kate was the recipient of a residency at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris (Australia Council Studio).

Kate was the Australian representative for the Little Asia Dance Exchange Network as part of the Made to Move program and performed her solo work Throw away the fat, bones, skin in Hong Kong, Melbourne, Taiwan and Tokyo in 2000 as part of World Dance 2000 Tokyo Asian Next Wave.

Kate played a leading role in Arena Theatre's production Eat Your Young which premiered at the Telstra 2000 Adelaide Festival and toured to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Taipai and Singapore.

In 2002 Kate participated in an Arts Business Mentorship Program through Arts and Recreation Training Victoria with creative producer Angharad Wynne-Jones.

Also in 2002 Kate created Underground for the third year dance students at the Victorian College of the Arts and the work was later invited to be performed in Saitama, Japan in 2003 where it won the Grand Jury Prize at the 12th Saitama International Creative Dance Contest.

In 2003 Kate received a travel grant from the Ian Potter Foundation to perform in 100 Rencontres with Compagnie Par.b.leux (based in Montreal) for Kunsten Festival des Arts in Brussels and Festival Montpellier Danse.

The same year she was Choreographer-in-Residence at Dance Box, Osaka, through an Asialink artist residency grant.

In 2005, she was the artistic director of a company of six young Australian performers resident at World Expo 2005 in Nagoya, Japan. 

She returned to Japan in 2006 to tour KAGE's collaborative work INK to Osaka and Yokohama as part of 2006 Year of Australia/Japan Exchange.

Kate has been commissioned to create new works for Australian Dance Theatre in Adelaide (Misfit for the 2001 Come Out Festival) and Pink Lines for Tasdance.

She works as a Choreographer and Movement Director for Theatre. Recent productions include: The ThreePenny Opera Malthouse/Victorian Opera, Michael Kantor's Babes in the Wood, Dennis Moore's The Ishmael Club and Billy Maloney, Punch for St Martins Theatre.

In 2009 KAGE was invited to be the inaugural Company in Residence at the Arts Centre.

Kate is currently developing two new works for KAGE – Sundowner and Look Right Through Me.

Kate is also working as a consultant dramaturge for Polyglot Theatre for their upcoming production City of Riddles and in 2010 is participating in a directorial attachment with Melbourne Theatre Company and Associate Director Peter Evans. Kate is a member of the Malthouse Theatre Artistic Counsel.

Gerard is a dancer, actor, choreographer who has carved out his own unique style of performance. He graduated from the School of Dance at the Victorian College of the Arts in 1994. Since Gerard co-founded KAGE with Kate Denborough in 1997, he has performed in all of KAGE's award winning ensemble work: Headlock (2006), INK (2006), Nowhere Man (2003), Underground (2003), No (Under)Standing Anytime (2000), Contamination (1998). Gerard premiered his solo work The Collapsible Man in 2001 and won two major Fringe Festival Awards. It was presented in Melbourne International Arts Festival 2003 and the Sydney Opera House in 2004. He has also performed independently of KAGE and has travelled extensively over the world with companies such as BalletLab, Polyglot and Jim Hughes, Arena Theatre Company, desoxy Theatre, Nat Cursio, Victorian State Opera, Brett Daffy and Sandra Parker. He choreographed and appeared in Sarah Blasko's Planet New Year video clip. He has been commissioned by several independent artists to create solos and direct works on them. In 2006 Gerard joined the Dance Panel of the Green Room Award Association. Gerard is currently a lecturer at the VCA, and is the owner/operator of a creperie in Melbourne's GPO.

Simone Collins is a creative producer with an extensive history of arts management, arts administration and festival involvement. Simone moved from Brisbane to Melbourne in July 2008 and immediately started work with the Melbourne Fringe Festival producing their four Fed Square projects. Since then she has worked again with Melbourne Fringe as the Artist Development Coordinator in 2009, as the Producer for Western Edge Youth Arts' Big West Festival Show Frolic, as well as with Next Wave, White Whale Theatre Company, the St Kilda Festival, Moomba Festival and Opera Australia managing their fundraising gala. Simone is also currently working for John Paxinos and Associates where her clients include The Wheeler Center for Books, Writing and Ideas, and the Melbourne International Jazz Festival. In Brisbane Simone managed the Valley Markets and worked for Ipswich Events Corporation as the Event Producer creating and delivering a wide range of corporate and community events for the region. Starting out doing a degree in Fine Arts Technical Production Simone has enjoyed her journey to date.

Fleur has over 20 years experience in arts administration, specialising in financial management and bookkeeping over the past six years. She is responsible for overseeing financial data processing and compliance for non profit and profit making clients including: Theatreworks Ltd, Linden Gallery, Figures are Us Pty Ltd, Multicultural Arts Victoria, CSG Pty Ltd (computer software company), Keep Breathing Pty Ltd and Kage Physical Theatre Association Inc. She has a comprehensive practical knowledge of bookkeeping software programs, (Quickbooks and MYOB), and skills in budgeting, audit preparation and reconciliation, BAS returns and other legal and financial reporting requirements.

Paul Summers has been working in the performing arts area for two decades. After studying performance at Deakin University, he worked with Backpack Theatre and The Woolly Jumpers. He moved to administration with Back to Back Theatre prior to becoming Dance Works General Manager in 1993. In 1999 he joined Bluebottle, administering the company and offering auspice services to independent artists. He was President of Ausdance Victoria for 5 years to the end of 2003 and is now National Vice President for Ausdance.

 Adalene is a qualified Chartered Accountant. She is a Director at KPMG working in Corporate Tax with over 11 years experience. Adalene's expertise is advising large corporates, Australian and international, in relation to mergers, acquisitions and sales. More recently she has also assisted opportunity and hedge funds with the establishment of their business and investment process. She graduated from the University of Melbourne (1997) with a Bachelor of Law (Honours) and a Bachelor of Commerce.

Lisa is a qualified CPA with over 21 years commercial experience across a variety of industries including professional services, ITandT, manufacturing and resources in Australia, USA and NZ. In August 2004 Lisa founded Hamilton Shaw Consulting, a boutique consultancy located in Melbourne which facilitates and provides advice in technology-related activities to clients offering a range of strategic financial services.

Nigel Edwards has a very diverse career spanning manufacturing, business development and marketing, and supply chain and logistics sectors. He is currently a Management / Supply Chain consultant with Dotcom Logistics.  He has been active in the arts since the early 1990's having co-founded 'The Substation' community arts centre for which he was awarded Citizen of the Year (2003) for his contribution to Arts and Community Development.  He has a passion for the performing arts and his family maintains an active interest his local theatre companies.  He is a qualified Industrial Chemist (B. App. Sci.) holds a Post Graduate in Manufacturing / Operations Management.

Anthony Palmer is a specialist entertainment lawyer who has worked in London, the US and Australia. With degrees in law and commerce (Melbourne University) and a Master of Fine Arts (Producing) from the American Film Institute, Anthony also has direct production experience gained on feature films, television and commercials. Anthony currently practices with Media Arts Lawyers, Melbourne advising clients across the television, feature film, documentary, live entertainment and online sectors.

Miranda Brown is the director of one of Australia's most successful, respected and long standing PR companies. The company is unique in its eclectic mix of arts and entertainment clients, which range from Australia's biggest music event, the Big Day Out, to the dynamic BigPond Adelaide Film Festival, the South Australian Film Corporation, the Ubud Writers Festival, Victoria's flagship dance company Chunky Move, and many others.