What's On Archive

6:30pm, Tue 10 December 2024

Now Pieces #4 – Notes on Lineage

Curated by Amaara Raheem

Self-portrait series (2024-ongoing), Chung Nguyen.

Basically, everything is dancing

By artists of the Independent Choreographers Program (ICP) 2024

Still from 'Pivot ' (2023), by Cobie Orger

28-30 November 2024

Dance (Lens) Mini 2024: Workshops

with Sue Healey, Siobhan Murphy, & Cobie Orger

terra (installation) (2024), by Cobie Orger

DANCE (LENS) MINI 2024

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

4-7pm, Thu 28 — Sat 30 November 2024

ON VIEW: ICONS

By Sue Healey. Featuring: Lucette Aldous AC, Elizabeth Cameron Dalman OAM,
Nanette Hassall AM, Eileen Kramer, Elma Kris, Shirley McKechnie AO.

Still of Paea Leach in Doing the Work (2024), by Siobhan Murphy.

6pm, 27 November 2024

Dance (Lens) Mini: Moving Portraits opening event

With Sue Healey, Siobhan Murphy, Cobie Orger and Alice Cummins in conversation

'Sketchbook' (17/08/22), Rachel Owens. Digital drawing from 'Sketchbook' by Rachel Owens.

4pm + 6pm, Tue 26 Nov 2024

Dance (Lens) Mini 2024: Scratch Night

The first Dance (Lens) Scratch Night

6pm, Mon 2 Sept – 16 Dec 2024

On The Table – Season 2

run by Caitlin Dear & Rebecca Jensen

EVENT POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

OTT In-Depth: Atlanta Eke MEME-ORIES

'Safehold' (2024), Oliver Savariego, Anika de Ruyter, Rachel Mackie. Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti

7pm, Thu 21 — Sat 23 Nov 2024

SAFEHOLD

'A Book of Hours' (2023). Image by Darren Gill.

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

4pm — 7pm, Thu 7 Nov 2024

The Artist As Fundraiser

The Art of Raising Funds with Creative Australia

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

8pm, Thu 10 Oct — Sat 19 Oct 2024

Grim Grinning Ghosts

by Alix Kuijpers

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

7pm, Wed 16 Oct — Sat 19 Oct 2024

two thread

by Karlia & Danni

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

7pm, Wed 16 Oct — Sat 19 Oct 2024

Superposition

by Gabriel Sinclair & Jazmyn Carter

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

17 — 19 Oct 2024

The Bloom

by Jessie McCall

2 — 19 October 2024

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT

Melbourne Fringe

VOW(d): CRATE WOMEN (2024) by Catherine Magill. Photo by Mischa Baka.

6pm, Wed 9 Oct — Sat 12 Oct 2024

VOW(d): CRATE WOMEN

by Catherine Magill

Cosmos (2024), Callum Mooney. Photo by Lukas White.

7pm, Wed 9 Oct — Sat 12 Oct 2024

Cosmos

by Callum Mooney

The Solos (2024) by Weave Movement Theatre. Photo by Paul Dunn.

6pm, Wed 2 Oct — Sat 5 Oct 2024

The Solos

by Weave Movement Theatre

I.D. (2024), by Stephanie Sorn Dixon. Photo by Gianna Rizzo.

7pm, Wed 2 Oct — Sat 5 Oct 2024

I.D.

by Stephanie Sorn Dixon & L2R

2 — 5 Oct 2024

TOMATO

by CHOU Kuan Jou

'Fertile Ground' (2021), Ashleigh Musk & Michael Smith. Photo by Jade Ellis.

3 — 5 Oct 2024

Fertile Ground

by Ashleigh Musk & Michael Smith

15 August — 28 September 2024

Break it Down

with Naarm Ballroom

Monika Kiwak. Photo by Kamil A. Krajewski.

6:30pm, Tues 24 September 2024

Now Pieces #3 — Goes International

curated by Andrew Morrish

5pm — 9:30pm, Sat 21st September 2024

Kwabo Anniversary Party

with Kwabo Events

Photo courtesy of Deep Soulful Sweats. Photo by Damien Laing.

Friday 13 September

On The Table EOI

Applications close 11.59pm, Friday 13 September

Melbourne Contact Improvisation. Photo by Nicole Alicastro.

Sat 31 August 2024

To Perform or not to Perform

with Melbourne Contact Improvisation

Out for the clout (2022). Photo by Robert Gourlay.

1pm, Sun 4 August 2024

Steeze-Aversary: Bboy Blue Workshop + Rookie Cookie Battle

with The Steezy Walrus Initiative

1:30pm, Sat 3rd August 2024

Steeze-Aversary: Breaking Battle

with The Steezy Walrus Initiative

'Perhaps... who Knows' (2024) by Rosie Fayman & Jonathan Homsey. Photo by Nam Chops.

5:30pm, Sat 13 + Sat 27 July 2024

Perhaps… who knows

by Rosie Fayman & Jonathan Homsey

Ānanda : Dance of Joy (2024) by Christopher Gurusamy. Photo - Natya Ink by Sudha.

7pm, 25 — 27 July 2024

Ānanda: Dance of Joy

by Christopher Gurusamy

6pm, Tues 23 July 2024

Outside In: Lecture Demonstration

by Christopher Gurusamy

Winter Moments (2024) by In The Moment. Photo by Bronwen Kamasz.

2:30pm, Sat 20 July 2024

Winter Moments

by Peter Trotman & Bronwen Kamasz

Wet Hard Long (2023), by Jenni Large. Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti.

7pm, 4 — 13 July 2024

Wet Hard Long

by Jenni Large

From Abroad

5pm , Sun 7 July 2024

Stillness in Performance

From Abroad Workshop with Shabari Rao

2pm, Fri 5th July 2024

‘Making Art Proper Way’ Workshop/Forum

with Joel Bray Dance

4pm, Thu 14th 2024

Where we’re at: Street Dance in the Australian cultural landscape

10.30am, 4 July 2024

Technique Classes

with Joel Bray Dance

6:30pm, Tues 2 July 2024

Now Pieces #2

curated by Jo Lloyd

2:30pm, Sat 22 June 2024

Funk Station Vol. 3

Funk Station (Chun Lee & Sayoko Naito)

Ngioka Bunda-Heath (2024). Photo by Nick Robertson.

