Kayla Douglas is a contemporary dance artist based in Naarm (Melbourne) interested in creating work about the human condition and our lived experiences. She builds visceral, imaginative worlds to immerse both her performers and audience within. Her works consider new world-conditions and explore how the individuals immersed within these conditions will respond.
Kayla studied contemporary dance at John Curtin College of the Arts and later Transit Dance. She was also a member of Dancehouse’s Emerging Choreographers program. In 2017 she received support through the Dance Architect Choreographers Award to develop her work The Woman which premiered in 2018. She worked with Stephanie Lake and the company of 50 dancers that made up Colossus as both a performer in the Melbourne season in 2019 and as an assistant rehearsal director in the 2018 Melbourne season. Her work A Study of Being also premiered in 2019 at Dancehouse as part of the Melbourne Fridge Festival. It was nominated for best Dance/ Physical Theatre Work in the festival. Her latest work Tremor premiered in late 2022.