Blink is an independent performance company established in 2013 by Lyndel Quick as a platform for her directorial and choreographic work. Over the past decade it has become a meeting ground for professional and community artists, creating devised performances, movement-based theatre and event happenings on Wadawurrung Country in Djilang/Geelong and across regional Victoria.
Artistic Director & Founder
Lyndel Quick
Associate Artists
Bridget Sweeney
Jeana Blackert
Technical Director
John Quick
Production Assistants
Taygan Povolny
Natalie Palmer
Jinaya Myers
Alison Turner
Advisory Board
Ebony Newstead
Rochelle Carmichael
Anne O’Keefe
Jacqui Dreessens
Abby Warrilow
Amanda Labonte
Kelly Clifford
Dr Christine Davey
Lyndel Quick – Artistic Director
Lyndel Quick is a producer, director, choreographer and theatre maker based in Inverleigh and Geelong. Her practice weaves movement, devised performance, site-specificity, and community participation, with a deep focus on place, story, and embodied experience.
Lyndel’s early training began with the Barwon Theatre Company and continued through six years of tertiary study in dance, theatre, and education at Deakin University, Rusden and Box Hill TAFE. A qualified educator, she has directed, choreographed, and delivered projects for schools, studios, and companies across Australia and the UK – including Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Victorian College of the Arts, Ausdance Victoria, Back to Back Theatre, Geelong Arts Centre, and Courthouse Arts. Since founding Blink Dance Theatre in 2013, Lyndel has led the creation of original works that bring professional and community artists together in meaningful, site-responsive performance. Her work is regularly supported by leading regional and state bodies including Arts Victoria, City of Greater Geelong, Next Wave Festival, and Platform Arts.
Bridget Sweeney – Associate Artist
Bridget Sweeney is a visual artist and dancer. She completed a Bachelor of Psychological Sciences at Deakin Uni and was the recipient of the Vice Chancellor Academic Excellence Scholarship. She is currently completing a Master of Counselling. Bridget formally trained in Ballet, Jazz and Contemporary dance for 18 years with the completion of all RAD ballet exams at The Russian Choreographic Academy (Camberwell, VIC) and continues to maintain her dance practice locally. Bridget has performed and competed at state and national levels, including the Royal Academy of Dance Showcases and performed with Transit Dance in the Dance Architect Choreography Finals. Bridget has worked extensively in community arts and is currently an art instructor, teaching painting classes for both children and adults. She has had both employment and volunteer experience with Platform Arts and Geelong Gallery delivering various art events and exhibitions. A highlight was working on the RONE project. Bridget has exhibited her own work in exhibitions at studios including Hoop Gallery, The Space Art Gallery and Unassigned Gallery in Brunswick. Most recently, Bridget participated in Blink Dance Theatre’s, Momentum Lab Residency (2025) Bloom Dept, for ROAM Geelong (2025) and Cloud Chamber (2026) Bridget is interested in the crossover between visual arts and dance and has an ongoing interest in arts and wellbeing.
Jeana Blackert – Associate Artist
Jeana Blackert’s creative practice incorporates textile, ceramic, and photographic methods to create objects, images and installations. Her artwork is often site-specific, responding to the elemental and material aspects of a place. The ideas behind her work guide the materials she chooses to make with, preferring materials that are readily available such as paper, string, plant matter or materials found at a site. Through her art-making she contemplates a reciprocal exchange between the body, organic and architectural forms; and the tensions which arise between perception and making her inner landscape visible.
Jeana Blackert migrated to Australia in 2001 from North America and is of European and Kanaka ʻŌiwi (Native Hawaiian) descent. She comes from a long line of humans who make things. She was taught to knit by her maternal grandma, to sew and embroider by her mom, encouraged in photography and image-making by her paternal grandma; and learned versatility and resilience in life and making from her dad. She also holds formal qualifications in textiles and creative arts from Box Hill TAFE and Deakin University. Jeana was a key member of Blink’s creative team as visual artist for Bloom Dept (2025) and Cloud Chamber (2026). She is grateful to have persevered in creative practice for over 15 years, and to live, work and create on Wadawarrung Country.
John Quick – Technical Director
John Quick has been involved in live music production and events for over 30 years, working as a full-time musician, as well as running his own production company, Audio Live for over a decade. John has provided concert production services to Port Fairy Folk Festival, Celtic Music Festival, Pakofesta, Freeza and Courthouse Youth Arts. He worked as an audio technician at Geelong Arts Centre for 8 years, assisting with a major audio upgrade installation in two theatres, and was also on the project control group for the new state-of-the-art theatre space at Geelong Grammar School. John has held roles in numerous major venues, including Operations Coordinator and Event Supervisor at The Geelong Arena and Venue Coordinator at Courthouse Arts. John was part of the inaugural team which opened the worldclass music venue, Melbourne Recital Centre, holding the role of Facilities and Stagedoor Manager for 5 years, as well as being part of the PCG which managed build and defects. With a trade background in electrical as well as his current Supervisory role in Maintenance at Geelong Grammar School, John is experienced in managing safety and compliance. John has provided pivotal production and technical support for Blink events over many years, with lighting design and audio setup in both traditional theatre venues and site-specific spaces.
Creative Community
Since its founding in 2013, Blink Dance Theatre has been shaped by many voices, bodies, and imaginations. We honour the artists and collaborators whose contributions have helped inform Blink’s evolution and creative legacy.
Founding Dancers (2013)
Bec Fairey, Jessica Lesosky, Fiona Luca, Ebony Newstead, Kirsty Reilly
Former Company Manager
Ebony Newstead
Former Creative Producers and Performers
Jessica Lesosky, Elise Wilkinson
Artists & Collaborators
Sioux Patullo, Stevie Van der Chys, Jane Acopian, Boom Gallery, Sarah Hall, Sara Di, Josh Mitchell, Jennifer Backwell, Sofia Reinking, Philip Besancon, Peter Mounsey, Abby Warrilow, Annika Glac, Marcus Struzina, Susan Van den Ham, Melinda Chapman, Mairin Briody, Justin Batchelor, Cricket, Ferne Millen, Serena Macartney, Eric Dittloff, Jeanie Irving, Leiko Manalang.
If you’ve worked closely with Blink and don’t see your name here, please feel welcome to get in touch – we’d love to acknowledge your contribution.
Thank you to the Arts and Culture team at the City of Greater Geelong for their long term support with project specific funding.