5 — 7 June 2024

Inspire: Dance Educators’ Professional Learning Program

Ausdance VIC, Ngioka Bunda-Heath & Joel Bray

6pm, Mon 25 March – 3 June 2024

On The Table #1

run by Caitlin Dear & Rebecca Jensen

Odissi Nrityagatha (2024) Photo by Sohamasmi Centre for Performing Arts.

25 May + 1 June 2024

Odissi Nrityagatha

Sohamasmi Centre for Performing Arts and Smt. Monica Singh Sangwan

SERMON (2023) by Rhys Ryan. Photo by Caitlin Dear.

2024 Melbourne Fringe

for projects to be presented at Dancehouse

'Echo' (2024) by Thomas Woodman. Photo by James Lauritz.

2024 Independent Choreographers Program

a pilot artistic development program for independent choreographers

Flesh Vessel (2024), Jayden Lewis Wall and Melissa Pham. Photo by Lukas White.

2025 Seasons at Dancehouse

an open invitation for projects

Amaara Raheem in collaboration with Djaara Country central Victoria video artist and photographer Leonie Van Eyk.

Punctum X Dancehouse On Residence 2024-25

A 2-part residency in Bendigo 2024, and Melbourne 2025

Animalising – Becoming Animal / Intense / Imperceptible (2024). Photo by Teague Leigh.

6:30pm, Tues 9 April 2024

Now Pieces #1 – A little animalising

curated by Tony Yap

Silke Grabinger. Photo by Meinrad Hofer.

6.30pm, Wed 20 March 2024

The Returns of Performance: Demon Machine

Generative Dancing Roundtables

Sat 24 February + Sat 16 March 2024

Perhaps…who knows

by Rosie Fayman & Jonathan Homsey

'Alter Edith' (2021), by Holly Durant. Photo by Alexandre Dubios.

Fri 15 + Sat 16 March 2024

Alter Edith

by Holly Durant

Pass The Buck, Section 8 (2021), Bia Lil Red Lupiga. Photo by Nam Chops.

7:30pm, Sat 9 March 2024

Pass The Buck #6

Burn City Krump

'Echo' (2024), Thomas Woodman. Photo by Thomas Lemon.

7pm, Wed 28 February — Sat 2 March 2024

Echo

by Thomas Woodman

'Dream Cellscapes' (2021), Alice Weber. Photo by Alia Ardon.

Fri 1 + Sat 2 March 2024

Dream Cellscapes

by Alice Weber

'Flesh Vessel' (2024), Jayden Lewis Wall and Melissa Pham. Photo by Lukas White Photography.

7pm, Wed 21 — Sat 24 February 2024

Flesh Vessel

by Jayden Lewis Wall & Melissa Yvonne Pham

8pm, Wed 17 + Thur 18 January 2024

Dancehouse Invites

Hope Hunt and the Ascension into Lazarus

Oona Doherty

‘CI Melbourne Jam at Abbotsford Convent’ (2021), Photo by Ian Ferguson.

7pm, Fri 15 December 2023

Finalé: Dancing the House

Contact Improvisation Melbourne

Photo and artwork by Bronwen Kamasz (2023).

7pm, Thur 14 December 2023

Finalé: Final Postcards

Peter Trotman & Catherine Magill

From video by Anna White (2023). Artwork by Bronwen Kamasz.

7pm, Tues 12 December 2023

Finalé: Mix N’ Match

Bronwen Kamasz and Peter Trotman

5pm, Sun 10 December 2023

Finalé: On The Table: End of Year Party

Rebecca Jensen & Caitlin Dear

1pm, Sat 9 December 2023

Finalé: Waacking Inferno Volume 2

Burn City Waack

7pm, Thurs 7th December 2023

The Bill

Finalé: The Bill

Two For Now, Moses Carr, Rosalind Crisp and Antony Hamilton

'On The Table Session Hosted by Astrid Zeman' (2023). Photo courtesy of On The Table.

6:30pm, Mon 2 October – 4 December 2023

On The Table #2

Jacqui Maida & others TBA

4pm, Friday 1 December 2023

7pm, Fri 1 December 2023

‘Lesbian Dance Theory’ Party

Carol Brown & Rachel Fensham

Precarious Movements: Choreography and the Museum

Erin Brannigan and Shelley Lasica

'Negentropic' rehearsal (2023), Efren Pamilacan and Pataphysics. Photo by artists.

6pm + 7:30pm, Sun 26 November 2023

Now Pieces #8 + #9 (Double Event)

Efren Pamilacan & Amelia O’Leary

Artefact by Katrina Rank + Angelina Nicole performed by Fine Lines dancers. Images by Robert Wagner, 2023

3pm + 7pm, Sat 25 November 2023

TEMPUS

Fine Lines Dance Co

Dancehouse Invites

16 — 18 November 2023

MASS—bloom explorations

Recoil Performance Group

Dancehouse Invites

16 — 18 November 2023

DH Invites: Free Public Events

MASS—bloom explorations

From Abroad

10am, 17 November 2023

The Membrane Project

From Abroad Workshop with Tina Tarpgaard

Til Death Do We Cypher Vol 1 (2022). Photo by Robert Gourlay.

7pm, Fri 10th November 2023

Til Death Do We Cypher Vol 2: 3 vs 3 Breaking Battle

The Steezy Walrus Initiative

'Encountering With' (2021), Emily Bowman and Ebony Muller. Photo by Devika Bilimoria.

5pm, Sun 29 October 2023

Now Pieces #7

Ebony Muller

Anna White & Greg Theodoridis (2023). Photo and Artwork by Bronwen Kamasz

9am, Sun 22 October 2023

On The Verge #7

Facilitated by Catherine Magill and Peter Trotman

Rosie Fayman & Vanessa Chapple (2023). Photo by Anna White, artwork by Bronwen Kamasz

7pm, Fri 20 October 2023

Why Runs The Abhisarika?

