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Asia TOPA

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Asia TOPA — Unpacked No. 2 Political (2025) by Melati Suryodarmo. Photo by Jackie Dixon.
Asia TOPA Festival 2025, Unpacked No. 2 Political (2025) by Melati Suryodarmo. Photo by Jackie Dixon.

Dancehouse and AsiaTOPA

Through a long term partnership with AsiaTOPA, and with the generous support of the Sidney Myer Fund and Arts Centre Melbourne, in 2025, 2020 and 2017, Dancehouse presented programs of dance centering on artists and practices connected to the Asia-Pacific region.

View previous Asia TOPA programs

 

2025 Dancehouse AsiaTOPA Program 

Dancehouse’s 2025 program welcomed Melati Suryodarmo from Indonesia who presented two performance lectures at Dancehouse. Including Unpacked No.2 Political and BORROW + Exergie — butter dance.

2020 Dancehouse AsiaTOPA Program 

Dancehouse’s 2020 program focused on Japan.  It included Japanese National Treasure, the ‘Nijinsky of butoh,’ Akira Kasai and his critically acclaimed work, Pollen Revolution; the phenomenal enfant terrible Takao Kawaguchi; and exceptional emerging choreographer Ruri Mito.

2017 Dancehouse AsiaTOPA Program

Curated in collaboration with How Ngean Lim, Dancehouse’s program presented one performance season, several masterclasses and roundtable panels with local and international Asian contemporary performers.  They included:  Priya Srivinasan, Eisa Jocson, Takao Kawaguchi, Anna Kuroda, Eko Supriyanto and Pichet Klunchun.

 

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