Vale Eileen Kramer

The iconic Australian dancer and choreographer has died aged 110.
Eileen Kramer in the forthcoming Sydney Festival production 'AFTERWORLD'. A 110-year-old woman holds her hands to her veiled face.

Dancer, choreographer, artist and writer Eileen Kramer died peacefully last Friday (15 November) aged 110.

ā€œShe will be dearly missed by those who knew her and those inspired by her across the world,ā€ her legal guardians said in a statement.

Kramer’s frequent collaborator, dance filmmaker and choreographer Sue Healey, paid tribute to her this week, saying: ā€œEileen Kramer was a legend. She was a true creative spirit… Every day, this woman decided to create something and so for us to have lost her now, it’s almost unbelievable. I thought she was going to outlive all of us. A true creative artist to the end. She danced right to the end.ā€

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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 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. 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