• Punk the beat! Let’s W_ack!

    Arts Centre Melbourne: Punk the beat! Let’s W_ack!

    The Showroom, Arts Centre Melbourne
    This series frames choreography from 8 teachers through a neurodiverse lens, transforming dance into a conceptual and social playground, dissolving boundaries between mind, body and community. Punking is a Queer-born club dance defined by pose, attitude and musical domination. W_acking is the action – it’s the way you move with…
    Copland Dance Episodes

    The Australian Ballet: Copland Dance Episodes

    Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    In a stunning explosion of colour and music, New York City Ballet Resident Choreographer Justin Peck’s Copland Dance Episodes arrives in Australia. Featuring Choctaw/Cherokee painter and sculptor Jeffrey Gibson's set designs, former New York City Ballet dancer Ellen Warren’s costumes and lighting design by Brandon Stirling Baker, Copland Dance Episodes is…
    Punk the beat! Let’s W_ack!

    Arts Centre Melbourne: Punk the beat! Let’s W_ack!

    The Showroom, Arts Centre Melbourne
    This series frames choreography from 8 teachers through a neurodiverse lens, transforming dance into a conceptual and social playground, dissolving boundaries between mind, body and community. Punking is a Queer-born club dance defined by pose, attitude and musical domination. W_acking is the action – it’s the way you move with…
    Engine

    Sydney Dance Company: Engine

    Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
    Engine unites three extraordinary choreographers; Rafael Bonachela, Fran Diaz and Melanie Lane, for an exhilarating performance that promises bold, fearless dance. Rafael Bonachela premieres The Journey Itself is Home, a new work featuring music by Grammy Award-winning composer Bryce Dessner and inspired by 17th-century Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō. Engine sees the return…
    Sheltering

    Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering

    Arts Centre Melbourne - Playhouse
    Beneath the constellation of its creative and cultural legacy, Bangarra Dance Theatre, will present a program of three powerful works: 'Keeping Grounded', 'Brown Boys', and 'Sheoak', which honour Bangarra's past while looking to the future. 'Sheltering' will tour nationally from May to July 2026. An intergenerational thread connects this bold triple bill,…

    Theatre Royal: Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox

    Theatre Royal
    Having previously performed multiple sold-out tours across Oceania, the trailblazing troupe of singers, dancers and instrumentalists will hit our shores with their brand new The Future is Vintage tour. In the midst of the AI hype all around us, some folks have gone so far as to proclaim that in the not-so-distant…
    Copland Dance Episodes

    The Australian Ballet: Copland Dance Episodes

    Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    In a stunning explosion of colour and music, New York City Ballet Resident Choreographer Justin Peck’s Copland Dance Episodes arrives in Australia. Featuring Choctaw/Cherokee painter and sculptor Jeffrey Gibson's set designs, former New York City Ballet dancer Ellen Warren’s costumes and lighting design by Brandon Stirling Baker, Copland Dance Episodes is…
    In Shadows (Dalam Bayang-Bayang)

    Darebin Arts Speakeasy: In Shadows (Dalam Bayang-Bayang)

    Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre 189 High Street, Northcote, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    A ghost story told through shadow puppetry, live music and dance, In Shadows (Dalam Bayang-Bayang) reimagines a classic tale from Southeast Asian folklore and immerses audiences in a world of shadow, sound and memory. Created by visual artist Liang Luscombe, musician and ethnomusicologist Isobel D’Cruz Barnes, and writer–producer Haneen Mahmood…
    Genesis

    West Australian Ballet: Genesis

    Dolphin Theatre 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, Australia
    What started as a creative incubator for our dancers to branch out, increase their skills and choreograph works on their peers, has now become one of the most popular seasons in the West Australian Ballet calendar. It’s your chance to get in on the ground level and see new works,…
    In Shadows (Dalam Bayang-Bayang)

    Darebin Arts Speakeasy: In Shadows (Dalam Bayang-Bayang)

    Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre 189 High Street, Northcote, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    A ghost story told through shadow puppetry, live music and dance, In Shadows (Dalam Bayang-Bayang) reimagines a classic tale from Southeast Asian folklore and immerses audiences in a world of shadow, sound and memory. Created by visual artist Liang Luscombe, musician and ethnomusicologist Isobel D’Cruz Barnes, and writer–producer Haneen Mahmood…
    Engine

    Sydney Dance Company: Engine

    Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
    Engine unites three extraordinary choreographers; Rafael Bonachela, Fran Diaz and Melanie Lane, for an exhilarating performance that promises bold, fearless dance. Rafael Bonachela premieres The Journey Itself is Home, a new work featuring music by Grammy Award-winning composer Bryce Dessner and inspired by 17th-century Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō. Engine sees the return…
    Sheltering

    Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering

    Arts Centre Melbourne - Playhouse
    Beneath the constellation of its creative and cultural legacy, Bangarra Dance Theatre, will present a program of three powerful works: 'Keeping Grounded', 'Brown Boys', and 'Sheoak', which honour Bangarra's past while looking to the future. 'Sheltering' will tour nationally from May to July 2026. An intergenerational thread connects this bold triple bill,…