Dan Eleni Carey is a writer, performance maker and outdoor arts practitioner based in the Blue Mountains, NSW.

Her artistic work centres on collaborative, connective practice and explores themes of nature connection, grief/loss and social change.

Her most significant work to date is Beneath the Surface (2023), a floating, site-responsive performance and installation by canoe in Kangaroo Valley. She received a Festivals Australia Grant to co-produce the work with Julie Henninger, co-writing, co-directing and performing in the piece.

Other recent collaborations include MAGNIFY! An Immersive Insect World (2024), Weaving Wild Wonder (2021), Wild Ground: Bushfire Recovery Storytelling Project (2020). and Nature of Motherhood: A sit spot writing (2018).

Through her business, Wild Ground Creative Adventures, Dan has spent over a decade creating nature immersion programs and creative projects for children and adults. Her work draws on creative practice, forest schooling, nature play and social ecology, and is grounded in trauma-informed and neuro-affirming practice.

She holds a Music Degree and a Master of Teaching.