Dancehouse
Dancehouse is Australia's premier centre for independent dance. Our role is threefold: to advance independent dance artists, to build dance audiences, and to develop the artform itself. With artists and audiences, we are co-creating a context for independent dance, in its diversity, to be accessed and appreciated. Together, we are nurturing dance making and dance thinking; we are building dance literacy and dance's legacy.
emergence - Nook Dance Centre's Concert
Sunday 13 November 2022
Nook Dance Centre's Primary and Secondary Contemporary and Ballet students will each perform a short piece. Each group has explored a different theme/idea.
Dancehouse - Sylvia Staehli Theatre
Workshop with Daniel Riley and Australian Dance Theatre (CANCELLED)
Tuesday 25 October 2022
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Dancehouse - Sylvia Staehli Theatre
NOW PIECES — CURATED BY AMAARA RAHEEM
Sunday 23 October 2022
Now Pieces #9 proposes two intertwined events. Firstly, an hour of improvised performance that brings together long-standing pioneering elders in the field, and situates them beside the next generation of young, bright, bold dance-artists. Secondly, Now Pieces #9 throws open the doors to YOU — the audience — and invites participation. In the practice of improvisation is an event called a jam. It happens in music and it happens in dance, so we’ve decided to bring these two closely related fields together to create a music-dance jam that welcomes YOU — the audience — to join it. Following the performance, the jam will be facilitated and held by a family of dancers, and all are welcome to join in an improvised happening. Outcome unknown.
Now Pieces #9 runs 5-6pm (performances) and 6-7pm (open jam).
Dancehouse - Sylvia Staehli Theatre
Fringe | Withhold | InPlay Dance Collective
Between Wednesday 12 October 2022 and Saturday 15 October 2022
Withhold is a high-energy dance-theatre work created and performed by InPlay Dance Collective.
Dancehouse - Upstairs Studio
Fringe | No Former Performer Has ... | Born in a Taxi
Between Wednesday 12 October 2022 and Saturday 15 October 2022
Born in a Taxi - No Former Performer Has Performed This Performance Before #7
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Fringe | Saltbush | Insite Arts
Between Wednesday 5 October 2022 and Saturday 8 October 2022
Saltbush is an immersive and interactive journey through Australia’s First Nations culture.
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BURN CITY WAACK - WAACKING INFERNO
Sunday 25 September 2022
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WORKSHOP - VICKI VAN HOUT
Choose between two workshops (same content, different times): a two-part evening workshop, or an all-day workshop, and innovate your own choreographic processes with one of Australia’s leading independent artists.
2-part Evening Workshop: 6-9pm, Wed 21 Sept & Thurs 22 Sept
OR
Daytime Workshop: 9am-5pm, Fri 23 Sept
Upstairs Studio, Dancehouse
NOW PIECES — CURATED BY ALICE WILL CAROLINE
Sunday 18 September 2022
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PICTURES & GHOSTS - ARABELLA FRAHN-STARKIE
Between Thursday 8 September 2022 and Saturday 10 September 2022
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PACKAGE — WEATHERING, PICTURES & GHOSTS
Between Thursday 8 September 2022 and Saturday 10 September 2022
6:30pm
Weathering delves into the interaction and interdependence of elements in nature and individuals in relationship. We view the emergent and continual process of becoming.
A new real-time choreographic work presented by [two for now], a duo of Emily Bowman and Joey Lehrer.
8:00pm
Pictures & Ghosts gathers the recollections and traces of a dance. From stark photographic memory to a distant sense of nostalgia, performer Arabella Frahn-Starkie draws upon the relationship between dance, and the means of documenting and archiving performance through video, photography, and notation.
Dancehouse - Sylvia Staehli Theatre, Upstairs Studio
WEATHERING - EMILY BOWMAN & JOEY LEHRER
Between Thursday 8 September 2022 and Saturday 10 September 2022
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Dancehouse - Upstairs Sudio
DOUBLE DOUBLE - LLOYD, BUTTERWORTH, HAVELOCK STEVENS, MORRIS
Between Wednesday 7 September 2022 and Friday 9 September 2022
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Collingwood College Basketball Stadium
EXPLICIT CONTENTS - RHIANNON NEWTON
Between Wednesday 31 August 2022 and Saturday 3 September 2022
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PACKAGE — YINARR, EXPLICIT CONTENTS
Between Wednesday 31 August 2022 and Saturday 3 September 2022
6:30pm
In this iteration of 'YINARR', Amelia O’Leary shares a raw physical depiction of her internal vortex of identity and sisterhood that ripples into the physical, digital and spiritual worlds.
