Dylan Phillips

Biography

Dylan Littleton Phillips (2001) is one of Australia’s leading contemporary circus artists, and has been described as having a creative wisdom and physicality well beyond his years. Growing from a background of hand balancing and partner acrobatics, Dylan now uses his virtuosic physicality to engage audiences with his movement and dance whilst creating stark and poetic images with his body. 

At 17, he joined world renowned Australian contemporary circus company Gravity and Other Myths to be part of the creation of their Helpmann award winning production Out of Chaos. His career highlights with the company to date include performing in venues such as Oper Graz, Austria, Tohu Theatre, Canada, Grec Theatre, Spain, opening The Edinburgh International Arts Festival in front of 16,000 spectators and performing in the Edinburgh Playhouse with the company's 60-person work. After being a creative artist on their past 4 major works, Dylan was delighted with the honour to be a key creator and performer on The Mirror which was commissioned by the Chameleon Theatre, Berlin and The Sydney Opera House, Australia. Dylan has performed internationally over 350 shows, and countless performances in Australia including all the major arts festivals.                    

Dylan’s work outside the company has allowed him to tour his own award-winning work to France, the Czech Republic and China, and was recently awarded funding from Arts South Australia to develop his own duo work (Genre: Physical Theatre, Dance & Circus), SISSY, which premiered in the Czech Republic in June 2023. 

In 2024, his quantity of professional engagement has slowed due to his commitment to deepen his craft, which after being awarded the Marten Bequest Scholarship, and accepted into the prestigious Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance in London, he will spend two years continuing to develop as an artist within the dance traditions. Dylan sees this time as integral to his development and is dedicated to becoming the most versatile artist he can be.

Updated 3/2024