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.
2026
Season One
18 February-28 March
Mekar yang Diam by Yuiko Masukawa and Mekratingrum Hapsari
new new by Threading Frames, Jorje, and CONJAH
That Day, This Body, That Time by Jonathan Sinatra
Season Two
04-22 August
Fluid Memories by Chung Nguyen
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
Season Two
29 July-6 September
Phoenix Kiki Ball, curated by Mahia Furia
Long Sentences by Rhiannon Newton
In Contact: A CI Community Day with Melbourne Contact Improvisation
Copy of the Copy by Priya Srinivasan
Scenarios by Benjamin Hurley & Scott Elstermann
NOW PIECES: 4 X Duets curated by Kevin Jeynes
Til Death Do We Cypher Vol 4: Breaking Battle hosted by The Steezy Walrus Initiative
Season Three (Melbourne Fringe)
1-18 October
Wavefront Warfare, by Lily Hindson & Hunter Mains
Down the Hallway, to Your Left, by Hayley Roe
The Ballad of Bouncing Back, by Alec Katsourakis & InPlay Projects
to disappoint a god., by Carmen Yih
Season Four
15-22 November
W_acking Inferno Volume 4, with Burn City W_ack
Brigid, by Alice Heyward and Oisín Ó Manacháin
Natural Basic, by Rebecca Jensen
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