8:00pm
Explicit Contents is an evocative new work by Sydney-based choreographer Rhiannon Newton. In a sensuous exploration of our inextricable human connection with the earth, the work tells hyper-real stories about the contents of two bodies as they are made and remade by the materials and forces of their earthly surroundings.
Dancehouse - Sylvia Staehli Theatre, Upstairs Studio
YINARR - AMELIA O'LEARY
Between Wednesday 31 August 2022 and Saturday 3 September 2022
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Dancehouse - Upstairs Sudio
NOW PIECES — CURATED BY AMAARA RAHEEM
Sunday 28 August 2022
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The Zodiacs Ball: LEO SZN
Saturday 20 August 2022
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WINTER WORKSHOP #4 - SPEAK PERCUSSION
2 Day Workshop, 4-5 August, 10AM-4PM
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Dancehouse
NOW PIECES — CURATED BY PETER TROTMAN AND CATHERINE MAGILL
Sunday 31 July 2022
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Winter Workshops 22—24 July
Between Friday 22 July 2022 and Sunday 24 July 2022
Join Dancehouse for a series of winter weekend workshops to warm you up and build your artistic and professional practice. Brought to you by leading local dance artists and arts workers, these workshops are small, boutique opportunities offered to emerging and mid-career artists or those wanting to freshen their skills.
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NOW PIECES — CURATED BY JO LLOYD
Sunday 10 July 2022
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Dancehouse - Upstairs Studio
WINTER WORKSHOP #1 - MASTERCLASS WITH RAGHAV HANDA
2 Day Masterclass, 9-10 July, 10AM-5PM
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Dancehouse
Why Do We Dance?
Wednesday 29 June 2022
Why Do We Dance?
A conversation for artists with Lemi Ponifasio
Linen Room, Abbotsford Convent
MASTERCLASS with EKO SUPRIYANTO
2 Day Masterclass, 28 - 29 June, 1 - 4PM
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WXYZ Studios
NOW PIECES — CURATED BY KEVIN JEYNES AND DAVID PRAKASH
Sunday 29 May 2022
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Dancehouse - Upstairs Studio
Taurus Ball
Saturday 14 May 2022
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NOW PIECES — CURATED BY KEVIN JEYNES
Sunday 1 May 2022
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Dancehouse - Upstairs Studio
GREEN BEE
Between Saturday 2 April 2022 and Saturday 30 April 2022
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Collingwood Children's Farm
YIELD TO RESISTANCE at Dancehouse — SANDRA PARKER
Saturday 2 April 2022
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Dancehouse - Upstairs Studio
NOW PIECES — CURATED BY PAEA LEACH
Sunday 27 March 2022
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Dancehouse - Upstairs Studio
SIREN DANCE — LILIAN STEINER
Between Thursday 24 March 2022 and Sunday 27 March 2022
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WE ARE HERE — JENNIFER MA & COLLABORATORS
Between Thursday 24 March 2022 and Sunday 27 March 2022
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Dancehouse - Upstairs Studio
PASSING — ISABELLE BEAUVERD
Between Thursday 24 March 2022 and Sunday 27 March 2022
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BRIDGE — NGIOKA BUNDA HEATH
Between Wednesday 16 March 2022 and Saturday 19 March 2022
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Dancehouse - Upstairs Studio
SKY BLUE MYTHIC — ANGELA GOH
Between Friday 11 March 2022 and Saturday 19 March 2022
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BEATSTORM — CHRIS CHUA
Between Friday 11 March 2022 and Saturday 12 March 2022
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TAKE 5 OR MORE #15 — ANDREW MORRISH
Friday 11 March 2022
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Dancehouse - Upstairs Studio
CASTILLO — PRUE LANG with JANA CASTILLO
Between Thursday 3 March 2022 and Sunday 6 March 2022
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JUDY AND ME — RACHAEL WISBY
Between Thursday 3 March 2022 and Sunday 6 March 2022
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Dancehouse - Upstairs Studio
GREEN BEE
Between Saturday 12 February 2022 and Saturday 5 March 2022
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Collingwood Children's Farm
NOW PIECES — CURATED BY TONY YAP
Sunday 27 February 2022
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Dancehouse - Upstairs Studio
Finalé - Free Ball
Saturday 11 December 2021
Melbourne’s iconic Voguing house, House of Dévine (HoD) brings Free Ball, where the prize is equal pay. This ball takes the traditional prize culture of ballroom culture and flips it on its head as ten voguers from HoD and 007s (meaning they are not part of a house) compete and all get equal pay. Across three categories, these QTPOC (Queer and Trans People of Colour) will dip, tag-team and embody ideas of freedom rooted in their lived experience.
