Brunswick Big Band invites you for an afternoon of jazz and swing dancing. Formed in 2022, the BBB was formed after the yearning to play music with others after Covid lockdowns. With blistering brass,... >>>
Come one, come all to the 2023 Brunswick Ball!
Following the success of the Vintage Ball in 2022, Sydney Road Brunswick is proud to announce the event’s evolution into the Brunswick Ball, an annu... >>>
Singer-songwriter and self-obsessed internet addict Connor Morel fronts a live band in this original gig-theatre show that asks: are we doing the internet right? Is the first video of a cat playing th... >>>
Sydney Coliseum Theatre will be transformed into a New York City Cabaret Club on Friday 17 June as part of LIGHT THE WAY - a DANCE CONVENTION being held over three days and nights from 17 to 19 June. ... >>>
Leap is an explosive new dance show created by Amy Campbell, one of Australia’s most exciting young creatives.
Featuring ten of Australia’s foremost dancers and four extraordinary musicians, le... >>>
Set to esteemed Australian musician Stephen Emmerson’s reimagining of Bach’s 'Goldberg Variations' as a dialogue for two pianos, Years is an online work, created in lockdown and filmed in Sydney D... >>>
K'Lypso! Is a visual cultural extravaganza!
A night of sheer high octane world music, performances and dance instruction from Perths favourite dance teachers! This year we kick off our second instal... >>>
Penelope Sleeps is an indirect reference to the figure of Penelope, the wife of Odysseus, who waited for her husband for years while he travelled the world and waged war, and who, in the meantime, als... >>>
Created and performed by international dance artists Aakash Odedra (UK/India) and Hu Shenyuan (China), Samsara merges mythological storytelling with personal experience.
Described by The Guardian a... >>>
Five dancers and eight metal-heads share the stage in this meeting of cultures, art forms, languages and belief systems.
Melbourne-based dance company Lucy Guerin Inc collaborates with Ensemble Tik... >>>
In Japanese, the word 'matou' encompasses several direct meanings: to wear, put on, tangle and roll up. But used figuratively, 'matou' also describes the moment your life flashes before your eyes in a... >>>
A danced rock concert
Sun Trip is the result of a meeting between dance virtuosos, sound enthusiasts and image lovers. Perrine Valli and The Sunfast reinterpret conventional creative methods and ex... >>>
Three solo performances explore three diverse bodies and their inaccessible histories.
Genetrix is an immersive anthology based on themes of inherited genetics, diaspora, and conflict. In an immers... >>>
Trophy is a site-specific performance on the themes of hunting, conquest and military tradition. Three performers in sumptuous baroque dresses, accompanied by a live drummer, conquer a field like an i... >>>
An evening of solo excerpts by one of the most experimental iconic Swiss choreographers
There is a taste for the body's mechanical forces inside Cindy Van Acker's dance. One can envision some runic... >>>
In what will be the celebrated dance company’s first visit to Australia, Panta Rei Danseteater will perform Lullaby to audiences in the Alexander Theatre.
Norway’s imaginative dance company Pa... >>>
Guru Dudu’s Silent Disco Walking Tours comes to Bondi Feast for the first time.
Wear the supplied headphones, listen to your favourite uplifting dance tunes from the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s & 00... >>>
Discover the Royal Courts of Renaissance Europe through their music and dance. From Italy to England, Spain to Germany, each has their own unique character, brought alive by the Courtly Arts Performer... >>>
Fierce and visceral, Windigo resonates like a scream, the vibrant echo of a long history of human ransacking and destruction, a violation of a land and its culture. Returning to her grandmother's home... >>>
Join Daniel on an exhilarating journey into dance and burn calories without noticing that you are doing a cardio workout. The music is addictive, the dance moves are simple and look great.
Bo... >>>
DANCING QWEENS is a new work by choreographer and drag artist James Welsby (Valerie Hex) exploring 50 years of queer dance history channeled into a highly interactive and surreal experience of queer b... >>>
About the Show
China’s highly-acclaimed dance spectacular makes its Australian debut
The classic Chinese dance story The Legend of Dunhuang promises to thrill Australian audiences with colour... >>>
An experience like no other
Produced by China Arts and Entertainment Group and performed by Gansu Dance Troupe, The Legend of Dunhuang’s is spectacular show that left the audience mesmerised dur... >>>
Grounded in the time and space afforded by the Housemate residency, We Make Each Other Up is a new work grown and cared for in co-operation with Dancehouse and a unique group of human and non-human co... >>>
A thrilling Irish dance show is set to get feet tapping in Melbourne and Sydney, when IRISH
CELTIC makes its debut next July and August.
