Kate is recognised as one of Australia's foremost directors of physical performance. She is an award winning creator of multi disciplinary 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 in Melbourne. Kate Denborough co-founded KAGE in 1996 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 (Next Wave Festival 1998), No (Under)standing Anytime, (Next Wave Festival 2000), Nowhere Man (Melbourne International Arts Festival 2003), Al Fresco (Melbourne 2006 Cultural Festival for the Commonwealth Games), and Headlock (The Malthouse 2006). Many of these have won industry awards and national and international recognition. The awards include the Canberra Critics Circle Award for Dance, a Green Room Award for Female Emerging Artist in Dance and joint winner of the Eva Czajor memorial Award, which salutes women directors. She has also worked with companies such as Chunky Move, ADT and compagnie par.b.leux (Montreal). In 2003, she was choreographer- in-residence at Dance Box, Osaka, and in 2005, she was the artistic director of a company of six young Australian performers resident at World Expo 2005 in Nagoya, Japan. She is developing a new work for KAGE entitled Appetite for presentation at the Melbourne Festival in 2008. She directed Frank Woodley's new solo show Possessed which will tour nationally in 2008 and to the UK in 2009 and recently choreographed Pink Lines for Tasdance.

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, Melbourne International Jazz Festival and Melbourne Writers' 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.

Catherine Jones is Associate Producer and Business Manager for Malthouse Theatre. Prior to joining the Malthouse she was the General Manager of Arena Theatre Company. Catherine joined Arena from the 2001 Queensland Biennial Festival of Music, where as a Producer she was responsible for producing a diverse range of events across the statewide festival. She has worked in project and arts management across a variety of disciplines and festivals including the Melbourne Festival, Out of the Box Festival of Early Childhood, Edinburgh's Hogmanay, Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Brisbane Biennial. Catherine spent over three years as Artistic Coordinator at the Queensland Theatre Company (QTC). Before joining QTC she lived in Edinburgh working in the marketing department at the Traverse Theatre as Assistant Marketing Manager.

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.

Rachel is a graduate of the University of Adelaide and has been working in the arts industry for sixteen years. Prior to her recent appointment as Director of Performing Arts of Sydney Opera House she spent the last decade as General Manager of Company B at Belvoir St Theatre. She has also worked with the Australian Ballet, Handspan Theatre and Magpie Theatre. Rachel has served on a number of arts industry boards, including as Deputy Chair of the Theatre Board of the Australia Council, and as a Trustee of the Sydney Opera House. In 1998 she was awarded the Nugget Coombs Award for Arts Administration in the Young Manager category.

Crusader Hillis was appointed Director of Gasworks Arts Park in January 2006. Crusader has over 20 years experience in the arts and business, and was previously with Melbourne International Arts Festival as Marketing and Communications Manager. His experience before this includes a wide-ranging career in arts event programming, publishing, writing, editing, bookselling, business and production management. His fiction and non-fiction has been published in diverse publications, here and overseas. He co-owns the successful bookshop, Hares and Hyenas. Over the past 15 years, he has curated more than 200 spoken word and performance events in Melbourne and Sydney. He was co-founder of Melbourne Queer Film Festival, co-directing two festivals; was for two years a member of the programming committee of Melbourne Writers' Festival; and served as a board member for the Victorian Writers Centre. He is currently also a Board member for Arts Access Victoria.

 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.

Anthony Strahan is a Barrister with Latham Chambers. He has been a Member of Counsel of the Victorian Bar and the High Court of Australia since 2003 Previously he was an Associate with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London, Solicitor with Minter Ellison Lawyers and Research Assistant to Professor Sally Walker, Centre for Media, Communications and Information Technology Law at University of Melbourne. His areas of practice include Common Law, Commercial Law, Torts, Defamation, Contempt, Media, Suppression of Publication, Obscenity, Administrative Law and Judicial Review, Trade Practices, Regulatory (especially broadcasting), ADR/Mediation and Arbitration. He has had several papers published about freedom of speech and is a member of several professional legal organisations. He graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1997 with Bachelor of Law (Honours).