The youngest of Walk on Water’s performers, Vanessa graduated from the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts with a B.A in Dance. She has performed in works by Cazarine Barry, Jillian Pearce, Nicky Smith and Jonathon Taylor at Victorian College of the Arts, the Australian Choreographic Centre and for the Sydney-based Bodies Festival. Vanessa is also an accomplished actor and puppeteer, working for Terrapin Theatre Company and performing recently in Romeo and Juliet and Marat/sade. Vanessa brings to the project a youthful vitality that enhances Walk on Water’s exploration of women at different stages of their lives.