Dancehouse Seasons
Dancehouse Seasons
Dancehouse seasons include commissioning new works and offering renewed exposure and presenting opportunities for already existing works. As well as showcasing Melbourne-based artists, we regularly bring interstate and international artists to Melbourne.
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2025
Season One
26 February—12 April
Unpacked No. 2: Political and BORROW + Exergie – butter dance by Melati Suryodarmo
SAD EYES by Amelia Jean O’Leary
The Bastard Dance. by Gabriella Imrichova
Shadow Text by Chloe Chignell and Amina Szecsödy
2024
Season One
21 February—16 March
Flesh Vessel by Jayden Lewis Wall & Melissa Yvonne Pham
Perhaps…who knows by Rosie Fayman & Jonathan Homsey
Dream Cellscapes by Alice Weber
Pass The Buck #6 with Burn City Krump
Season Two
22 June — 3 August
Ānanda: Dance of Joy by Christopher Gurusamy
Perhaps… who Knows by Rosie Fayman & Jonathan Homsey
Funk Station Vol. 3 with Funk Station (Chun Lee & Sayoko Naito)
Outside In: Lecture Demonstration by Christopher Gurusamy
Season Three (Melbourne Fringe)
2 — 19 October
Fertile Ground by Ashleigh Musk & Michael Smith
The Solos by Weave Movement Theatre
I.D. by Stephanie Sorn Dixon & L2R
VOW(d): CRATE WOMEN by Catherine Magill
Superposition by Gabriel Sinclair & Jazmyn Carter
Grim Grinning Ghosts by Alix Kuijpers
2023
Season One
12—22 April
Shortcuts to Familiar Places — James Batchelor
Season Two
16 August—16 September
Sense of Place — Janice Florence & Weave Movement Theatre
Memories from Suspended Places — Georgia Rudd & Riyo Tulus Pernando
The real time it takes… — Rosalind Crisp
A Book of Hours — Gerard Van Dyck, Sal Cooper & Kate Neal
Season Three (Melbourne Fringe)
4—14 October
TOUCH by Deepa Mani & Sheena Chundee
The Unlearning by Adrien Tucker
Why Runs The Abhisarika? by Priyanka Jain
Oh Sheila by Ashley Goh, Beverley Li & Tiffany Nung
2022
Season One
3 March—14 May
CASTILLO — Prue Lang with Jana Castillo
Take Five or More #15 — Andrew Morrish
We Are Here — Jennifer Ma & Collaborators
Yield to Resistance at Dancehouse — Sandra Parker
Zodiacs Ball: Taurus Ball — House of Dévine
Season Two
20 August—10 September
Zodiacs Ball: LEO SZN — House of Dévine
Explicit Contents — Rhiannon Newton
DOUBLE DOUBLE — Deanne Butterworth, Jo Lloyd, Tina Havelock Stevens and Evelyn Ida Morris
Weathering — Emily Bowman and Joey Lehrer [ two for now ]
Pictures & Ghosts — Arabella Frahn-Starkie
Season Three (Fringe)
5—15 October
2021
Season One
11—28 March
Sangam Commissions Program One
Sangam Commissions Program Two
Memoria del Cuerpo Vivo — Gabriela Green Olea & Oscar Poncell
Colour-Fool — Yumi Umiumare and ButohOUT! Ensemble
Season Two
21 April—1 May
Slow Calm Drama — Deanne Butterworth
That Which Was Once Familiar — Zoë Bastin
Season Three
August—September
Postponed due to COVID-19
Season Four (Fringe)
October
Season Five (Finalé)
November—December