Entangled Labours

Artist Bios

Rhonda Dixon Grovenor stands outside an apartment complex wearing an oversized orange T-shirt featuring three owls huddled shoulder-to-shoulder.

Rhonda Dixon Grovenor is a Gadigal/Bidgigal/Yuin Elder and Traditional Descendant from the Sydney (Warrane) and saltwater basin and the South Coast of NSW. She is the daughter of First Nations activist and advocate, Dr Charles “Chicka” Dixon, who was an MUA union activist. Dixon has over 50 years’ experience in the performing arts having received a scholarship to UCLA and she also has experience within the theatre sector as a writer, actor, collaborator and consultant. Dixon is a compassionate advocate in the fields of social and environmental justice and human rights self-determination, decolonisation, self-governance, community strengthening and cultural revitalisation for the future generations.





James Hazel is a composer; sound artist; and researcher who has worked w/ contemporary dance, performance, new-music ensembles, soloists, and various collaborators across disciplines. James is currently interested in scoring/ritualising resistant text and sonic practices (and making) that emerge within conditions of precarity – working with found and bricolaged materials through scores, installation, performance texts, spoken word, and video.

James has presented work at/with Bundanon Trust, Vivid Sydney, Arts Incubating and Oil Tank Culture Park (Seoul, South Korea), Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Legs on the Wall, International Video Dance Festival of Burgundy, Metro-Arts (Brisbane), Gondwana Choirs, Backstage Music (AU), Pinnacles Gallery, Scanlines, Sydney Fringe Festival, City of Sydney, Catapult Dance/March Dance, Spineless Wonders, Lock Up Gallery, and Create NSW. James has scored an Australian Dance Award winning production; awarded the NIDA-Sponsored Emerging Artist Award; and been featured as a finalist in the 7th International Media Arts Award.

In shadowy low lighting, illuminated is Kaz Therese wearing a pink jumper and serious expression.

Kaz Therese (they/them) grew up on Darug land in Mt Druitt, Western Sydney. They are an interdisciplinary artist and cultural leader with a practice grounded in performance, activism and community building. Their work is inspired by place and narrative from working class & underclass settings. In 2022 Kaz completed a residency at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) and in August will premier their solo work SLEEPLESSNESS commissioned by Carriageworks.

From 2013- 2020 they were the Artistic Director of PYT Fairfield. Kaz directed the Helpmann nominated PLAYLIST (premiered 2018), UnWrapped, Sydney Opera House (2019) Other works include JUMP FIRST ASK LATER (HELPMANN AWARD WINNER) TRIBUNAL presented at Griffin Theatre, ArtsHouse Melbourne, Sydney Opera House, Sydney Festival; WOMEN OF FAIRFIELD with MCA C3West and STARTTS, winning the Sydney Myer Arts & Cultural Award for Best Arts Program (2016).Kaz is the Founder of FUNPARK ,Mt Druitt (Sydney Festival 2014) and a graduate of the 2019 Australia Council Cultural Leadership program.

Tom Avgenicos sits in a black classical ornate chair with a trumpet and his own shadow hanging on the back wall.

Tom Avgenicos is a trumpeter and composer living and working between Muloobinba (Newcastle) and Gadigal (Sydney). He works across a diverse range of creative contexts, from classical and improvised music to collaborations with breakdancers and multimedia artists. His sonic palette fosters conversation and connection between performers and audiences. His work has been performed at the Sydney Opera House, Melbourne Recital Centre and MONA. His recent awards and recognitions include the Freedman Jazz Fellowship, Best in Music and Best in Dance at the 2024 Sydney Fringe Festival, a 2025 APRA Art Music Award nomination, and the 2025 Made New Commission.