Aaron Shaw
Professional
Aaron is a queer movement artist from Australia and Ireland, with a particular interest in social impact and collaborative exchange.
Aaron has an extensive background in dance, established in performance and extending to creation, direction, and education.
Since 2012, Aaron has been engaged in companies throughout Germany and Belgium, working with world-renowned artists including Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Damien Jalet, and Alain Platel. His performance career has seen him employed by companies such as Badisches Staatsballet, Hessisches Staatsballett, and Ballet Flanders (Opera Ballet Flanders).
Aaron has frequently collaborated in multidisciplinary contexts throughout his career, engaging in site-specific dance performances, festivals, installations, exhibitions for photo and video, and music videos, in a variety of performance, production, and creative functions. Aaron’s choreography has been presented at international galas and theaters in Europe.
His experience as both dance artist and creator has also culminated in various roles in education for tertiary and secondary establishments, as well as professional companies throughout Europe and Australia.
Aaron obtained a Master of Arts and a Bachelor of Arts (Dance) from the University of Music and Performing Arts, Mannheim, is a certified Countertechnique teacher, and is undertaking studies in Project Management. Aaron currently works as a rehearsal director at Opera Ballet Flanders, Belgium.
