Ilan Abrahams has a passion for creating sublime and transformative theatre and workshop experiences that integrate people, concepts of sustainability, and the local landscape. He is the founder and artistic director of Sense of Place Projects. He has walked the full length of the Yarra in one continuous journey, lectured in Ecology and Art at the Victorian College of the Arts, and worked as a town planner and permaculture designer. His creative approach is influenced by studies and training in ecology, Buddhism, permaculture, dance, theatre and somatics. He won the Warrandyte Film Festival with 'The Minstrel'(2006), a musical about the local six seasons calender, and loves watching clouds. Ilan co-ordinates the permaculture garden at The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, and recently returned from three weeks of training and teaching at the S.E.E.D.S. Festival (Somatic Experiments in Earth, Dance and Science) in the United States. In 2009 Ilan will build a permaculture garden and run outdoor movement workshops for children based on the phases of growth in the garden at ARTPLAY, The Centre for Children's Art, adjacent to Federation Square. He is also currently recording a CD of children's songs with ecological themes.