Simone Aughterlony °1977 graduated from the New Zealand School of Dance in 1995. Since moving to Europe she has been involved with various artists in the roles of both performer/deviser and as a choreographer. She joined Meg Stuart/Damaged Goods in 2000 and worked on the productions of «Highway 101» and «Alibi» among others. She has choreographed for theatre productions in Schauspielhaus Zürich, Volksbühne Berlin and Burg Theatre Wien under the direction of Falk Richter, Stephan Pucher and Niklaus Helbling.

Simone first began the production of her own performance work in 2003 with the presentation of her solo «Public Property». Her subsequent works «Performers on Trial» and the group work «Bare Back Lying» have toured extensively in Europe.

She collaborated with the video artist Meika Dresenkamp to create «Between Amateurs» in 2006. Upon invitation from SPIELART Münich, Simone created the duet «Tonic» which was presented upon recommendation of Tim Etchells in the frame of “What’s Next?” in November 2007.  The group work «The Best and the Worst of Us» premiered in February 2008 and toured Europe as did the recent collaborative work with Isabelle Schad «Sweet dreams are made». Most recently, Simone collaborated with filmmaker Jorge Leon on the project «To serve», a trilogy on the subject of domestic servitude that premiered at Kunsten Festival Brussels in May 2010.