Dancehouse

Performance

Dancehouse produces and presents cutting-edge, non-mainstream dance work thus playing a significant role in the development of innovative dance practice and ongoing artistic enquiry. Dancehouse actively supports individual artists, working in diverse modes of physical practice and across different stages of career development. It also gives independent artists access to professional presenting opportunities.

Curated Seasons

Performances presented and co-presented by Dancehouse

ASIA TOPA AT DANCEHOUSE

14 February 2020 - 28 February 2020

AKIRA KASAI, TAKAO KAWAGUCHI, RURI MITO, EKO SUPRIYANTO

 
2020 KEIR CHOREOGRAPHIC AWARD

03 March 2020 - 07 March 2020

Now in its fourth edition, the Keir Choreographic Award (KCA) has assumed a significant and dynamic place in the Australian dance landscape. The eight artists commissioned to present work in March are: Alison Currie & David Cross, Angela Goh, Riana Head-Toussaint, Amrita Hepi, Jo Lloyd, Zachary Lopez, Lewis Major, The Farm.

 
KEIR CHOREOGRAPHIC AWARD: DANCEHOUSE PUBLIC PROGRAM

29 February 2020 - 15 March 2020

Performances by Mette Edvardsen and Prue Lang; workshops led by Takao Kawaguchi, Claudia La Rocco, Mette Edvardsen and Matteo Fargion as a part of the Dancehouse Keir Choreographic Award Public Program.

 
PENELOPE SLEEPS | An opera by Mette Edvardsen & Matteo Fargion

14 March 2020 - 15 March 2020

Penelope Sleeps strings together fragments of very divergent stories — a fragile unfinished tapestry of voices, a linguistic resonance chamber in which the figures of Penelope and Odysseus remain as vague as a dream from which one has just awakened.

 
MATOU | RURI MITO

14 February 2020 - 15 February 2020

In Ruri Mito's solo performance, she explores the body as a mysterious, haunted vessel, unable to be understood or seen in its entirety as cells continuously die and regenerate. By placing her own body under the microscope, Mito explores the curious invisible fabrics of the human body.

 

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Non-curated Season

Independently produced performances presented at Dancehouse

SISTER SESSIONS VOL.6 - MY STYLE SHOWCASE

08 March 2020 - 17 April 2020

Sister Sessions Vol.6 will connect participants with experienced female dancers in the Melbourne Community to help them bring their unique concepts and visions to life. Over the course of 6 weeks, the mentors will assist in producing a short performance together (5mins) to be showcased on the Final Performance Night (17th April).

 

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