Priyanka Jain

'Oh Sheila' (2023), Ashley Goh, Beverley Li, Tiffany Nung. Photo by William Mak.

7pm, Wed 11–Sat 14 October 2023

Oh Sheila

Ashley Goh, Beverley Li & Tiffany Nung

'Tits Out' (2023), Shelley O'Meara. Photo by Shelley O'Meara and Ebony Muller.

9pm, Wed 11–Sat 14 October 2023

Tits Out

Shelley O’Meara

'object-shun' (2022), Erin O'Rourke. Photo by Caitlin Dear.

8pm, Wed 11–Sat 14 October 2023

object-shun

Erin O’Rourke

‘SERMON’ (2023), Rhys Ryan. Photo by James Lauritz.

8pm, Wed 11–Sat 14 October 2023

SERMON

Rhys Ryan

Composite Image of: 'LUSH' (2023) by gemma+molly, 'The Unlearning' (2022) by Adrien Tucker, 'Creche' (2023) by Oliver Savariego and 'Tits Out' (2023) by Shelley O'Meara.

7pm — 9pm, Wed 4–Sat 14 October 2023

make a night of it

Melbourne Fringe

'Creche' (2023) by Oliver Savariego. Luke Fryer and Chloe Arnott. Photo by Phoebe Van Min.

7pm, Wed 4–Sat 7 October 2023

CRECHE

Oliver Savariego

'TOUCH' (2022), by Deepa Mani and Sheena Chundee. Photo by Warren Knower, Volare Photo.

6pm, Wed 4–Sat 7 October 2023

TOUCH

Deepa Mani & Sheena Chundee

'LUSH' (2023), gemma+molly. Photo by Molly McKenzie

8pm, Wed 4–Sat 7 October 2023

LUSH

gemma+molly

'The Unlearning' (2022), Adrien Tucker. Photo by Joshua Maxwell de Hoog.

9pm, Wed 4–Sat 7 October 2023

The Unlearning

Adrien Tucker

'What’s Actually Happening' (2022), Alice Will Caroline. Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti.

The Bill #5

Two For Now, Alice Will Caroline

5pm, Sun 24 September 2023

Now Pieces #6

Gretel Taylor

5pm — 9pm, Sat 23rd September 2023

Kwabo Festival Showcase

Gracieuse Amah

'A Book of Hours' (2023), Gerard Van Dyck. Image by Sal Cooper.

7pm, Thu 14 — Sat 16 September 2023

A Book of Hours

Gerard Van Dyck, Sal Cooper, Kate Neal & Rubiks Collective

6.30pm, Wed 13 September 2023

Generative Dancing Roundtables

VCA Dance, Dancehouse

'DIRt (Dance In Regional disaster zones)' (2020). Rosalind Crisp. Photo by Lisa Roberts.

Thu 31 August — Sat 9 September

The real time it takes…

Rosalind Crisp

6:30pm, Thu 31 August — Sat 2 September 2023

Memories from Suspended Places

Georgia Rudd & Riyo Tulus Pernando

'Sense of Place' (2023), Janice Florence, Emma Norton, Trevor Dunn, David Baker, Anthony Riddell, Greg Muir by Vikk Shayen.

7pm, Wed 16 — Sat 19 August 2023

Sense of Place

Janice Florence & Weave Movement Theatre Ensemble

'VOID', Dir. Claire Marshall featuring Erin O’Rourke. Photo by Claire Marshall and Saroj Kumar Chauhan.

12pm, Fri 4 August 2023

In Focus: Conversation with Claire Marshall

Claire Marshall, Siobhan Murphy & Feras Shaheen

The Bill

7pm, Thurs 3 August 2023

The Bill #4

Two For Now, Born in a Taxi

'Uath Lochans' (2015), by Katrina McPherson, Simon Fildes & Marc Brew.

13 — 31 July 2023

Dance (Lens) 2023 — Material Moves

Siobhan Murphy

'Heavy' (2022), Rainbow Chan. Image shot by Alexander Leeway.

13 — 31 July 2023

Dance (Lens) 2023 — Out of Line

Feras Shaheen

'Almost Uninhabited' (2021), by Daniel Matos. Photo by Eduardo Pinto.

13 — 31 July 2023

Dance (Lens) 2023 — Sound Into Sight

Gitta Wigro

'Azzam Mohamed, Jamie Kha, Joji Ito, Molonai Makalio' (2023). Photo by Benji.B

13-31 July 2023

Dance (Lens) 2023 — Official Selection #1

6 Films From The Dance (Lens) Festival Official Selection

'Wushu:Waitākere, Yin-Chi Lee' (2021). Photo by Claire Esterman.

13-31 July 2023

Dance (Lens) 2023 — Official Selection #2

6 Films From The Dance (Lens) Festival Official Selection

'yellow mellow' (2022), Erin O'Rourke. Photo by Nicole Cleary.

13-31 July 2023

Dance (Lens) 2023 — Official Selection #3

6 Films From The Dance (Lens) Festival Official Selection

13—31 July 2023

DANCE (LENS) 2023

37 screendance works, workshop and resources

5pm, Sun 30 July 2023

Now Pieces #5

Jennifer Ma

'Jo with Ottoman, Melbourne, August 2018' [still] (2019). Siobhan Murphy with dancer Joanne White.

13—16 July 2023

Dance (Lens) 2023: Workshops

Cobie Orger and Siobhan Murphy

8:30pm, Sat 15 July 2023

Dance (Lens) 2023 — Closing Party

Graveyard Riddim: Jamaican dancehall on screen

8 July 2023

Funk Station presents: Funk Station Vol. 2

Funk Station (Chun Lee & Sayoko Naito)

'Trotman and Morrish', Peter Trotman and Andrew Morrish. Photo by Lisa Larsdotter Petersson.

The Bill #3

Two for Now, Trotman and Morrish

Rosie Fayman (2022). Photo by Anna White, Artwork by Bronwen Kamasz

2 July 2023

On The Verge #6

Facilitated by Catherine Magill and Peter Trotman

'On The Table' (2022). Image courtesy of the artists.

