Jo Naumann Curren is a teacher, performer and choreographer based in Adelaide, South Australia. She has been developing her practice for over 10 years since her graduation from AC Arts, with a Bachelor of Dance Performance.

Jo makes and assists the making of work that seeks to engage its audience and performers to interact and connect. She is most interested in cross discipline work that combines her passions for dance and aerial circus. This cross discipline work extends to her teaching practice, including CBL; Creative Body-Based Learning which brings together creativity and the school curriculum.

In 2010 Jo launched, ran and taught the Public Dance Class Program for ADT with much success. As a performer Jo created her own solo aerial dance piece for the Adelaide Fringe in 2008, as well as being apart of the Adelaide Arts Festival opening, with Italian aerial company Studi Festi (2006). In the opera, ‘Le Grand Macabre’ (2010) Jo worked as both aerialist and dancer, in the following year the work ‘Safe But Unsafe’ which she co-choreographed, was nominated for the best dance performance.

Jo has been awarded the Helpmann Academy’s mentorship with director/choreographer Amanda Philips. Those projects include ‘Solo Reflections’ and ‘Future Memories’, Australia’s first full-dome dance film, which was awarded IAF’s critics choice for innovation. Jo performed in the production of ‘The House That Jack Built’ in Canberra, which combined physical theatre, dance with aerial circus. Jo received professional development grant from Carclew to participate in the National Circus Festival and training program. Through Arts SA, Jo travelled to France for the Les Rencontres De Danse Aerienne in 2012 and again in 2013. The European Aerial Dance Festival included international leaders such as Fred Deb (from Centre National des Arts du Cirque) and Sarah Poole, from École Nationale De Cirque, Montreal’s national circus facility. these teachers have formed the foundation to her aerial dance training and continue to give depth to her teaching practice.