ABOUT US
Hot Glue Buns (Kady Mansour and Michaela Tancheff) are a duo who love dance, disco, and dancing to disco. Hot Glue Buns was born in 2018 out of a dance on film project as part of Kady’s studies, and the Buns have not looked back since.
Hot Glue Buns have boogied alongside CC:DISCO at Strawberry Fields Festival (2018-2019), and Gordan Koang at Meredith Music Festival (2019). They made regular appearances at Movement Decor’s ROFLCOPTA (2021-2022), and were a part of Stephanie Lake's Escalator (2023). In 2021, the Buns developed ‘Hot Glueshops’ as part of Moreland City Council’s Festival Development Program. This opportunity has allowed them to deliver participatory and inclusive experiences across Naarm and Regional Victoria, including Fawkner Festival (2022), Gippsland Performing Arts Centre (2023), and Glenroy Festival (2023). They are working to deliver Hot Glueshops regularly within communities across Naarm and beyond!
KADY
Kady is an emerging dance artist and choreographer based in Naarm. Her practice encourages connection with broad audiences through creating inclusive and participatory experiences and performances. Kady was a teacher for beginner levels at Open Dance from 2023-2024, and is looking to pursue study in Dance Therapy in 2024 to further her understanding of how movement can foster healing and connection between individuals and communities.
Kady’s community-driven focus naturally informs her choreographic work, which interrogates shared experiences of everyday life, incorporating elements of physical theatre to elevate her narratives. Her choreographic endeavours have been presented as part of Dancehouse’s Emerging Choreographers Season Inertia (Kady and Michaela Were Here 2021, 2021), Temperance Halls Fringe Season (Two Women Enter the Toilet Cubicle, 2022), Stephanie Lake’s Escalator (Menstruation the Musical, Hot Glue Buns, 2023), and music festivals including Strawberry Fields and Meredith.
MICHAELA
Michaela Tancheff is a dance artist based in Naarm with an interest in performance and community engagement. Her performance experience includes 4/4 (Chunky Move), Cuddle (Harrison Ritchie-Jones), Token Armies (Chunky Move), Colossus (Stephanie Lake Company), as well as works by emerging choreographers, Michaela and Kady Were Here 2021 (Kady Mansour), A Study Of Being (Kayla Douglas) and Human Patterning (Damian Meredith). She has an ongoing collaboration process with Kady Mansour creating dance works as well as delivering community engagement projects as their duo Hot Glue Buns. Michaela graduated from Transit Dance in 2018.