Direct from a highly successful tour of France and Germany,... >>>
Fall under the spell of Latin Music & Dance, with a sizzling Latin concert led by Multi Grammy Award Winning pianist and producer, Marlow Rosado. The concert will be visually amplified by jaw-droppin... >>>
Welcome to Future City Inflatable, an imaginary landscape formed by all who inhabit it. Both immersive and spectacular, Future City Inflatable is the nostalgic rediscovery of past architectural specul... >>>
"Dance is the hidden language of the soul"
~ Martha Graham
We have been dancing since humans have walked on the planet. For many of us dance is more than something we do, it is who we are. United ... >>>
In (re)PURPOSE: the MVMNT, Abbott appropriates the influential ballet solo, The Dying Swan (1905), to examine our expectations of dance performances, female characters and the limits of the body. She ... >>>
Get your dancing shoes on!
Paul Zaidman will be your teacher. Paul had previously worked on the TV series "Dancing With The Stars" and trained the likes of Kimberley Davis, Danii Minogue & Kylie M... >>>
Jonathan Burrows & Matteo Fargion
Situated somewhere between dance, music, live art and comedy, the work of choreographer Jonathan Burrows and composer Matteo Fargion is intellectually provocative ... >>>
“This movement is…mesmerisingly fluid, with strong performances from James Vu Anh Pham, Niharika Senapati and Tara Jade Samaya.”
***1/2 The Age
“It somehow manages to conjure an expansive,... >>>
Step onto the State Theatre stage for an up-close experience that's out of this world. In Dancing with Death, award-winning Thai choreographer Pichet Klunchun leads you into a space between life and ... >>>
A contemporary dance work that embraces the truth behind the struggle of mental health and celebrates the beauty of bringing the colour back.
It is an intimate and honest conversation through dance... >>>
Five young women draw on ancient martial art traditions to carve out a new space of their own in the world premiere season of the sister work to Cry Jailolo from renowned choreographer Eko Supriyanto ... >>>
Indonesian youths channel the forces of the sea in this mesmerising and uplifting contemporary dance piece presented as part of Asia TOPA.
The remote Indonesian town of Jailolo is home to some of t... >>>
Artist in residence Matthew Day's new work harnesses a commitment to the now. A now that moves in many directions all at once. ASSEMBLAGE #1 is about instinct, animality, ritual, catastrophe, deformat... >>>
MetaData is an immersive performance work comprising two connected pieces created by leading dance, video, sound and animation artists from Melbourne and Sydney. Probing the latest developments in phy... >>>
Let Dance with Kristina introduce you to the world of Tango Argentino!
Kristina is Australia's only Argentine-born female Tango dancer and instructor and pioneer of the Tango movement in Australia... >>>
Jump First, Ask Later is an urban choreographic portrait of the streets of Fairfield in Western Sydney, the most culturally diverse region in Australia
Directed by Byron Perry, the work from Pow... >>>
Australia
World Premiere / Adelaide Exclusive
Would your gaming avatar be everything you want to be or would it end up what you are?
Inspired by the vocal gymnastics of Mike Patton (Faith No Mo... >>>
A new live performance, Small Details extends the focus in Sandra Parker's practice on minimal movement and gestural action. The work uses a series of automated kinetic sculptures set against dense an... >>>
Every Saturday night: part show, part karaoke, part dance party, all go!
Dance battles, lip syncs, choreographed dances, karaoke and backup dancers, party-goers can sit back and watch, or dance til... >>>
The ultimate high-voltage theatrical dance experience!
The true rebels of the ballroom BURN THE FLOOR are back with a stunning new production. Crafted over two years by groundbreaking choreographer... >>>
Where Have All The Flowers Gone? is an intimate, honest and uplifting conversation through dance, exploring the stories of those who have journeyed through post-natal depression and those heroes who w... >>>
Lets Dance with Kristina introduce you to the world of Tango Argentino!
Vibrant, Passionate and Professional, Kristina is a well-known talent in the Melbourne Latin scene and pioneer of the Tango ... >>>
In this sacred Shamanic Dance exploration we will enlist the beauty and timeless essence of Egyptian Dance as a foundation and engage with the personality and vitality of particular organs and let the... >>>
Experience the Glitz and Glamour as the stars of DanceSport kick up their heels at the annual 72nd Australian DanceSport Championship.
The competition will be fierce and the dancing HOT! as couple... >>>
Zombies & Selfies will slam you with genre defying dance that asks are there really Zombies and are we too busy taking selfies to even notice.
