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Image credit: Georgia Haupt Bahala/o 19 - 29 November 2025 New Benner Theatre, West End Recommended Age 16+ Bahala/o by Buddy Malbasiasis a raw, energetic dance theatre experience that beckons you to embrace the spirit of ‘bahala na’ - whatever happens, happens! Drawing from the Filipino philosophy of ‘Bahala Na’, the work is seriously unserious,... Continue Reading →
Photographed by Daniel Boud A spectacular contemporary dance work about the cycle of life and the journey from birth to death, The Chronicles was presented as part of Brisbane Festival by the Melbourne-based Stephanie Lake Company, following its world premiere at Sydney Festival in January. Photographed by Laurent Liotardo From the first uncurling fingers of... Continue Reading →
Bad Nature for Brisbane Festival at The Powerhouse Theatre, photographed by David Kelly A jaw-dropping collaboration between Brisbane’s Australasian Dance Collective and The Netherlands’ Club Guy & Roni, Studio Boris Acket, and HIIIT, Bad Nature was a transportive new work about the relationship between humanity and the rest of the natural world. Photographed by David... Continue Reading →
Image by Jade Ellis Photography, Arabella Walker and Sean Dowling Design The Next 14 Seconds 28 - 29 November 2024 Cremorne Theatre, QPAC, South Bank Quicker than an intake of breath our universe hurled itself into existence. Hot. Dense. A single point moving at unimaginable speeds, stretching, and expanding towards being, towards discovering, understanding, knowing,... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Marnie Vaughn Dance24 22 May - 1 June 2024 Metro Arts, West Village, West End A celebration of dance and creativity, Dance24 is set to take centre stage over two weeks at Metro Arts. The event serves as a testament to the transformative power of dance, igniting inspiration and connection among industry professionals,... Continue Reading →
Lily Potger, photographed by David Kelly Australasian Dance Collective (ADC) has premiered Halcyon, a new contemporary dance work by Jack Lister, at the Brisbane Powerhouse for a limited season. Seeking to immerse the audience in a stylistic realm of intrigue and glamour, Halcyon drew inspiration from crime noir and the golden age of Hollywood and... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Atmosphere Photography The headline show of Brisbane Festival 2023, Salamander brought together contemporary dancers from Brisbane's Australasian Dance Collective with guest artists and international collaborators to produce a multifaceted spectacle on an ambitiously large scale. Lead by director and choreographer Maxine Doyle and renowned designer Es Devlin, Salamander combined dance, song, poetry, and... Continue Reading →
Content warnings: coarse language, partial nudity, violence, adult themes and sexual references, the use of haze and strobe effects. The Farm flips the script on what a dance theatre work can be with their new production. Stunt Double is packed with action, humour, and unexpected turns as it celebrates the unsung heroes of the Australian... Continue Reading →
Chimene Steele-Prior and Lucie, photographed by David Kelly Warning: Drones, strobe lighting, haze and occasional high sound pressure levels. Australasian Dance Collective brought dancers and drones together as onstage equals with their new contemporary dance work Lucie In the Sky, which made its world premiere at the QPAC Playhouse in May. Based in Brisbane, ADC continues... Continue Reading →
Australasian Dance Collective artists perform Cass Mortimer Eipper’s Limbic. Photographed by David Kelly. After the season was postponed earlier in the year due to flood damage at QPAC, Australasian Dance Collective opened their second iteration of THREE at the Brisbane Powerhouse, a triple bill of new works from three different choreographers, all created in collaboration... Continue Reading →
Photo by David Kelly, edited by Alisdair Macindoe Forgery 22 September - 2 October 2021 Cremorne Theatre, QPAC, South Bank What happens when a computer has creative control of six dancers? The theatre darkens and the lights come up on a performance that is completely unknown - for not just the audience, but the dancers... Continue Reading →
Canberra-based Australian Dance Party performed Mine! in Queen Street Mall as part of Supercell Festival of Contemporary Dance, an engaging and visually exciting performance piece dealing with the proposed new mega-mines in Queensland. Originally commissioned for National Science Week ACT, Mine! Five dancers in brightly coloured jumpsuits and carrying boxes of Lego performed the work,... Continue Reading →
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