Sarah is trained in classical ballet and contemporary dance and has choreographed and performed with Nelipot Collective since 2015. She has appeared in Nelipot’s major independent works Seasons and Reasons (2015) and Adrift (2018), and has performed at festivals and events across Tasmania including Nayri Niara Good Spirit Festival (2019), Gathering of the Goddesses (2023) and Cygnet Folk Festival (2024). Her broader performance history includes The Dark Chorus (Lucy Guerin Inc / Dark Mofo 2017) and Blacklist (Dark Mofo 2015–2016). As Creative Producer for Our Last Tree, Sarah leads partnership development and project delivery while contributing choreographic and conceptual material. Alongside her artistic practice, she works in science and research, exploring animal physiology, stress and climate change. This interdisciplinary perspective informs her ecological storytelling and strengthens Nelipot’s engagement with the environmental questions shaping our time.

Andrea is an Australian multimedia artist, violist, improviser, educator and composer living in lutruwita/Tasmania. Mentored by Andrew Morrish and trained in performance improvisation with Al Wunder, Peter Trotman, Ruth Zaporah and Andrew Morrish, her practice is grounded in live responsiveness and interdisciplinary collaboration. She is a founding member of the lutruwita Art Orchestra (est. 2023), an ensemble dedicated to telling under-represented stories through a blend of orchestral and improvisational traditions. Andrea has been commissioned nationally and internationally, including sound design for Of Loss: Grief’s Transitions (CoreDance Contemporary, New York) and composition for HERSELF (Ireland). She has performed at MONA, Precipice National Improvisation Festival and Junction Arts Festival, and regularly collaborates across Tasmania including at Nayri Niara and Cygnet Folk Festival. For Our Last Tree, Andrea composes the original score and performs live viola, looping and vocal textures. Her improvisational approach shapes the evolving soundscape and responds directly to the movement and structural shifts within the work.

Tullia Chung-Tilley (she/her) is a dancer, choreographer, educator and arts advocate whose practice centres community engagement, environmental storytelling and interdisciplinary performance. Her movement background spans gymnastics, springboard diving, trampolining and cultural dance forms before transitioning into contemporary dance. Alongside her artistic practice, Tullia has a professional background in secondary school science and dance education and has worked for over fifteen years with schools and communities across lutruwita/Tasmania and Kununurra (WA) as a teacher, facilitator and creative producer. She is currently Manager of the Sustainability Learning Centre, where she combines arts practice, environmental education and public engagement as a passionate scientific communicator. As a performer, Tullia has appeared with Nelipot Collective at the Nayri Niara Good Spirit Festival, Gathering of the Goddesses, Cygnet Folk Festival, Tarkine in Motion with the Bob Brown Foundation and the Clarence Jazz Festival, as well as projects with DRILL Performance and Dark Mofo. In Our Last Tree, Tullia contributes choreographic material informed by socially engaged practice and science communication, strengthening the work’s connection between ecological knowledge, community participation and collective environmental action.

Pema Chungyampin (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist, dancer, yoga teacher, visual artist and horticulturalist based in lutruwita/Tasmania. Her practice spans movement, sculpture and site-responsive installation, taking inspiration from the natural environment and prioritising materials that are predominantly natural, reclaimed or upcycled. Her work explores the relationship between artistic expression and natural systems, reflecting a strong commitment to sustainability, ecological awareness and hands-on creative problem-solving. Pema has contributed sculptural and set design work to projects including Nayri Niara Good Spirit Festival and Tarkine in Motion with the Bob Brown Foundation. She has also performed and designed for Nelipot Collective’s Adrift, contributing as both a dancer and visual collaborator. Alongside her artistic practice, Pema works at the Sustainability Learning Centre, where she designs and delivers interdisciplinary programs connecting students with place, ecology and creativity. For Our Last Tree, Pema leads set design, creating sculptural elements that emerge from and respond to the work’s movement language and its exploration of ecological interconnection.

Leo is a culturally and linguistically diverse performing artist based in lutruwita/Tasmania. Trained in Chile, France and the United Kingdom, his practice spans acting, vocal performance, choreographic theatre and contemporary dance. He studied Vocal Performance and Choreographic Theatre at PanTheatre in Paris and Contemporary Dance at the Laban Centre in London, and trained with Claude Brumachon and Benjamin Lamarche in France. Leo is a qualified teacher of the Alexander Technique, having completed teacher training at The School for F.M. Alexander Studies in Melbourne. Prior to relocating to Tasmania, he taught Alexander Technique in major acting studios in Melbourne, integrating somatic awareness into professional performance training. His work centres presence, expressive clarity and embodied coordination across performance and education contexts. As Director of Our Last Tree, Leo guides the structural and conceptual arc of the work while contributing choreographic material as a performer, shaping its physical language through a synthesis of vocal, theatrical and somatic practice.

Pepe is an interdisciplinary performing artist, somatic psychotherapist and facilitator originally from Chile. Trained as both psychologist and actor, his background spans contemporary dance, contact improvisation, meditation, psychodrama and trauma-informed somatic practice. In Australia, he has expanded his training through studies in remedial massage therapy, yoga teaching and myotherapy. Pepe has presented internationally in theatre and contemporary dance since 2006. In Australia, he has developed and presented works including The Rite of Rebirth (La Mama, 2022) and I Am Nature, an interactive and participatory work for children. His practice centres embodiment, ritual and community engagement. In Our Last Tree, Pepe contributes choreographic material informed by somatic awareness and intercultural perspective.