Indi McQueen

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
Graduate of The Victorian College of the Arts
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Indi McQueen (she/her) is a Naarm-based dance artist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance) at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA). Originally trained in commercial dance, she transitioned into contemporary practice at age 15 while studying at John Curtin College of the Arts (Walyalup/Fremantle, WA). Her work with choreographers Scott Elstermann and Brooke Leeder in Western Australia sparked her love for choreography and collaboration. Since relocating to Naarm/Melbourne in 2023, Indi has expanded her practice into interdisciplinary work, engaging with theatre, design, sculpture, and interactive composition. She has trained and collaborated with artists including Julie Ann Minaai, Jill Crovisier, Kialea-Nadine Williams, Melanie Lane, Benjamin Hurley, and Phillip Adams. Receiving the Philip Law Travel Scholarship and the Orloff Family Charitable Trust Award in 2025, she will use this to travel to Vienna’s ImpulsTanz Festival 2026. Her recent projects include choreographing ‘Concrete Sleep’ with Project Z, leading choreography for the University of Melbourne’s 2024 Midsumma Pride March, and premiering her first full-length work ‘Paradigm’ at the 2025 MUSE Festival

McQueen approaches contemporary dance classes with a foundation in technique, improvisation, and full-body awareness. With extensive training in current ballet and contemporary forms, she guides dancers through exercises and phrases that honour each individual’s anatomy, encouraging them to work with what they can give. Improvisation is central to her creative practice—used for choreographing, meditating, and exploring—and her classes focus on warming the body, engaging imagination, and moving collaboratively to create shapes and images. Emphasising the importance of sensing and utilising the entire kinesphere, McQueen aims to help dancers understand and feel their whole body working together. She fosters a safe, supportive environment rooted in curiosity, recognising that everyone learns differently and never asking participants to push beyond their capabilities, but always to arrive with an open, honest mind.