[2] In 1985 he founded the Dancelink program to give Australian artists access to seminal dance practices from the US, Asia and Europe.
[3] Brisbane-born Russell Dumas trained in a number of dance styles in Australia and overseas including classical ballet, and the Graham and Cunningham techniques.
The dancing, free of narrative, psychological or other theatrical overtones is a testament to kinaesthetic intelligence and an ode to the simple, always surprising, sometimes humorous beauty of human bodies-in-action.
(...)Moves like this may sound tricky (and they are), but the calm clarity with which they're performed make them look as unaffected as breathing, and every recovery from a manoeuvre is unhurried, smooth, and resilient.
This makes an accent as small as the quick flip of someone's hand or a sudden run or the deliberate stamp of a foot against the floor seem startling."
The Village Voice Selected works include: "touch and go", The Performance Space, Sydney (2001) "in the room" (2003–2009) history of works : DANCE FOR THE TIME BEING – SOUTHERN EXPOSURE" (2013) Dance for the time being" (2010 -2012) In The Room 2004–2005, Cultural Residues 2003, In Available Light 2003, Touch and Go 2002, The Oaks Café/Cuckoo 2000, Cassandra's Dance 1999, Cargo Cult/Accumulation 1998, Cargo Cult 1997, Through Frames 1996...And Yet 1995, Envelope 1995, One Leg From Certain Angles 1994, A Tree From Any Direction 1994, Surround 1993, Duets Project 1993, Eurotrash 1992, Trailer 1991, Rescued Estates 1991, Approaching Sleipner Junction 1990, Local Motion – Program 2 1990, Blue Palm/White Lies 1989, Occasional Dances 1989, Incidental Light 1989, Between Movement and Light 1989, Foreign Bodies/Local Solos 1988, Postmodern Cabaret 1987, Dancing Sara's Phrases 1987, Small Appropriations 1986, Double Exposure 1985, Local Motion 1985, Circular Quay......... 1984–85, Distinguishing Feature 1983, 8 – 9 1982, Project 1982, One for Nothing 1982, Mulambin Beach 1981–1983, Interludes 1981, Circles 1981, 4,3,2,1- 1981, Rough Cuts 1981, Grid 1980, Beach I, II and III 1979, Blinky Bill 1979, Fractions and Fractions T.V.