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Tanja graduated from the University for Music and Dramatic Arts in Graz, Austria with an MA in Stage Design (First Class Honours) under the professorship of Hans Schavernoch. She subsequently completed a Graduate Diploma in Animateuring/Performance Making at The Victorian College of the Arts, and has worked extensively over the last ten years as a designer, director, performance maker, and teacher in Australia and oversees.
In Brisbane, Tanja has designed set and costumes for The Queensland Theatre Company, Expressions Dance Company, Circa, Kooemba Jdarra Indigenous Performing Arts, Vulcana Women’s Circus, Kite Children’s Theatre, State Library of Queensland, Queensland Arts Council, Real TV Project, Backbone Youth Arts and Contact Inc. In Melbourne, Tanja’s work includes designs for the 2001 Melbourne International Arts Festival, The Melbourne Museum, NICA (National Institute of Circus Arts), Westside Circus, La Mama Theatre, The Torch Project, The Geelong Youth Arts Centre, Platform Youth Arts, as well as direction for the 2007 Melbourne International Arts Festival, The Store Room and St Martins Theatre of Youth.
Over the last few years, Tanja has been increasingly involved in a number of indigenous projects in Brisbane and Melbourne, working closely with Aboriginal communities to help develop stories through three dimensional design and performance.
Tanja is currently a teaching artist with The Arts Centre and the Malthouse Theatre, and lectures at RMIT University.
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