• 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.
    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…
    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…
    Still Fall

    Sydney Fringe Festival: Still Fall

    Studio One UNSW Esme Timbery Creative Practice Lab, High St, Kensington, NSW, Australia
    Integrating cameras, green screens, and filters, this cutting-edge experimental dance work exposes the messy intersection of our digital identities and raw IRL realities - where authenticity, aspiration, and absurdity collide. As this duality becomes more extreme, so does our fascination with watching it unfold - sometimes gruesomely. Think The Substance,…
    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.
    Superposition

    Sydney Fringe Festival: Superposition

    PACT 107 Railway Parade, Erskineville, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Superposition by Jazmyn Carter and Gabriel Sinclair is a bold contemporary dance performance where movement meets machine. Caught in a magnetic push-and-pull, two performers spiral between connection and conflict — part duel, part duet. Set against a reactive, cybernetic soundscape, this electrifying work explores what happens when human instinct collides…
    INFLUENCER

    Tasdance: INFLUENCER

    Earl Arts Centre 10 Earl Street, Launceston, TAS, Australia
    INFLUENCER is a captivating exploration of hierarchies of power, trends, manipulation and the conscious or subconscious methods and platforms in which humans affect, lead and follow each other. Led by Kyall Shanks, five artists equipped with 50 selfie lights unravel the power of digital algorithms, social “norms,” and how they…
    Still Fall

    Sydney Fringe Festival: Still Fall

    Studio One UNSW Esme Timbery Creative Practice Lab, High St, Kensington, NSW, Australia
    Integrating cameras, green screens, and filters, this cutting-edge experimental dance work exposes the messy intersection of our digital identities and raw IRL realities - where authenticity, aspiration, and absurdity collide. As this duality becomes more extreme, so does our fascination with watching it unfold - sometimes gruesomely. Think The Substance,…
    INFLUENCER

    Tasdance: INFLUENCER

    Earl Arts Centre 10 Earl Street, Launceston, TAS, Australia
    INFLUENCER is a captivating exploration of hierarchies of power, trends, manipulation and the conscious or subconscious methods and platforms in which humans affect, lead and follow each other. Led by Kyall Shanks, five artists equipped with 50 selfie lights unravel the power of digital algorithms, social “norms,” and how they…
    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.
    Superposition

    Sydney Fringe Festival: Superposition

    PACT 107 Railway Parade, Erskineville, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Superposition by Jazmyn Carter and Gabriel Sinclair is a bold contemporary dance performance where movement meets machine. Caught in a magnetic push-and-pull, two performers spiral between connection and conflict — part duel, part duet. Set against a reactive, cybernetic soundscape, this electrifying work explores what happens when human instinct collides…
    Still Fall

    Sydney Fringe Festival: Still Fall

    Studio One UNSW Esme Timbery Creative Practice Lab, High St, Kensington, NSW, Australia
    Integrating cameras, green screens, and filters, this cutting-edge experimental dance work exposes the messy intersection of our digital identities and raw IRL realities - where authenticity, aspiration, and absurdity collide. As this duality becomes more extreme, so does our fascination with watching it unfold - sometimes gruesomely. Think The Substance,…

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