Originally from Latje Latje country (Mildura) Australia, Louella May Hogan is a 2014 graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts in Naarm (Melbourne). She has danced in Australia and Europe, freelancing with Cyril Baldy, Shelley Lasica, Bec Jensen & Sarah Aiken, Prue Lang, and Adam Linder.
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She danced with the Royal Danish Theatre's experimental and process driven company Corpus from 2018 to 2021, working with Bobbi Jene Smith, Hilde Sandvold, Frédéric Gies, Kristen Ryg Helgebostad, Tilman O’Donnell, and unperformed works by Eleanor Bauer and Nature Theatre of Oklahoma.
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Louella joined Ioannis Mandafounis’ improvisation focused Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company in 2023.
As well as Mandafounis, significant choreographers like William Forsythe and Thomas Hauert created new works on the company, touring to iconic international stages.
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As well as choreographic contribution from the role of a dancer/improviser, Louella also choreographs with her own practice, developed slowly over the past 12 years.
Notably, a solo commissioned by Roskilde Festival and “Snakes Slither, Cakes Sliver” performed at FrankfurtLAB.

Louella credits her fellow dancers for profoundly influencing her artistry. For instance sensing Riley Watts' weight and tender strength in a duet, responding to Thomas Bradley’s dynamics and decisions in durational improvisations, and embodying the wisdom of Cyril Baldy over years of dancing together.