17 April – 27 June 2023

On The Table #1

Shelley O’Meara, Marcus Ian McKenzie, Astrid Zeman, Tina and Tomaat, James Paul, Nilgun Guven, Jule Vincent, Alex Dobson, Sovan Ly, Romaine Margaret Mcsweeney, Kimberley Downing

Ocean Gyre in the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo by Nia Power.

Green Bee #5

with Yin Paradies & Ecological Gyre Theory

‘Choreo Lab’ (2023), Chunky Move. Photo by Namchops.

POSTPONED

Now Pieces #4

Amelia Jean O’Leary

Alalazo by Veza Fernandez. Photo by Hanna Fasching.

From Abroad

13 June 2023

The Voice That Touches Also Has a Skin

From Abroad Workshop with Veza Fernandez

Fragment: An Indexical Offering. [A composite image created by Josephine Mead with photographs of Yuiko Masukawa (photograph by Michael Jenkins), Wendy Yu and Nasim Patel (photograph by Gregory Lorenzutti), 2023.] Courtesy of Josephine Mead.

28 May 2023

Now Pieces #3

Josephine Mead

'Flowering Tree' (2021), Sangam 2021 Bunjil Place, Dancers: Ishaana Sood and Arpitha Shastry. Photo by Arun Munoz.

27 May 2023

Sangam Conversations

Dr Priya Srinivasan, Ramya Harishankar, Tara Rajakumar OAM, Monica Singh Sangwan,
Raina Peterson, Shyamla Eswaran, Suresh Rajendran, Dylan Singh, Antony Hamilton

The Bill #2

Two for Now and Olivia Millard

30 April 2023

Now Pieces #2

Shaun McLeod

23—25 April 2023

Axelle Ebony Workshops – Waacking Inferno x Club Culture

Burn City Waack (Waacking Inferno) x Club Culture

James Batchelor. Photo by Morgan Hickinbotham

19—22 April 2023

Shortcuts to Familiar Places

James Batchelor

'Fall! Falter!! Dance!!!' (2022), Ryuichi Fujimura. Photo by Heidrun Löhr

12—15 April 2023

HERE NOW!

Ryuichi Fujimura

'(UP)HOLDING' (2023) Tra Mi Dinh. Photo by Christina Mishell

12—15 April 2023

(UP)HOLDING

Tra Mi Dinh

'Dancehouse Finalé: Now Pieces' (2022). Emily Bowman and Joey Lehrer. Photo by Namchops photography.

The Bill #1

Two for Now, Kimberley McIntyre (NSW) and Joerg Hassmann (GER / QLD)

CONJAH (Jahra Wasasala and Ooschon, 2023). Photo by Holly Burgess.

20—29 March 2023

Δ (Change from Aotearoa): Workshops

Jahra Wasasala, Jaycee Iman and Ooschon

'IN-VOCATION たまおこし' (2023), Yumi Umiumare. Photo by Vikk Shayen.

21 & 28 March 2023

IN-VOCATION たまおこし

Yumi Umiumare, Jacqui Stockdale, Ai Yamamoto, Kayo Tamura, Kyoko Amara

26 March 2023

FRAME: Ngarrga (dance) Workshops

Djirri Djirri

What Happened In Shanghai (2020), Victoria Chiu. Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti.

26 March 2023

Now Pieces #1

Victoria Chiu

25 March 2023

Δ (Change from Aotearoa): Archipelago

CONJAH (Jahra Wasasala & Ooshcon) and Jaycee Iman

“Buried TeaBowl – OKUNI” (2021), Yumi Umiumare, Kayo Tamura and Kyoko Amara. Photo by Tetsuya Fuchigami.

19 March 2023

IN-VOCATION たまおこし | Workshop

Yumi Umiumare, Kayo Tamura and Kyoko Amara

5 March 2023

The Copy of the Copy : Power, Politics & Poetics of Exchange

Dr. Priya Srinivasan, Danielle Micich, Govin Ruben, Dr. Charulatha Mani

Peter Trotman (2022). Photo by Anna White, Artwork by Bronwen Kamasz

19 February 2023

On The Verge #5

Facilitated by Catherine Magill and Peter Trotman

11 December 2022

Finalé: Now Pieces

Kevin Jeynes

Free Ball (Finalé 2021). Photo by Andrew Liu for Pride Productions.

10 December 2022

Finalé: To The Floor

Burn City Waack, House of Dévine, and Jam On Toast

8 December 2022

Finalé: Postcards from the Verge

On The Verge

7 December 2022

Finalé: 8 x 10 — A Moment Shared

Bronwen Kamasz and Peter Trotman

TAKE 22

Emerging Choreographers Program

Take 1

Deepa Mani & Jacqui Maida

Take 2

Shyama Sasidharan, Caitlin Mewett & Thomas Woodman

Take 3

Chelsea Byrne, Caro Ooi, Erin O’Rourke & Lekshmi Sarath

2-3 December 2022

Take a seat

Chelsea Byrne & Erin O’Rourke

3 December 2022

Take it in

Gemma Sattler, Molly McKenzie & Derrick Duan

3 December 2022

Take me there

Thomas Woodman & Jacqui Maida

26—27 November 2022

DANCE (LENS) MINI 2022

Mini screendance program

'Medieval Rococo' (2020), Cobie Orger [still].

27 November 2022

Dance (Lens) 2022 Workshop: Where Next?

Cobie Orger

27 November 2022

Dance (Lens) 2022 Workshop: Sequences and Rhythms

Siobhan Murphy

26 November 2022

Dance (Lens) 2022 Workshop: Framing

Siobhan Murphy

26 November 2022

Dance (Lens) 2022 Workshop: Camerawork

Cobie Orger

'Composite Acts' (2019), David Rosetzky [still].

26 November 2022

In Focus: David Rosetzky

David Rosetzky, Arabella Frahn-Starkie, Siobhan Murphy

Andrew Morrish. Photo by Mireille Leblanc.

24—25 November 2022

Take Five or More #52 and #53

Andrew Morrish

3—24 October 2022

On The Table #8

Abigail Benham-Bannon, Patricia Wood, Jessica Tanto, Michaela Bear and Caitlin Dear

VCA dancers, Interdisciplinary Project (2021). Photo by Hamish McIntosh.

