ALICE LEE HOLLAND 

Artistic Director/CEO

Alice (SHE/HER) is an Australian dance artist - director, choreographer, teacher and mentor. 

Originally from Boorloo (Perth) Alice is a graduate of WAAPA (Bachelor of Arts, Dance) and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Master of Fine Arts, Performance and Choreography). Over the past 20 years she has lived and worked in Western Australia, Victoria and Queensland, with organisations including Dancenorth, Chunky Move, Circa and Strut. 

Alice has mentored countless young dance artists as sessional lecturer at WAAPA and the VCA, and as Artistic Director of STEPS Youth Dance Company. During her tenure, STEPS received seven nominations for the Australian Dance Awards and won in 2015 for Fights and Flights – and performed at the Dance and the Child International Congress in Taiwan (2012) and Copenhagen (2015). In 2019 Alice was the Artistic Director for the ‘Australian Youth Dance Festival – International Revolutions per Minute.’ 

Alice has also worked deeply in the community space. In 2019 she created SIMULCAST for Chunky Move, which featured 300 dancers aged 8-80. From 2019-2024, Alice led the Community Experience Program for Dancenorth Australia. Alongside the ongoing outreach programs, Alice led two new creations with and for the community – SAFETY NET featuring 24 local teenagers, and DEEPER THAN DANCING – an inclusive, celebratory three-year program that generated three short dance films, a new production and immersive dance experiences in Gurambilbarra (Townsville). 

Photo: Olivia Wikner

LINDA UZUBALIS

General Manager

Linda (SHE/HER) is a skilled administrator and community organiser who has worked in community organisations throughout her career, mostly those providing services to young people. Linda has a background in the arts, as a practicing visual artist, maker and researcher.

Linda is highly organised and has extensive experience in operations, financial management, human resources, regulations and compliance, program/producing support, reporting, communications. She is accomplished at building relationships and working alongside a diverse range of people and engaging with a variety of stakeholders, including Government.

As a mother of four neurodiverse children, Linda believes in allowing young people freedom of expression through creativity and has a special interest in movement and creativity to support neurodivergent youth. Linda has two children dancing with Quantum Leap and first became involved in the community in 2023 as a parent volunteer and yoga teacher.

Emma Batchelor

Development Manager

Emma Batchelor (SHE/HER) is a queer, autistic writer, performer and arts advocate from Kamberri (Canberra). 

Emma holds a Bachelor of Medical Science (Hons) from the Australian National University and has a professional background in corporate and arts governance, community organising and creative development. Across roles at The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility and The Research Centre for Deep History, Emma also has extensive experience in operational management, fundraising, marketing and strategic development.

In addition, Emma is engaged in a range of arts advocacy roles. She is the Chair of MARION, an organisation dedicated to elevating writers and their art, a board member of Stellar Company, an inclusive dance company, a mentor for the Audrey Fagan Board Program, an ambassador of the Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge and a member of strategic body, the Minister’s Creative Council. She has been a peer for artsACT and is part of the current Creative Australia peer pool.

As a multidisciplinary artist preoccupied with the intersection of writing and movement Emma explores ideas of the self as both a subject and object. As a dancer, Emma has performed for Quantum Leap in both regional and international tours as well as for brother, choreographer James Batchelor. In 2024 she was a resident artist at The Street Theatre, where she has been developing a new, interdisciplinary performance work that adapts her writing for the stage. Her debut novel, Now that I see you was the winner of the Australian/Vogel Literary Award (2021). She is currently developing the manuscript for her third novel with project funding from artsACT.

Photo: Jesse Petrie

natalie wade

Program Coordinator

Natalie (SHE/HER) has dedicated over a decade to community building. She has developed inclusive programming in collaboration with schools and organisations, engaging a diverse cross section of the community. Natalie has a strong focus on skills development, fostering a sense of belonging and empowerment, and working with young people living with disability. 

Natalie has trained in ballet, gymnastics, and commercial dance. She has a love of dance as an artform, with a particular passion for ballet and contemporary dance. Natalie raised her two boys in country towns in NSW whilst studying Visual Arts and was a gymnastics, tumbling and dance teacher in Goulburn for many years.  

Natalie joined the QL2 community in 2016 as a parent volunteer and has been connected to the organisation ever since. 

Photo: Olivia Wikner, O&J Wikner Photography