Directed by Artistic Director Adam Wheeler
Contribu... >>>
In solid.states, Belgium-based German maverick Arco Renz places two accomplished dancers on an unstable moving platform. Performed by Javanese court dancer Eko Supriyanto and Melbourne choreographer M... >>>
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes.
Don’t resist ... let things flow naturally. Lao Tzu Naturally ... Restless
Adelaide-based Restless Dance Theatre is Australia’s multi-award... >>>
“Magnificent” – Evening Standard, London
“Stunning” – The Irish Times “Extraordinary” - The Telegraph, London
“A Show Piece Extravaganza” – LA Times
The world’s most succe... >>>
Moving from the mundane to the spectacular, from the sublime to the ridiculous, SET distorts and manipulates bodies and objects to playfully reimagine perspective, scale and perception. Choreographed ... >>>
Rotunda is a beautiful blend of dance and live brass music, timed to honour the 1915 Gallipoli landings. The iconic band rotunda, where troops were farewelled and welcomed home is the centrepiece of t... >>>
MAPA and Tasmania’s leading modern dance company, Tasdance are delighted to present the sensational double-bill Luminous Flux in Melbourne this May.
Investigating multiple interpretations of ligh... >>>
IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE JAW-DROPPING SPECTACLE
“Le Noir is a feast for the senses. Visually, it is captivating” – Perth Now
Enter the captivating and electrifying world of Le Noir at Syd... >>>
Presented as part of Dance Massive 2015
VIRTUOSI
Created by award-winning choreographer and filmmaker Sue Healey with music by New Zealand jazz legend Mike Nock, Virtuosi is a feature length doc... >>>
THE RED DRESS by China Ningbo Performance & Arts Group is the touching love story of a young man and woman from two rich families who live in an ancient town in southern China. Sweethearts since they ... >>>
Ros Warby presents a double bill including her new solo, Court Dance, plus, her adaptation of Deborah Hay's solo work No Time to Fly (2010).
ROS WARBY is one of Australia's leading dancer/choreogra... >>>
With a different amazing DJ every night, and three different channels of music to choose from!
ABOUT SILENT DISCO
Rather than using speakers like at a traditional nightclub, the music is broad... >>>
Rachael’s shoulder has a love/hate relationship with her dance training and Grace’s leg nerves aren’t talking to her. Why would you bother? The Space Full Time End of Year Show directed by the n... >>>
Performing as part of Tertiary Dance Weekend at Dancehouse, LINK present SURGE, a triple bill of new dance works. Emerging choreographers Liesel Zink (Brisbane) and Matt Cornell (Darwin) will join est... >>>
Performed by the world-renowned RUSSIAN NATIONAL DANCE company. 'KOSTROMA' is a spectacular and beautiful evocation in dance of ancient Russian culture. This mesmerising event unites centuries of dram... >>>
Dance floor demeanours explored in Michelle Ryan’s premiere
In the Balance
‘We stumble, bounce and back flip on the awkward journeys we make to become who we are. We are in the balance and re... >>>
Triple Bill of Dance Works.
3 Short pieces Produced & Choreographed by The Full Time Dancers
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Performed by the world-renowned RUSSIAN NATIONAL DANCE company. 'KOSTROMA' is a spectacular and beautiful evocation in dance of ancient Russian culture. This mesmerising event unites centuries of dram... >>>
Presented by DANCEHOUSE, THE KEIR FOUNDATION & CARRIAGEWORKS
THE KEIR CHOREOGRAPHIC AWARD
Earlier this year, Carriageworks, Dancehouse and the Keir Foundation have partnered for the first time t... >>>
ISLAND is a new performance installation by James Batchelor and collaborators. It has been developed as part of the Housemate residency at Dancehouse in Melbourne and was recently presented in Canberr... >>>
Candlelight Productions is excited to present The Scarlet Trace, a contemporary dance show exploring the complexities of modern relationships. The show follows the intertwined lives of six friends and... >>>
In Tukre' (Pieces in Hindi), Australian choreographer and dancer Raghav Handa explores how cultural lineage and rites of passage transcend borders and oceans. Inspired by the contents of Handa's own l... >>>
Delgado Fuchs is a duo that knows how to exercise with style.
Delgado Fuchs are Marco Delgado and Nadine Fuchs, two highly sleek performers who walk the borderline between the hyper-sexual and the ... >>>
The Imperial Russian Ballet Company will bring this flamboyant and festive ballet to Australia & New Zealand in 2014.
