• Preparing Ground

    Brisbane Festival: Preparing Ground

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Preparing Ground is a powerful new language that dances the weight of history and the fire of resistance. It holds the warmth of family voices, quiet moments of care, and the heartache of displacement. Three women share the stage, their bodies carrying stories through cycles of resilience and reclamation. Projections…

    Common People Dance Project: Common People Dance Eisteddfod

    Edmund Rice Performing Arts Centre 58 Stephens Rd, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
    The Common People Dance Eisteddfod has become a revered tradition here in our fair city. Teams from across South East Queensland battle it out over one epic night and need you to cheer and shout as they dance the night away. Dressed in sequined armour, the mighty suburban gladiators will…
    Bad Nature

    Australasian Dance Collective: Bad Nature

    Brisbane Powerhouse 119 Lamington St, New Farm, QLD, Australia
    Brisbane Festival exclusive, Bad Nature, combines awe-inspiring movement, multisensory design, international collaboration, couture, and more to push the boundaries of perception. Australasian Dance Collective (ADC) and the Netherlands’ Club Guy & Roni (CGR) bring together an international team of celebrated creatives, including multidisciplinary artists Boris Acket, Maison the Faux, and…
    Once in a Blue Moon

    PYT Fairfield: Once in a Blue Moon

    PYT Fairfield 19 Harris Street, Fairfield, NSW, Australia
    Once in a Blue Moon is a three-part choreographic work created and performed by Tala Issaoui that moves through film, live performance, and ritual embodiment. A melancholic trilogy that drifts between worlds and art-forms of transformation and quiet unravelling, a mystic is guided to her final crossing beneath the glow…
    Illume

    Bangarra Dance Theatre: Illume

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Illume is the latest work by Wirangu and Mirning choreographer and Bangarra’s Artistic Director Frances Rings, created in collaboration with Darrell Sibosado, a Goolarrgon Bard artist from Lombadina on the Dampier Peninsula. Sibosado’s work is inspired by the light of the pearl shell and the cultural practice of rigi (pearl shell…
    Illume

    Bangarra Dance Theatre: Illume

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Illume is the latest work by Wirangu and Mirning choreographer and Bangarra’s Artistic Director Frances Rings, created in collaboration with Darrell Sibosado, a Goolarrgon Bard artist from Lombadina on the Dampier Peninsula. Sibosado’s work is inspired by the light of the pearl shell and the cultural practice of rigi (pearl shell…
    LIFE

    SLIDE Youth Dance Theatre: LIFE

    AANT Centre Darwin, NT, Australia
    \Inspired by song lyrics that resonate with the cast, LIFE follows the lives of teenagers whose safe place is ‘where the music is’. Song lyrics are the barometer of a generation, they speak for broken hearts, moments of pure celebration and days where the whole world seems troubled and confused. Songs are the soundtrack…
    Free Dance Workshops with Bring a Plate

    Brisbane Festival: Free Dance Workshops with Bring a Plate

    Hub Neighbourhood Centre Inala 79 Poinsettia St, Inala, QLD, Australia
    Come and join these fun, celebratory, and inclusive dance classes. Bring A Plate is an inclusive dance company that has been consistently bringing people together, celebrating diversity, and creating safe spaces since 2017. Founded on the pillars of community, inclusion, play, agency, and place, Bring A Plate challenges Australian society’s…
    Butterfly Effect

    West Australian Ballet: Butterfly Effect

    His Majesty's Theatre, Perth Perth, WA, Australia
    Be among the first to witness this world premiere as choreographer Alice Topp returns to Perth with her modern reimagining of Madame Butterfly. This enduring tale of unrequited love and loss will stay with you long after the curtain closes.
    LIFE

    SLIDE Youth Dance Theatre: LIFE

    AANT Centre Darwin, NT, Australia
    \Inspired by song lyrics that resonate with the cast, LIFE follows the lives of teenagers whose safe place is ‘where the music is’. Song lyrics are the barometer of a generation, they speak for broken hearts, moments of pure celebration and days where the whole world seems troubled and confused. Songs are the soundtrack…
    The Chronicles

    Stephanie Lake Company: The Chronicles

    Thomas Dixon Centre 406 Montague Rd, West End, QLD, Australia
    Pulsing with energy and sensuality, The Chronicles explores the cycles of life and the inevitability of change. Twelve of the country’s top contemporary dancers meet a masterful electro-acoustic score by Robin Fox, which blends driving rhythms with the stirring, ethereal sounds of a children’s choir (the Voices of Birralee) and singer…
    Unveiling Shadows

    Metro Arts: Unveiling Shadows

    Metro Arts 111 Boundary St, West End, QLD, Australia
    Unveiling Shadows is a profound exploration of survival, self-discovery, healing, and culture. Woven through intimate storytelling and the language of movement, Joshua Taliani boldly confronts inner demons, revealing the layers of silent struggles. Unveiling Shadows is the debut solo work of First Nations (Bidjara/Kullali/Wakka Wakka) Italian artist and performer Joshua…

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