23 October 2022

Now Pieces #9

Amaara Raheem

'No Former Performer #6' (2021), Carolyn Hanna, Penny Baron. Photo by Daniel Rabin.

12—15 October 2022

No Former Performer Has Performed This Performance Before #7

Born In A Taxi

‘Withhold’ (2022), Eden Kew & Alec Katsourakis. Photo by Jeff Busby.

12—15 October 2022

Withhold

InPlay Projects

'Saltbush', Insite Arts. Photo by Rebecca Mansell.

5—8 October 2022

Saltbush

Insite Arts

5—26 September 2022

On The Table #7

Chris Chua, Inplay Projects, Jonathan Sinatra and Louella May Hogan

Burn City Waack (2022). Photo by Nam Chops.

25 September 2022

Waacking Inferno

Burn City Waack

24 September 2022

Odissi Solo Margam

Shreya Rath

Vicki Van Hout (2022). Photo by Heidrun Löhr.

21—23 September 2022

Workshop

Vicki Van Hout

18 September 2022

Now Pieces #8

Alice Will Caroline

17 September 2022

Odissi Solo Margam

Divya Nair

‘Weathering’ (2022), Emily Bowman and Joey Lehrer [ two for now ]. Photo by Ian Ferguson.

8—10 September 2022

Weathering

Emily Bowman and Joey Lehrer [ two for now ]

‘Arabella’ (2022). Photo by Trudi Treble.

8—10 September 2022

Pictures & Ghosts

Arabella Frahn-Starkie

‘DOUBLE DOUBLE’ (2019), Jo Lloyd, Deanne Butterworth, Tina Havelock Stevens and Evelyn Ida Morris. Photo by Heidrun Lohr.

7 & 9 September 2022

DOUBLE DOUBLE

Jo Lloyd, Deanne Butterworth, Tina Havelock Stevens and Evelyn Ida Morris

‘Yinarr’ (Adelaide Fringe Festival, 2022), Amelia Jean O’Leary. Photo by Alliah Nival.

31 August—3 September 2022

Yinarr

Amelia Jean O’Leary

‘Explicit Contents’ (2021), Rhiannon Newton. Photo by Lucy Parakhina.

31 August—3 September 2022

Explicit Contents

Rhiannon Newton

3 September

Interior Worlds & External Forces

Season Two artists in conversation with Sandra Parker

Amaara Raheem and Camila Marambio (2018). Photo by Caitlin Franzmann

28 August 2022

Now Pieces #7

Amaara Raheem

20 August 2022

Zodiacs Ball: LEO SZN

House of Dévine

4—5 August 2022

Winter Workshop #4 – Performative Rituals

Speak Percussion & Jessie Marino

Noelle Rees-Hatton (2022). Photo by Peter Trotman.

30—31 July 2022

On The Verge #4

Catherine Magill and Peter Trotman

Ashlee Barton. Photo by Isabella Capezio.

31 July 2022

Now Pieces #6

Peter Trotman and Catherine Magill

Free Ball (2021), House of Dévine. Photo by Pride Productions.

22—24 July 2022

Winter Workshop #2 – Next Stages

INSITE ARTS, GEOFFREY MASTERS, BEC ETCHELL

22—24 July 2022

Winter Workshop #3

ETHAN HUNTER, KEVIN JEYNES, MADFOX, JAM ON TOAST, KWABO GRACE

Jo Lloyd (2021). Photo by Peter Rosetzky.

10 July 2022

Now Pieces #5

Jo Lloyd

"Follies of God", Raghav Handa (KCA, 2022). Photo by Zan Wimberley.

9—10 July 2022

Winter Workshop #1

Raghav Handa

23 June—2 July 2022

Keir Choreographic Award 2022

Tickets on sale now

2 July 2022

Leading New Artistic Directions

Daniel Riley and guests

'MAU: House of Night and Day' (2020), Lemi Ponifasio.

29 June 2022

Why Do We Dance?

A conversation for artists with Lemi Ponifasio

'SALT' Eko Supriyanto. Photo by Eko Wahyudi.

28—29 June 2022

Masterclass

Eko Supriyanto

29 June 2022

Is this working? A dance dramaturgy longtable

Nanako Nakajima and guests

28 June 2022

Lucy, Bebe, Tere and Laurie: In Conversation

Lucy Guerin, Bebe Miller, Tere O’Connor, Laurie Uprichard

'On The Table' (2021), Devika Bilimoria.

6—27 June 2022

On The Table #6

Alec Katsourakis, Thandi Bethune, Zoë Bastin, Derrick Duan

David Prakash (2021). Photo by Nam Nguyen.

29 May 2022

Now Pieces #4

Kevin Jeynes and David Prakash

2—23 May 2022

On The Table #5

Gemma Sattler, Molly McKenzie, Environmental Performance Authority, Gabriella Jozefina Imrichova

(In)Corporeal Encounters. Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti.

13 April—18 May

(In)Corporeal Encounters

Proposing Choreographies for the Future

15 May 2022

Almost On The Verge

Catherine Magill and Peter Trotman

Sister Sessions (2021). Photo by Namchops.

14 May 2022

Another Round, Again

Sister Sessions

14 May 2022

Taurus Ball

House of Dévine

1 May 2022

Now Pieces #3

Born in a Taxi, Such n Such and Urban Dream Capsule

Green Bee #4 — Dancehouse

Fast Fashun, Friends of the Earth

28 March—25 April 2022

On The Table #4

Catherine Magill, Joshinder Chaggar, CoExist Collective and James Marples

Raisa Hashem (2020). Photo by Monica Singh Sangwan.

9 April 2022

Odissi Solo Margam

Raisa Hashem

'Yield to Resistance at Dancehouse' (2022), Sandra Parker. Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti.

2 April 2022

Yield to Resistance at Dancehouse

Sandra Parker

Green Bee #3 — Collingwood Children’s Farm

GEOFADE, Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation

27 March 2022

Now Pieces #2

Paea Leach

Image by Isabelle Beauverd. Photos by James Wright.

