Shaun Parker

Artistic Director and Founder, Shaun Parker & Company

Shaun Parker is an award-winning choreographer, dancer, actor and counter-tenor whose work has spanned film, television and live theatre productions. He is artistic director of Shaun Parker & Company, which he founded in 2010. 

Born on a grape-growing property in Mildura, and a graduate of the VCA, Shaun's work has toured to 18 countries including Germany, Sweden, Austria, Luxembourg, France, Malaysia, USA, Lebanon, Palestine and the UK. 

His choreographic works include: 

• KING
• REMOTE
• In The Zone
• Am I
• Happy As Larry
• This Show is About People
• The Yard
• SPILL
• TROLLEYS
• Rika’s Story
• My Little Garden
• Blue Love
• TUT
• Love Installment
• Tenebrae III 
• The Love Trilogy and NO, two award-winning short films

Shaun has won an Australian Dance Award for both This Show is About People and The Yard, for his work with underprivileged teenagers in Western Sydney, the Shirley McKechnie Award for Choreography, a Green Room Award for AM I, the Argus Angel Award (UK), the Bearer of Hope Award (Germany), the Banksy Award (New Zealand), the NSW Premier’s Creative Achievement Award. He has also been nominated for three Helpmann Awards and the NSW Premier’s Export Awards. 

Shaun’s anti-bullying dance program into schools, and his other interactive community events, have been lauded for their connection with audiences to deliver strong social impact.