Don Quixote, a retired gentleman, travels the roads of Spain searching for gl... >>>
Gabriel is a fascinating figure in the traditions from different religious faiths. Christians, Muslims, Jews and even agnostics, recognise the involvement of angel 'Gabriel' in their traditions or bel... >>>
Summer Solo Series is an exciting and unique dance project, that provides a valuable opportunity for dance artists to create, develop and perform short new solo dance works. Every participant in Summe... >>>
Kamp is a new night catering to the GLBT community and friends.
A place to dance, have a laugh, catch Drag acts and be fabulous!
Opening night features - K-drag (a talent quest for Drag Queens a... >>>
It can preserve food, melt ice, make you thirsty and sting your eyes. Too much can kill you, not enough makes you sick and it definitely shouldn't be rubbed it into open wounds. Venice was founded bec... >>>
'… Beyond analogy, Crisp's movement is astonishing in its sheer otherness,… the standard syntax of dance erased. It's magical…, it's dance… like never before' – RealTime (2011)
danse (3) ... >>>
Highly-acclaimed Belgium-based American choreographer Eleanor Bauer brings her now famous solo to Dancehouse for two shows only!
(BIG GIRLS DO BIG THINGS) is an empty promise, a pre-emptive lament,... >>>
In 2011, SYTYCD choreographer, and independent dance producer Paul Malek set out with an aim to reinvigorate the Melbourne dance scene by commissioning UNDERGROUND. A quarterly dance festival held at ... >>>
Works choreographed by Rachel Ogle, Alessio Silvestrin and Kynan Hughes
Now in its eleventh year, WAAPA's postgraduate dance company, LINK, present Moving Object, featuring three new contemporary... >>>
Steph Hutchison's solo WORK is fuelled by an interest in pushing the body to its physical limit. A hybrid performance, interweaving dance, circus arts, improvisation, sports and theatre, WORK is inspi... >>>
Come See Me Dance incorporates two original student devised works that explore dance in our current age. The pieces look at what this art form means to up and coming artists in the industry today. Usi... >>>
With Madame Butterfly, choreographers Martin & Michelle Sierra have assembled a diverse cast of performing artists that embrace a choreography rich with virtue, sensibility, grace, intrigue and challe... >>>
SLEEP is a dance piece that follows 9 youths through a night of sleep, what they think, feel, dream and desire from the moment they prepare to sleep to the moment they wake up. This piece showcases a... >>>
‘The Scarlet Trace’ is lyrical dance piece, choreographed by Benjamin Curé, that follows the intertwined lives of six friends
and the very different love stories that develop between them.
... >>>
Enjoy the sand, sea, sunset and Silent Disco
Get your body moving with a Sunday afternoon dance on the beach
When was the last time you took your shoes off, felt the sand between your toes and... >>>
Starring - Kiara Kieser, Eley May, Hayley Burdon, Pru WIlson & Kaela Brushett
A story depicting the journey of women and how they, as a group, define the importance of friendship. Through their ... >>>
For two weeks, you can be part of the biggest and best Summer School dance and performance experience and learn from some of Australia’s leading choreographers including Jason Coleman.
We offer ... >>>
So they thought the world would end,
they had not counted on the latest trend.
They said the apocalypse would come,
but we go around and whistle, sing and humm.
For those who see the glass half em... >>>
Do you have a favourite MOMENT IN TIME ?
Jason Coleman's Ministry of Dance Junior school is taking you back to all those fun, memorable moments through the decades.
When slinkies were all the rage... >>>
Anna Karenina, plunges audiences into the grand world of 19th century aristocratic Russia. We meet Anna, her dour husband, Karenin, and her lover, Vronsky. Swept on the tide of her passion for Vronsky... >>>
“Boris Eifman - An amazing magician of the theatre” - New York Post
Eifman Ballet, who tour the world constantly to packed houses and have critics around the world reaching for superlatives, will... >>>
In Commemoration to the Argentine Independence Day, 9 de Julio 1810. Celebrating Tango & Folklore music and dances from Argentina.
Performances by "JOALTA" - Argentine Folk group, and Local Tango Dan... >>>
Trish Squire-Rogers is the woman behind the dance segments on Channel Nine’s The
Footy Show teaching Shane Crawford and the rest of the team to dance, putting
footballers through their paces is on... >>>
Four Faces puts four characters under a microscope. An exploration of love, desperation, gratification and the gay human condition presented through four solo dances. >>>
A lot of people in Australia associate tango with ballroom dancing or Hollywood movies portraying couples doing overt gestures with rose between the teeth. This popular misconception probably comes fr... >>>
The B# Big Band will be back at The Copa, featuring 'It Takes Two' & 'Dancing With The Stars' band members, every Sunday afternoon in August for 4 more of their renowned Big Band Swing Sessions! >>>
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