24—27 March 2022

Passing

Isabelle Beauverd

'Siren Dance' (2019), Lilian Steiner. Photo by DLA ALM.

24—27 March 2022

Siren Dance

Lilian Steiner

'We Are Here' (2021), Jennifer Ma & Collaborators. Image by Aaron Shamim.

24—27 March 2022

We Are Here

Jennifer Ma & Collaborators

'On The Table' (2021). Photo courtesy of the artists.

21 March 2022

On The Table Opening Party

Piaera Lauritz

'Bridge' (2022), Ngioka Bunda-Heath. Photo by Bryony Jackson.

16—19 March 2022

Bridge

Ngioka Bunda-Heath

'Sky Blue Mythic' (2020), Angela Goh. Photo by Prudence Upton.

11—12 & 15—19 March 2022

Sky Blue Mythic

Angela Goh

'Beatstorm' (2021), Chris Chua. Artwork by Helen Tsantikos.

11—12 March 2022

BeatStorm

Chris Chua

11 March 2022

Take Five or More #15

Andrew Morrish

'Mum and me' (2020), Rachael Wisby. Photo by Rachael Wisby.

3—6 March 2022

Judy and Me

Rachael Wisby

Jana Castillo (2021). Photo by Alex Efinoff.

3—6 March 2022

CASTILLO

Prue Lang with Jana Castillo

Green Bee #2 — Dancehouse

Rebecca Jensen, Yarra Climate Action Now (YCAN), Dancehouse

27 February 2022

Now Pieces #1

Tony Yap

12—13 February 2022

On the Verge

Catherine Magill and Peter Trotman

'What Am I Supposed To Do? (WAISTD' (2019), Sarah Aiken and Rebecca Jensen / Deep Soulful Sweats. Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti.

Green Bee #1 — Collingwood Children’s Farm

Caitlin Dear, Collingwood Children’s Farm

Image: Still from a video by N’Krumah Lawson Daku for Ann O’Aro’s ‘Kap Kap’

30 January 2022

Maloya Studio: for dancers

Muriel Hillion Toulcanon and Justin Marshall with Punctum

12 December 2021

Cross Styles: Stage Volume 1

Burn City Waack and Jam on Toast

11 December 2021

Free Ball

Kiki Dévine and House of Dévine

11 December 2021

CI: Dancing, Talking, Sharing

Jamstas

7—10 December 2021

Now Pieces Finalé

Kevin Jeynes and Amaara Raheem

10 December 2021

Houseparty

A community celebration

9 December 2021

Now Pieces & Make It Up Club

Make It Up Club, Kevin Jeynes and Amaara Raheem

Carlos Dévine at Melbourne Fashion Week (2021). Photo by Liana Hardy Long Story Short.

6 December 2021

Free Ball: Workshops

Kiki and Mike Dévine, Jaycee and Billy Iman

5 December 2021

Sister Sessions Volume 8

Sister Sessions

Inertia

Emerging Choreographers Program

Inertia #1

Michaela Ottone, Alex Dobson and Shannon Toth and Jimmy Nguyen and Anthony Poeung

Inertia #2

Piaera Lauritz, Rukshikaa Elankumaran, Shelley O’Meara, Zoë Bastin, Kady Mansour and Michaela Tancheff

Inertia #3

Alec Katsourakis, Adrien Tucker, Shriraam Theiventhiran and Ngioka Bunda-Heath

Inertia #4

Yuiko Masukawa, Alec Pernes, Devika Bilimoria and Shelley O’Meara

Inertia #5

Emily Bowman and Ebony Muller

15—22 November 2021

On The Table November

Jam on Toast and Piaera Lauritz

'CARE DANCE' (2021), Ebony Muller. Photo by Cohen Medson (videographer).

21 November 2021

CARE DANCE

Ebony Muller

Dance (Lens) 2021 — Movie Marathon

Live at Dancehouse

21 November 2021

On The Table: In-Depth

Devika Bilimoria

'Caca Capitalismo' (2020), Dir. Monica Guitti & Jonathan Homsey. Image by Shannon May Powell.

July & November 2021

DANCE (LENS) 2021

30 screendance works, workshop and resources

13 November 2021

ReConvergence

Catherine Magill and Peter Trotman

6—7 November 2021

Move With Me

Jam On Toast

21—31 October 2021

On The Table: Lockdown Series

Peter Trotman, Alice Heyward, Amy Spiers, Rebecca Jensen and Alexandra Collins

'Star Spangled Banter' (2021), Jonathan Homsey. Photo by Shannon May Powell.

14—17 October 2021

Star Spangled Banter

Jonathan Homsey

'300 Microfictions', Amaara Raheem, Blindside solo residency (2020). Photo by Nicholas James Archer.

26 September 2021

Now Pieces #5

Amaara Raheem

9—30 August 2021

On The Table

Abigail Benham-Bannon, Jonathan Sinatra, Thomas Woodman and Ebony Muller

29 July — 29 August

Dance (Lens) 2021 — Formscapes

Melissa Ramos

29 July — 29 August

Dance (Lens) 2021 — The House These Films Built

André Shannon

'Kenta Kojiri' (2018), Sue Healey. Photo by Pippa Samaya.

29 July — 29 August

Dance (Lens) 2021 — Being Seen: Screendance Portraits

Siobhan Murphy

‘(like a) Less Dense Brick' (2019), Piaera Lauritz. Photo by James Lauritz.

29 July—29 August 2021

Dance (Lens) 2021 — Official Selection #1

6 films from the Dance (Lens) Festival Official Selection

'SOURSWEET' (2021), Hana Miller featuring Victoria Chiu. Photo by RDYSTDY.

29 July—29 August 2021

Dance (Lens) 2021 — Official Selection #2

7 films from the Dance (Lens) Festival Official Selection

29 July—29 August 2021

Dance (Lens) 2021 — Official Selection #3

5 films from the Dance (Lens) Festival Official Selection

[CI Jam] [2021] [Joey Lehrer, Leah Baxter] [Ian Ferguson]

25 July 2021

In Real Life

The Jamstas

24—25 July 2021

Open House Melbourne 2021

24 July 2021

Burn City Waack 8 Year Anniversary

Burn City Waack

28 June—19 July 2021

On The Table

Emma Fayelecaun, Shelley O’Meara, Chris Chua & Chelsea Byrne

Will Reyno in Houseparty (2020). Photo by Andrew Liu for Pride Productions.

