Full circle: Tasdance’s new Artistic Director on coming home to Launceston

Almost two decades after leaving Tasmania, Adam Wheeler returns with an enriched skill set. He talks about telling stories, rejecting failure, and working with the next generation of dance makers.

Adam Wheeler with members of Yellow Wheel, the pre-professional dance company he founded and led for many years. Photo credit: Pip Samaya.

Dancer turned dance educator, producer and choreographer Adam Wheeler was in the middle of a workshop with members of the National Youth Dance Company of Scotland and his own youth company, Yellow Wheel, earlier this year when he received the text message that changed his life.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts