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…
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,…
Time Vortex

Duprada Dance Company: Time Vortex

Araluen Arts Centre 61 Larapinta Dr, Araluen, NT, Australia
This September, the Australian Dance Academy and Duprada Dance Company are going on an adventure through time. Time Vortex is an original story will get you grooving in your seat.  The theme or story is told through quick dynamic dance styles beginning with a iPhone being found at a Swimming…
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…

Arts Margaret River: In the Shadow of Time

Margaret River HEART 47 Wallcliffe Road, Margaret River, WA, Australia
Performed by Co3 Contemporary Dance in collaboration, with live music from the Australian Chamber Orchestra Collective spanning 1,000 years, and costumed by Akira Isogawa, the newest work from Raewyn Hill is a poignant exploration of aging, resilience, and the unseen forces that shape our lives. Five dancers move on a…
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…
Move FM

Dance Makers Collective: Move FM

Sydney Dance Company Studios Wharf 4/5, Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, 15 Hickson Rd, Dawes Point, NSW, Australia
An eclectic assortment of contemporary dance by Sydney's most exciting Emerging Artists and Makers. Future Makers is thrilled to share with audiences their freshest ideas in MOVE FM, a collection of short dance works co-created and performed by the next generation of leading contemporary dance makers and performers in Sydney.…
Elements of Freestyle

ISH Dance Collective: Elements of Freestyle

Brisbane Powerhouse 119 Lamington St, New Farm, QLD, Australia
In this adrenaline-fuelled explosion of extreme urban sports, dance, music, and theatre, the Netherlands’ ISH Dance Collective create breathtaking poetry with every movement. Whether you float on ballet shoes or soar on skates, with ISH, it’s all dance. Elements of Freestyle is about those redeeming seconds that make a complicated…

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