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Dancehouse is on Wurundjeri Country. We offer our respects to the Wurundjeri woi-wurrung people — and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people — who continue to dance on Country, and have done, for thousands of generations. Always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

'Grim Grinning Ghosts (2024), Alix Kuijpers. Photo by Daniel Marks.

Grim Grinning Ghosts

by Alix Kuijpers

Performance
8pm, Thu 10 Oct — Sat 19 Oct 2024

A choreographic séance.

two thread (in development, 2024) by Karlia & Danni. Photo by Jeff Busby.

two thread

by Karlia & Danni

Performance
7pm, Wed 16 Oct — Sat 19 Oct 2024

Two sisters, two stories, forever in orbit.

Superposition (2024), Gabriel Sinclair and Jazmyn Carter. Photo by Jeff Busby.

Superposition

by Gabriel Sinclair & Jazmyn Carter

Performance
7pm, Wed 16 Oct — Sat 19 Oct 2024

A duet in perpetual motion.

The Bloom (2024), Jessie McCall. Photo by Jinki Cambronero.

The Bloom

by Jessie McCall

Performance
17 — 19 Oct 2024

Imagine being a fig wasp, born pregnant.

terra (installation) (2024), by Cobie Orger

DANCE (LENS) MINI 2024

A taster screendance program ahead of Dance (Lens) Festival 2025

Event
Opportunity
26—30 November 2024

Screenings, talks, workshops and the inaugural Dance (Lens) Scratch Night

Grim Grinning Ghosts

by Alix Kuijpers

Performance
8pm, Thu 10 Oct — Sat 19 Oct 2024

A choreographic séance.

What's On

Performance
Melbourne Fringe
2 — 19 October 2024

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Melbourne Fringe

'A Book of Hours' (2023). Image by Darren Gill.
Opportunity
EOIs close 11.59pm on Thu 7th Nov 2024

The Compositions Commission – 2025 EOI

COMMISSIONING NEW SOUND & MOVEMENT
Quan Tran and Caro Ooi at Archipelago (2023) at Dancehouse, Image by Nam Chops
Event
Opportunity
4pm — 7pm, Thu 7 Nov 2024

The Artist As Fundraiser

The Art of Raising Funds with Creative Australia
'Sketchbook' (17/08/22), Rachel Owens. Digital drawing from 'Sketchbook' by Rachel Owens.
Opportunity
Dance (Lens)
4pm + 6pm, Tue 26 Nov 2024

Dance (Lens) Mini 2024: Scratch Night

The first Dance (Lens) Scratch Night
Still from 'Pivot ' (2023), by Cobie Orger
Workshop/Class
Dance (Lens)
28-30 November 2024

Dance (Lens) Mini 2024: Workshops

with Sue Healey, Siobhan Murphy, & Cobie Orger
Workshop/Class
Dancehousing
6pm, Mon 2 Sept – 16 Dec 2024

On The Table – Season 2

run by Caitlin Dear & Rebecca Jensen

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