Vale Eileen Kramer

The iconic Australian dancer and choreographer has died aged 110.
Eileen Kramer in the forthcoming Sydney Festival production 'AFTERWORLD'. A 110-year-old woman holds her hands to her veiled face.

Dancer, choreographer, artist and writer Eileen Kramer died peacefully last Friday (15 November) aged 110.

“She will be dearly missed by those who knew her and those inspired by her across the world,” her legal guardians said in a statement.

Kramer’s frequent collaborator, dance filmmaker and choreographer Sue Healey, paid tribute to her this week, saying: “Eileen Kramer was a legend. She was a true creative spirit… Every day, this woman decided to create something and so for us to have lost her now, it’s almost unbelievable. I thought she was going to outlive all of us. A true creative artist to the end. She danced right to the end.”

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts