Walker, Kim (1960 - )

McMurdo, Don: Kim Walker with Mary Duchesne (left) and Janet Vernon (right) in 'Homelands', Sydney Dance Company, 1982

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Kim Walker's earliest dance experiences were with his mother, modern dancer and teacher Margaret Walker in Sydney. As a teenager he was one of the early graduates of the Careers in Dance training course of the Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre, the organisation that would become the National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA). Walker went on to a successful dance career with the Sydney Dance Company from 1980 to 1990. He became a prominent and popular artist and performed leading roles in works created by artistic director Graeme Murphy such as Homelands, Daphnis and Chloe, After Venice, Boxes and Kraanerg.

During his years with Sydney Dance Company he studied with a number of other companies, including the Ailey School attached to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre in New York.

Walker's choreographic career began with the Sydney Dance Company, for which he created Cafe in 1989, Before the Word in 1991 and Monkey See in 1992. He has choreographed for a number of major companies and directors in Australia including Opera Australia, Melbourne and Sydney Theatre Companies, Richard Wherrett, Neil Armfield, Wayne Harrison and Roger Hodgman, as well as television commercials, musicals, corporate and charity launches and music video clips.

In1998 Walker was appointed artistic director of the Flying Fruit Fly Circus based in Albury-Wodonga. During this appointment he created numerous works for the company and organised successful national and international tours. In 2007, he was appointed Executive Director of NAISDA, the organisation from which he had graduated almost thirty years earlier.

Walker has served as a member of the Theatre Board of the Australia Council, the Dance Committee of the NSW Ministry for the Arts, and the HotHouse Theatre Artistic Directorate. In 1991 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award for his individual contribution to the arts.

See also: Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre ; After Venice ; Boxes ; Daphnis and Chloe ; Murphy, Graeme ; Sydney Dance Company ; Walker, Margaret

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