Biography
Jade Brider (she/her) is a Magandjin/Brisbane-based performer, choreographer, visual artist, and artistic director of VOiiiD Collective (est. 2021). A professional performer since 2016, she creates hyper-visual, multidisciplinary works that champion sustainability, inclusivity, and collaboration, exploring liminality alongside philosophical and global themes.
Trained in Australia and the UK, Jade holds a BA (Honours) from the London Contemporary Dance School and has performed internationally across dance, film, fashion, and installation. Career highlights include five years with Phluxus2 Dance Collective, three years with Yorke Dance Project, and performances with artists and companies such as Paloma Faith, Charles Jeffrey LOVERBOY, and The Cohan Collective. She has toured to Beijing, Paris, Athens, Edinburgh, and London, with presentations at the V&A Museum, Horizon Festival, Melt Festival, SPARK Festival, HOTA, and Brisbane Street Art Festival. Her collaborative choreographic work with director Kate Davis, Logging onto Love, was presented at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (BBC).
As a creator, Jade’s works include Banshee3000, LAMINA, Paradisical, and her largest work to date, CHROMA, an immersive performance integrating dance, recycled wearables, an original sound score, and generative visuals. She has received the Lord Mayor’s Fellowship (2023) and facilitated international workshops, including at the Handmade and Recycled Festival in Athens, Greece.
Beyond her own projects, Jade is an active community arts facilitator, teaching movement to people experiencing disabilities and producing Welcome to the VOiiiD, an annual large-scale performance event now in its fourth year. She was also currently involved in creating the Queensland Dance Awards, a not-for-profit organisation that celebrates dance in Queensland.
With a practice rooted in experimentation and visual theatre, Jade continues to push the boundaries of form, fostering cross-disciplinary collaborations to create innovative, impactful, and visually striking works.
