Divija Melally

Divija Melally

Divija Melally is a movement artist based in Bristol, working in the intersection of making, performance, facilitation and movement direction.

She has received commissions to make work from Pegasus Theatre, Dancin’ Oxford Festival, Dance East Ipswich, Akademi, Bath Spa University, WOVEN theatre, and UK New Artists. 

Work with organisations include: Artist Led Session (Sadlers Wells), Associate Artist (Movema), Visiting Artist (Pavilion Dance South West), Take Space to Lead (Beyond Face Theatre & Strike a Light), Cultural Connector (Neon Dance), Engagement Artist (Shobana Jeyasingh Dance), Relationship Programme Artist (Spark Arts), Artist Advisory Panel (Citizens for Culture), Artist Advisory Board (Bradford Arts Centre), First Drafts (Projekt Europa), Elevate (Theatre Royal Bath), Creative Researcher in Residence (Bath Spa University), Programmed artist (Kultursommer Wien, Vienna), NEMO grant Finland (Nordisk Kulturfond). 

She recently received the Bristol Legend Award by Bristol 24/7 in the Performing Arts (Newcomer) category.