10—11 July 2021

Winter Workshops #3 — Freestyle & Improvisation

Martin Hughes, Madfox, Shamita, House of Devine & more

Alec Pernes for Freedance. Photo by Mathew Lynn.

23 June —7 July 2021

Freedance — Street Dance Series

Presented by Dancehouse and Fed Square

'Wavy' (2018), Efren Pamilacan Jr. Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti for Dancehouse.

3—4 July 2021

Winter Workshops #2 — Next Stages

Ashley Dyer, Beth Cross, Dan Koop, Insite Arts & Josh Wright

'300 micro-fictions' (2020), Amaara Raheem. Blindside. Photo: Nicholas James Archer

27 June 2021

Now Pieces #4

Siobhan McKenna and Lilian Steiner

'Solos for Other People' (2018), Shelley Lasica. Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti.

26—27 June 2021

Winter Workshops #1 — Masterclasses

Shelley Lasica & Stephanie Lake

30 May 2021

Now Pieces #3

Amaara Raheem

26 April—24 May 2021

On The Table

Jenn Ma, Emilie Walsh, Hillary Goldsmith, Mark Brown II & Emily Bowman

5—19 May 2021

Freedance — Queer Dance Series

Presented by Dancehouse and Fed Square

'That Which Was Once Familiar' (2021), Zoë Bastin. Photo by Bri Hammond.

28 April—1 May 2021

That Which Was Once Familiar

Zoë Bastin

"Sister Sessions", photo of Maggie Zhu, photo by Jia

25 April 2021

Sister Sessions Volume 7

Sister Sessions

25 April 2021

Now Pieces #2

About Now

'Slow Calm Drama' (2021), Deanne Butterworth. Photo by Laura Banfield.

21—24 April 2021

Slow Calm Drama

Deanne Butterworth

'100 Haikus' (2021), Trevor Santos. Photo by Trevor Santos and Liam Roodhouse.

22—24 April 2021

100 Haikus

Trevor Santos

‘ButohOUT!’, Yumi Umiumare & Takashi Takiguchi. Photo by Mathew Lynn.

25—28 March 2021

Colour-Fool

Yumi Umiumare and ButohOUT! Ensemble

28 March 2021

Now Pieces #1

Amaara Raheem

'Here we are' (2021), Such n Such. Photo by Angel Leggas.

24—27 March 2021

Here we are

Such n Such

'Primera Linea' (2019). Photo by Sebastián Silva Pizarro.

18—21 March 2021

Memoria del Cuerpo Vivo

Gabriela Green Olea & Oscar Poncell

‘Bodylex’ (2021), Rhys Ryan. Photo by Caitlin Dear.

18—21 March 2021

Bodylex

Rhys Ryan

'MOTH' (2021), Aimee Schollum. Design by Aimee Schollum, photo by Jessi Jaggi.

18—21 March 2021

MOTH

Aimee Schollum

'Indra' (2018), Kasi Aysola. Photo by Arun Kumar.

11—13 March 2021

Sangam Commissions Program One

Kasi Aysola, Rukshikaa Elankumaran, Shyama Sasidharan and Divya Shreejit Kumar

'Third Nature' (2019), Raina Peterson. Photo by Hayden Golder.

11—13 March 2021

Sangam Commissions Program Two

Shriraam Theiventhiran, Sooraj Subramaniam & Raina Peterson

13 March 2021

Sangam in Conversation: Marginality, Power & Representation

Merindah Donnelly and Priya Srinivasan

30 November 2020 — 27 February 2021

Freedance

Presented by Dancehouse and Abbotsford Convent

12 October — 31 December 2020

DANCE (LENS) 2020

Dance films with artist Q&As

14 December 2020

Sister Session Vol.6

Sister Sessions

12 — 13 December 2020

Submerge

Emerging Choreographers Program

Submerge #1

Emma Riches, Alexandra Collins with Alexandra Clouston and Jennifer Ma with David Leupolu

Submerge #2

Rhys Ryan, Caitlin Dear and Aimee Schollum

Submerge #3

Jessie Gall and Lydia Connolly-Hiatt

Submerge #4

Isabelle Beauverd, Hillary Goldsmith and Siobhan Mckenna

Submerge #5

Chris Chua

'Necessary Games'. Photo by Matt Nettheim.

7 December 2020

Necessary Games

Sophie Hyde

6 December 2020

Holding Balance Workshop

Abigail Benham-Bannon, Gabriela Green Olea, and Marcela Olea

Narelle Benjamin in "I Dream of Augustine" (2004). Photo by Cordelia Beresford.

30 November 2020

I Dream of Augustine

Cordelia Beresford

'Alien Intimacy' 2020. Image by Zander Porter.

Alien Intimacy

James Batchelor and Zander Porter

Houseparty

All-styles tournament

'Shift' (2020), Claire Marshall. Featuring Richard Causer and Lucy Hood.

Shift

Claire Marshall

'In soft filing' (2020), Paea Leach. Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti.

Now Pieces – For Now

Kevin Jeynes and Paea Leach

'Resonance' (1991), Stephen Cummins. Courtesy of Frameline.

9 November 2020

Resonance (1991)

Stephen Cummins

September—November, 2020

Co-Design

Mariaa Randall, Luke George, Priya Srinivasan and Tam Nguyen

2 November 2020

Poetics of Home

Gretel Taylor

'1/6', Orsola Valenti. Photo by Heidi Hassan.

19 & 26 October 2020

6/6

Botchan Retreat

Running Man Australia

10 September 2020

Virtual Dance Massive Sector Update March 2021

Dance Massive Sector Update Meeting

14 May 2020

Who’s Advocating for You?

Virtual Panel Conversation

24—26 April 2020

What is in-between?

