Sacha Copland is the artistic director of Java Dance Theatre. She founded Java after graduating from the NZ School of Dance in 2003. Sacha dances and choreographs prolifically, touring to Singapore, Australia, China, South Korea and the UK. Sacha was awarded the 2019-21 Creative NZ Choreographic Fellowship and recently made the critically acclaimed Artisan Series. She has performed and produced 23 seasons of Back of the Bus, a dance show on a moving bus, all over the world.