GRUMBLE BOOGIE : Betty Grumble
GRUMBLE BOOGIE is an aerobic dance class led by performance artist Betty Grumble – an hour-long dance meditation, heart pump and exercise in “Thank You Body.” Be with your body, in joy, in playfulness, warmth and possibility in this open platform class, where all levels of movement are welcome. Expect a genre smash of ritual movement, cabaret-style panache, performance art, and more!
From first-time dancers and long-time movers, this workshop invites you to get swept up in the world of storyteller, artist, and social sculpture, Betty Grumble. Where movement is life and life is a whole lot of fun.
DURATION
1 hr (duration is a guide only and may be subject to change)
SENSORY & CONTENT WARNING
This workshop is for adults and young people aged 15+.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Emma Maye Gibson (AKA Betty Grumble) is a Warrane/Sydney based storyteller and performance artist. Largely through the avatar/war mask/love letter/critter of Grumble she engages her body as a hopeful and medicinal site for catharsis and pleasure. She moves in a genre dance of ritual theatre, autobiography, cabaret, performance art and multi-media. She is a proud Ecosexual and believes in art as an action of her spirituality.
She has her Masters in Fine Arts from UNSW and has presented work at The Sydney Opera House, Glastonbury, Edinburgh Fringe, Perth & Adelaide Fringes, The Melbourne Comedy Festival, The Festival of Dangerous Ideas, Griffin Theatre, Belvoir St Theatre, The Bearded Tit, Red Rattler Theatre, OUTsider Festival (Austin, Texas), MoMA (NYC), Joe’s Pub (NYC), The Glory (London), LiveWorks, The Old Fitz, AsiaTOPA, Dark Mofo, Mona Foma, Sydney World Pride, Ted X, AGNSW, MCA, Berlin Fringe, The Ladies Lounge, The Forest Congress, All About Women, Rising Festival, The Sydney Biennale and beyond.
She believes in the transformative power of flesh, social sculptures and live space, leads Grumble Boogie ‘Thank You Body’ aerobic psychic love energy dance classes and is currently engaged under the guidance of mentors Dr Annie Sprinkle, Elizabeth Burton and Victoria Spence. Major works include: Sex Clown Saves The World, Love & Anger, The Unshame Machine, GRUMBLISM, Grumble Boogie, Goddess – The Elizabeth Burton Story, Mini Beast Disco, A Composting Cabaret, 24HR Grumble Boogie, 6HR Grumble Boogie, Enemies of Grooviness Eat Shit, A Loved Woman & BODY SPELL. She is the 2025 Performance Space Fellow and one half (alongside Dr Charlotte Farrell) of performance collective Body of Work who are working on their new offering titled CALM DOWN and considers the late great Palestinian/Lebanese poet Candy Royalle to be one of her greatest guides.
From first-time dancers and long-time movers, this workshop invites you to get swept up in the world of storyteller, artist, and social sculpture, Betty Grumble. Where movement is life and life is a whole lot of fun.
DURATION
1 hr (duration is a guide only and may be subject to change)
SENSORY & CONTENT WARNING
This workshop is for adults and young people aged 15+.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Emma Maye Gibson (AKA Betty Grumble) is a Warrane/Sydney based storyteller and performance artist. Largely through the avatar/war mask/love letter/critter of Grumble she engages her body as a hopeful and medicinal site for catharsis and pleasure. She moves in a genre dance of ritual theatre, autobiography, cabaret, performance art and multi-media. She is a proud Ecosexual and believes in art as an action of her spirituality.
She has her Masters in Fine Arts from UNSW and has presented work at The Sydney Opera House, Glastonbury, Edinburgh Fringe, Perth & Adelaide Fringes, The Melbourne Comedy Festival, The Festival of Dangerous Ideas, Griffin Theatre, Belvoir St Theatre, The Bearded Tit, Red Rattler Theatre, OUTsider Festival (Austin, Texas), MoMA (NYC), Joe’s Pub (NYC), The Glory (London), LiveWorks, The Old Fitz, AsiaTOPA, Dark Mofo, Mona Foma, Sydney World Pride, Ted X, AGNSW, MCA, Berlin Fringe, The Ladies Lounge, The Forest Congress, All About Women, Rising Festival, The Sydney Biennale and beyond.
She believes in the transformative power of flesh, social sculptures and live space, leads Grumble Boogie ‘Thank You Body’ aerobic psychic love energy dance classes and is currently engaged under the guidance of mentors Dr Annie Sprinkle, Elizabeth Burton and Victoria Spence. Major works include: Sex Clown Saves The World, Love & Anger, The Unshame Machine, GRUMBLISM, Grumble Boogie, Goddess – The Elizabeth Burton Story, Mini Beast Disco, A Composting Cabaret, 24HR Grumble Boogie, 6HR Grumble Boogie, Enemies of Grooviness Eat Shit, A Loved Woman & BODY SPELL. She is the 2025 Performance Space Fellow and one half (alongside Dr Charlotte Farrell) of performance collective Body of Work who are working on their new offering titled CALM DOWN and considers the late great Palestinian/Lebanese poet Candy Royalle to be one of her greatest guides.
