Dancenorth Australia

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Founded on the ancestral lands of the Wulgurukaba of Gurambilbarra and Yunbenun
Lighting the Dark on tour in 2026
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Naarm (Melbourne), we're bringing RED to Rising as part of the festival's inaugural Australian Dance Biennale.Catch us p...
06/05/2026

Naarm (Melbourne), we're bringing RED to Rising as part of the festival's inaugural Australian Dance Biennale.

Catch us performing five shows at The Lawler, Southbank Theatre this 3-7 June.

Tickets are on sale now. For more details and to book, visit https://dancenorth.com.au/works/red

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Images by Gregory Lorenzutti 2021, David Kelly 2023 and Amber Haines 2021
Featuring: James O'Hara and Georgia Rudd, Marlo Benjamin and Michael Smith

30/04/2026

Catch a glimpse inside CONJAH’s 2025 No Show residency at Dancenorth.

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Featuring Jahra Wasasala and Ooschon from CONJAH

Interviewed Ensemble members: Jag Popham and Sabine Crompton-Ward

Video and edit by Aaron Ashley

Ambient Music by Spewer

30/04/2026

Catch a glimpse inside CONJAH’s 2025 No Show residency at Dancenorth.

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�Featuring Jahra Wasasala .arieta and Ooschon from CONJAH

Interviewed Ensemble members: Jag Popham and Sabine Crompton-Ward

Video and edit by

Ambient Music by

SEASON ANNOUNCEMENTStep into Plagiary, where the Dancenorth Ensemble becomes the playthings of an AI-speaking choreograp...
23/04/2026

SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT

Step into Plagiary, where the Dancenorth Ensemble becomes the playthings of an AI-speaking choreographer.

Created by multi-award-winning dance technologist and choreographer Alisdair Macindoe with acclaimed media artist Sam Mcgilp, Plagiary is fast, thought-provoking, and unpredictable - made new each night through live interpretation.

Dates: 16-18 July
Time: 7pm (THU-SAT) | 1pm (FRI)
Venue: Dancenorth Theatre, Gurambilbarra (Townsville)

Tickets are on sale now. For more information, and to book, visit https://dancenorth.com.au/works/plagiary

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Image by Amber Haines
Edit by Tszar - Artist Aaron Ashley

2026 A.R.T. Artist Announcement Martin Hansen joins us over the next two weeks as part of our Artist Residency in the T...
22/04/2026

2026 A.R.T. Artist Announcement

Martin Hansen joins us over the next two weeks as part of our Artist Residency in the Tropics (A.R.T.) Program.

Martin is a choreographer and dancer working in theatre and gallery contexts in Australia and Europe. They work alone and with friends, colleagues and comrades.

Their work often conceptualises the body as a dynamic and imperfect archive. Through choreographing relations with a diverse range of performative, extant and ephemeral materials they critically explore memory and time through figures like ghosts, haunting, suffering and monsters.

Since 2015, Martin’s solos and group works have been presented internationally at venues such as Tanzfabrik, Sophiensaele, Radialsystem and Bärenzwinger (Berlin), PACT Zollverein (Essen), Rencontre Chorégraphique Internationales De Seine Saint Denis (Paris), Charleroi Danse and KANAL Centre Pompidou (Brussels), Hong Kong Arts Festival (Hong Kong), Dance Massive, Dancehouse, Frame Biennial (Melbourne), Aerowaves (Aarhus), and Carriageworks (Sydney).

Martin has performed internationally for Sheena McGandles, Sergui Matis, Tino Sehgal, Ligia Lewis, Christoph Winkler and Laurie Young; and in Australia for Sarah Aiken, Chunky Move and Not Yet It’s Difficult.

Check out Martin’s work via www.martinhansen.info

We've recently welcomed long-term Every Body Dance participants, Serafina Lewis and Joshua Cutler, into Teaching Artist ...
07/04/2026

We've recently welcomed long-term Every Body Dance participants, Serafina Lewis and Joshua Cutler, into Teaching Artist roles. Together, they're helping shape deeply supportive and welcoming environments – leading with authenticity, sensitivity and their own lived experience of disability.

