Dancer, choreographer, costumer designer, artist and writer
Eileen Kramer was born in 1914, in Cremorne, Sydney, a child of the bush and the harbour. Her career spans four continents and a century of creativity.
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Short film ‘Eileen’ screens to acclaim at New York Dance on Camera Festival
“She shatters all manner of expectations, and it’s exhilarating. She is uninhibited, at her ease, vivacious, drawing you in with her naturalness and making you feel you’re involved in life…
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Dance film completed as Eileen turns 107
“At the beginning, my vision was of art and nature. An image I had seen, of a painting, quite large, hanging from a tree in a forest in Japan, had inspired me, and brought about the
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New book of stories released
It’s out! Eileen Kramer’s latest book – ‘Elephants and Other Stories’ – has been published. Order your copy now through online bookstores.
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Eileen’s latest dance film was released in November 2021, in time for her 107th birthday. Inspired by a monumental Moreton Bay Fig in Glebe, Sydney, ‘The God Tree’ is a meditation on nature and art, created with the help of long-time collaborator Sue Healey and featuring music by the legendary Mike Nock.
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Bodenwieser style
Eileen first saw the Bodenwieser Dance Company perform in 1940, at the age of 25. “Whatever it was in my psyche that recognises its own told me immediately that this was for me. The next day I found out where Madame Bodenwieser was teaching and went there straightaway to see whether I could become a student of the dance.” By the end of 1940, she was given her first solo, ‘Spring’, and was designing costumes for the company as well. Her first performance as a professional member of the company was in 1943.
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