Conversation Series for KCA 2020

Mette Edvardsen & Matteo Fargion @ Werner Strouven

5—8 March 2020

Re-load

Claudia La Rocco, Leisa Shelton, Takao Kawaguchi, Phillip Adams, Mette Edvardsen & Lucy Guerin

Asia TOPA

4—5 March 2020

Conversations at MPavilion

Co-curated by Priya Srinivasan and Philipa Rothfield

'Yoni' (2018), Prue Lang. Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti for Dancehouse

29 February—2 March 2020

PROJECT F

29 Feburary —1 March 2020

Touch Of The Other

Pollen Revolution

Matou

A week in January with [ Two for Now ]

[ Two For Now ]

Body Weather (Gretel Taylor), 2018. Photo by Laki Sideris and Gretel Taylor

30 March—21 December 2019

Body Weather

Gretel Taylor

9 January—18 December 2019

Odissi

Where We Stand

Isabella Whāwhai Waru

27 April—14 December 2019

Kalaripayattu (Kalari)

Where We Stand Public Program

Isabella Whāwhai Waru

Alchemy Dance, Anne O'Keeffe, 2019. Photo by Romeo Viglino

5 November—8 December 2019

Alchemy Dance Improvisation

Perai Gatherings

Sangam Performing Arts Festival of South Asia and Diaspora

'Mahaweli Entanglements' (2019). Photo by Arun Munoz Photography.

Sangam Performing Arts Festival of South Asia and Diaspora

23 November 2019

Mahaweli: Entanglements

'Aaj Ke Naam' (2019), Masoom Parmar. Photo by Arun Munoz Photography.

Sangam Performing Arts Festival of South Asia and Diaspora

23 November 2019

Rewa: The Unseen

Sangam Performing Arts Festival of South Asia and Diaspora

22 November

Birrarung: Dada-Desi

17 November 2019

Now Pieces #3

Debra Batton, Amaara Raheem, Gretel Taylor, Neil Thomas & Frank Van De Ven

Victoria Chiu, Rudi van der Merwe & József Trefeli

14—15 November 2019

The Body Politic

Jinx 103

József Trefeli & Gábor Varga

József Trefeli (2017). Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti for Dancehouse.

We Move You! Body Percussion

Genetrix

'Sun Trip', Perrine Valli & The Sunfast. Photo by Jean-Christophe Arav.

25 October—7 November 2019

8—9 November 2019

Sun Trip

Perrine Valli & The Sunfast

HOTBED in partnership with LGI/WXYZ

6/6

Solos

Trophy

Pink Matter

Beth Raywood Cross, Stella Webster & Diane Pereira

25—28 September 2019

A Study of Being

The Voices of Joan of Arc

Surge

But Why

Austinmer Dance Theatre

19—22 September 2019

Seeing Red

Now Pieces #2

Tony Yap, Lynne Santos, Noelle Rees-Hatton, Dianne Reid, Kevin Jeynes & Rosie Fayman

11—14 September 2019

The Right

Home(s)

Jennifer Ma

Body-Mind Centering (2019), Alice Cummins.

17 July—28 August 2019

Body-Mind Centering

Now Pieces #1

Peter Fraser, Janette Hoe, Bronwen Kamasz, Catherine Magill, Andrew Morrish & Peter Trotman

27 July 2019

Open House Melbourne

29 June, 6 & 13 July 2019

Dancefilm Now

Triptych

Takashi Takiguchi, Emily Bennett, Kevin Jeynes & Lynne Santos

4—5 May 2019

(Re)Assembling the Connections

Two For Now

'Spaceproject' (2015), Prue Lang. Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti for Dancehouse

15, 23 & 24 March 2019

Sensorial Workshops: We Move You

Siobhan McKenna, James Batchelor & Russell Dumas

'DIRtywork' (2019), Rosalind Crisp. Photo by Andrew Morrish

24 March 2019

DIRtywork

Rosalind Crisp

'Hyperspace' (2019), James Batchelor. Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti for Dancehouse

20—23 March 2019

Hyperspace

James Batchelor

'Dark Night' (2019), Jill Orr. Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti for Dancehouse

21—23 March 2019

Dark Night

Jill Orr

'Quake' (2019), Hellen Sky & Myriam Gourfink with Mark Cauvin & Kasper T. Toeplitz. Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti for Dancehouse

21—23 March 2019

Quake

Hellen Sky & Myriam Gourfink with Mark Cauvin & Kasper T. Toeplitz

'Choreographed Readings' (2018), Rhiannon Newton. Photo by Georgia Rann.

16 & 23 March 2019

Choreographed Readings

Rhiannon Newton

'Cultural Residues 2020' (2019), Russell Dumas. Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti for Dancehouse.

20 —24 March 2019

Cultural Residues 2020

Russell Dumas

Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti for Dancehouse

18—22 March 2019

What Now?

Conversation Series for Dance Massive 2019

13, 14, 20 & 21 March 2019

Botchan Retreat

Running Man Australia

'The Tennis Piece' (2019), Atlanta Eke. Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti for Dancehouse

19—21 Marchb 2019

The Tennis Piece

Atlanta Eke

'Concrete Impermanence' (2019), Alison Currie. Photo by Sam Roberts.

17—18 March 2019

Concrete Impermanence

Alison Currie

'A Faint Existence' (2019), Kristina Chan. Photo by Daniel Boud.

16—17 March 2019

A Faint Existence

Writing Critically on Dance

Adherence

Sandra Parker

'Post Reality Vision' (2019), Nana Biluš Abaffy. Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti for Dancehouse.

12—16 March 2019

Post Reality Vision

Nana Biluš Abaffy

'Utterance' (2019), Siobhan McKenna. Photo by Claire Wakeford.

13—15 March 2019

Utterance

Siobhan McKenna

January 23, February 2 & 3 2019

Let’s Get Critical

Conversation Series

'Dancing Qweens' (2019), James Welsby. Photo by Matto Lucas

30 January—3 February 2019

Dancing Qweens

Let’s Get Metaphysical

Melanie Lane & Dandrogyny

21 January—1 February 2019

Friday 1 February 2019

Fine Lines

Let’s Get Physical

MadFox Maggie, Luke George, Beni Lola, Shamita, Dancecats, Anni Salerni, Rolly, Jandruze, Vana Banks & Carly Sheppard