Dancehouse - Sylvia Staehli Theatre
Finalé - CI: Dancing, Sharing, Talking
Saturday 11 December 2021
Saturday afternoon begins with a led warmup and physical introduction to Contact Improvisation (CI)I into open dancing. No previous experience is necessary. Following this will be a sharing and a discussion of the practice, led by 25-year old community group, Jamstas, in the spirit of "You come, we'll show you what we do, referencing CI founder Steve Paxton and others in New York in 1972.
Dancehouse - Upstairs Studio
Finalé - Houseparty
Friday 10 December 2021
Come celebrate a year of practicing the practice of dancing with Dancehouse's long-term artists in residence through Dancehousing. Community members from Now Pieces, House of Dévine, Jam On Toast, Sister Sessions, Burn City Waack, On The Table and Jamstas will each get on the mic and share their discoveries of dancing and improvising in 2021.
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Finalé - Now Pieces
Between Tuesday 7 December 2021 and Friday 10 December 2021
Now Pieces runs over four consecutive nights; each Now Pieces stands alone and is connected to all that came before and all that follow. Bringing together a range of dance artists, choreographers and performers from various different backgrounds, styles, aesthetics, training and know-how, Now Pieces celebrates improvisation - at the heart of the matter.
Dancehouse - Upstairs Studio
Finalé - Now Pieces PACKAGE
7-10 December, 6:30pm
See all four Now Pieces, and Make it Up Club in Finalé!
Tuesday 7 December, 7pm
Wednesday 8 December, 7pm
Thursday 9 December, 7pm
Thursday 9 December, 8:30pm
Friday 10 December, 7pm
Dancehouse - Upstairs Studio
Finalé - Now Pieces & Make It Up Club
Thursday 9 December 2021
After co-existing for 23 years in Fitzroy, two of Melbourne’s improvised performance icons finally meet. Together they will present a one-off event in which sound and movement-based artists share the performance space for one hour. Watch as six musicians and six dancers collide to make emergent performance for emergent times.
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INERTIA #3
Saturday 4 December 2021
A bill of works from Alec Katsourakis, Adrien Tucker, Shriraam Theiventhiran, and Ngioka Bunda-Heath. Presented as part of the 2021 Inertia program at Dancehouse.
Alec Katsourakis | PLACE:EBO
Adrien Tucker| Organised Chaos
Shriraam Theiventhiran | Misra
Ngioka Bunda-Heath | Bridge* a work in development
Dancehouse - Upstairs Studio
INERTIA #2
Saturday 4 December 2021
A bill of five works from Piaera Lauritz, Rukshikaa Elankumaran, Shelley O'Meara, Zoë Bastin, and Kady Mansour and Michaela Tancheff. Presented as part of the 2021 Inertia program at Dancehouse.
Piaera Lauritz | Softer Terracotta
Rukshikaa Elankumaran | Kumari Kandam
Shelley O'Meara | Bellows of a church shaped hall
Zoë Bastin | Waves Are Disturbances
Kady Mansour and Michaela Tancheff | Michaela and Kady were here 2021
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INERTIA #1
Between Friday 3 December 2021 and Saturday 4 December 2021
A triple bill of works from Michaela Ottone, Alex Dobson and Shannon Toth and Jimmy Nguyen and Anthony Poeung.
Michaela Ottone | Solo Work I
Alex Dobson and Shannon Toth | Hold Home
Jimmy Nguyen and Anthony Poeung | Untitled
Dancehouse - Upstairs Studio
INERTIA #5
Saturday 4 December 2021
A collaborative film installation from Emily Bowman and Ebony Muller. Presented as part of the 2021 Inertia program at Dancehouse.
Emily Bowman and Ebony Muller | Encountering With
Dancehouse - Skylab
INERTIA #4
Between Thursday 2 December 2021 and Friday 3 December 2021
A bill of works from Yuiko Masukawa, Alec Pernes, Devika Bilimoria and Shelley O'Meara. Presented as part of the 2021 Inertia program at Dancehouse.
Yuiko Masukawa | Fusoku no bi
Alec Pernes | Re:JACK
Devika Bilimoria | Re-verse
Shelley O'Meara | Ya Gotta Want It
Dancehouse - Sylvia Steahli Theatre
CARE DANCE
Sunday 21 November 2021
CARE DANCE (2021) is a solo improvised screendance work that considers an experimental relationship to care and is shot in one take with a single camera. This work is a direct retaliation to widespread ideas in dance and art-making surrounding violence as power and currency that is indicative of artistic rigour in art-making environments.
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Dance (Lens) Live Screenings
Over one weekend at Dancehouse we will be screening the full Dance (Lens) Festival program — but writ large and loud in Dancehouse’s Sylvia Staehli Theatre.
