Out of Bounds
Presented by Lucy Guerin Inc and Dancehouse
Out of Bounds is an exciting choreographic platform for artists to share works in progress with audiences, fellow artists, and peers over a weekend.
Originally devised by Lucy Guerin Inc and Temperance Hall, premiering at Temperance Hall in March 2021. Since 2025, Dancehouse has co-presented Out of Bounds iterations with Lucy Guerin Inc.
Curated by Lucy Guerin, Dr Phillip Adams, and Josh Wright, Out of Bounds invites dance artists to share excerpts of up to 10 minutes duration of recent choreographic investigations, experiments, or works-in-progress. Following the sharing, each work will be given space for creative feedback with discussions facilitated by experienced dance practitioners and peers.
Out of Bounds aims to show new work in a raw state—providing a generous, open space for artists to take risks and try out their ideas. Victorian dance artists across all forms, practices, cultures, histories, lineages, styles, disciplines, aesthetics and experimentations are welcome at Out of Bounds.
EOIs for Out of Bounds 2027 will be announced in the beginning of 2027.
Out of Bounds was originally devised by Lucy Guerin Inc and Temperance Hall, the Out of Bounds program premiered at Temperance Hall in March 2021.
Out of Bounds 2026 (18 + 19 April)
Over a sold-out weekend in 2026, Out of Bounds curated an expansive gathering of 24 dance artists, 4 designers, and 15+ collaborators at LGI / WXYZ Studios in North Melbourne. Under the direction of Lucy Guerin, Josh Wright, and Dr. Phillip Adams, the event included post-showing discussions led by Phillip Adams, Grey Dear, Andrew Treloar, Zoë Bastin, Melanie Lane, Brooke Stamp, Jonathan Homsey, Caroline Bowditch, Mitch Jones, Gideon Obarzanek, Shelley Lascia, and Rebecca Hilton.
Out of Bounds 2025 (3 + 4 May)
In 2025, Out of Bounds was presented at Dancehouse on Saturday 3 May and Sunday 4 May. As the inaugural iteration following Dancehouse’s involvement, it engaged a diverse cross-section of the community: residency artists (Christopher Gurusamy), Independent Choreographer Program participants (Carmen Yih, Daksha Ramesh Swaminathan), and Dancehousing collective members (The Unguided).