Dancehouse - Sylvia Staehli Theatre
On The Table: In Depth
Sunday 21 November 2021
This In-Depth edition of On The Table invites you inside Devika Bilimoria’s artistic research. Over discussions and physical explorations, we will investigate the phenomena of time and duration through the gestural act of pouring.
Informed by Hindu bathing rituals and everyday actions, such as preparing a drink or watering plants, Devika is interested in the sensorial, symbolic and mechanical aspects of 'the pouring hand'.
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ReConvergence
Saturday 13 November 2021
ReConvergence: a day of Improvisation peer practice. This day will be an opportunity to reconnect with community, be inspired and nourished, share creative space, see and be seen and enjoy lots of room to move.
Dancehouse - Upstairs Studio
Burn City Waack in conversation with Axelle 'Ebony' Munezero
Sunday 7 November 2021
Burn City Waack is hosting a Q&A with Axelle 'Ebony' Munezero, a prolific whacker based in Montreal, Canada. This will be an intimate behind the scenes look on the inner workings this dance form and its wider context.
Jam On Toast - Move With Me
Saturday 6 November 2021
This two day workshop series will be aimed at facilitating a range of movement based classes aimed at equipping and challenging anyone from various backgrounds, to move, to shake and to get creative... most importantly, it gives us an excuse to see people come together and just have fun. Jam on Toast, residents as part of Dancehousing, welcome you to bring an open heart and open mind as we seek to reconnect with one another in a shared space. Each class will be a sharing of their practice to get
Dancehouse - Upstairs Studio
Fringe Festival | Star Spangled Banter | Jonathan Homsey
Between Thursday 7 October 2021 and Sunday 10 October 2021
Star Spangled Banter searches for salvation and unpacks the paradoxes of racial, ethnic, and cultural identification. Star Spangled Banter is 100% political and 100% absurd.
Dancehouse - Sylvia Staehli Theatre
Fringe Festival|Lucha Bridge Silent Shift|Ngioka Bunda-Heath
Friday 3 September 2021
Lucha Bridge, Silent Shift: Ngioka Bunda-Heath’s new dance work, explores the shared and divergent experiences of three minority groups in so-called Australia. The work is made in collaboration: Bridge by Ngioka Bunda-Heath, Silent by Theodore Cassady and Shift by Joshua Twee.
Dancehouse - Upstairs Studio
Fringe Festival | Siren Dance | Lilian Steiner
Friday 3 September 2021
In Siren Dance, award winning dancer and choreographer Lilian Steiner plays with her audience, exploring the ambiguous boundaries between genuine honesty and utter deception. Classicism collides with contemporary visions of truth, disguise, magnetism and destruction.
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Fringe Festival| Mixed Pickle| Govind Pillai, Raina Peterson
Friday 3 September 2021
Govind Pillai and Raina Peterson offer a degustation of deliciousness. This collection of tasty morsels draws from their five company productions spanning classical Indian dance, experimental theatre and queer performance art - a feast which is saucy enough to disappoint their parents and with enough spice to choke Raina’s English paternal ancestors.
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Fringe Package | Siren Dance | Lucha Bridge | Mixed Pickle
Friday 3 September 2021
7:00PM Siren Dance | Lillian Steiner
8:00PM Lucha Bridge, Silent Shift | Ngioka Bunda Heath
9:00PM Mixed Pickle | Karma Dance
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Fringe Package| Passing | Ionisation | Star Spangled Banter
Friday 3 September 2021
7:00PM Passing — Isabelle Beauverd
8:30PM Ionisation — MaggZ
9:30PM Star Spangled Banter — Jonathan Homsey
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Toast or Be Toasted Vol 2.
Friday 3 September 2021
Toast or Be Toasted vol.2 (TOBT) aims to bring together the street dance community in a celebration of dance through showcasing artists abilities by a traditional battle format. TOBT v.2 has a 1v1 Hip Hop category and 2v2 open styles category with a chosen judge for each category. In addition, there is a showcase from some of Melbourne’s leading Melbourne Hip Hop freestyle dancers.
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Fringe Festival | Ionisation |MaggZ
Friday 3 September 2021
Ionisation tells the story of Ion, who opens gateways into the afterworld, entering a portal of volatile human and digital transformation. What seems like a flashback to the precious times before Earth is destroyed turns out to be a chaotic decision making process - surrender to pain or not.
Dancehouse - Sylvia Staehli Theatre
Fringe Festival | Passing |Isabelle Beauverd
Friday 3 September 2021
A new contemporary dance work by Isabelle Beauverd, Passing explores the construct of time as a means of organisation and adherence. Within a multifaceted and complex framework, Passing reflects upon our subjective experience of time and our innate sensitives to it, questioning its linearity and existence.
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