It is a pleasure to welcome them both to the Dancenorth team.

Serafina Lewis:
Serafina is an emerging multi-disciplinary artist whose practice spans across dance, printmaking, painting, sculpture, and woodworking. Inspired by her passion for storytelling, she is ever curious to explore new mediums in which to expand her creative practice. In 2024, Serafina choreographed a solo dance work titled ‘Dancing With Cats’ for Dancenorth’s International Day of People with Disability celebration. Serafina now co-facilitates Every Body Dance as a Teaching Artist, transforming her classes into a contemporary dance exploration led by a Disabled artist, for Disabled participants.

Joshua Cutler:
With a lifelong appreciation for dance, Joshua has been part of the Dancenorth community for over a decade, attending Every Body Dance since the very beginning. In 2024, he was invited to emcee Dancenorth’s International Day for People with Disability. From 2022-2024, he collaborated with Dancenorth to create a short dance film as part of ‘Deeper than Dancing’ exploring his lived experience of disability and his love of dance. The film is currently exhibiting at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery until May, 2026. Joshua now co-facilitates Every Body Dance as a Teaching Artist, leading classes that are fun, energetic, and leave participants with a smile.

Our next Every Body Dance workshop, led by Joshua, is happening next Wednesday, 15 April. To learn more, and to register, visit https://dancenorth.com.au/events/dance-class/every-body-dance

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Images by Aaron Ashley

Final Call:Deepen your creative practice at Dancenorth’s 2026 Secondment Week.Join Co-Artistic Director Amber Haines, ou...
01/04/2026

Final Call:

Deepen your creative practice at Dancenorth’s 2026 Secondment Week.

Join Co-Artistic Director Amber Haines, our professional Ensemble, and fellow emerging dance artists for a free 5-day immersion experience in tropical North Queensland.

Applications are open to dance artists from Australia and New Zealand, and close at midnight on Monday, 6 April.

For more details, and to apply, visit https://dancenorth.com.au/for-artists/secondment-program

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Images by Aaron Ashley

Announcement: Dancenorth Australia will farewell its co-Artistic Directors, Kyle Page and Amber Haines, in 2027. After 1...
26/03/2026

Announcement:
Dancenorth Australia will farewell its co-Artistic Directors, Kyle Page and Amber Haines, in 2027.

After 11 years as Dancenorth’s driving artistic forces, Kyle and Amber have announced that their current work-in-development – due to premiere in 2027 – will be their last with the Company.

“Over the past 11 years, we have had the extraordinary privilege of sharing studios, stages and creative journeys with the most remarkable humans. We have been shaped, challenged and inspired in ways that will stay with us for the rest of our lives. Our time with Dancenorth has fundamentally transformed us both," said Amber and Kyle.

“We have given this place every fibre of our being and, in return, it has given us a life richer and more meaningful than we could ever have imagined.”

Under Amber and Kyle’s Artistic Direction, Dancenorth has presented 21 mainstage works, reaching almost 200,000 people. Presented across more than 55 international festivals and venues, their work demonstrates that ambitious work can emerge from regional Australia.

Chair of the Board Dr Judith McLean said: “Kyle and Amber’s exceptional artistic output has been matched by passionate dedication to fortifying the future of dance by creating opportunities for independent and emerging artists; and connecting regional communities with the joy of art and movement.

"On behalf of the Board and staff at Dancenorth, I extend deepest gratitude to Amber and Kyle for the love and energy transmitted in everything they do.”

Dancenoth’s co-CEO and Executive Director Hillary Coyne said she was immensely proud of what she, Amber and Kyle have created together.

“Kyle and Amber’s artistry and their depth of care for the Company, its people and the community it serves is a rare and precious thing ... The lasting impact of their powerful creative leadership will reverberate through this building and in the hearts and bodies of all with whom they have connected for many years to come.”

Recruitment for the new creative leadership will begin in the second half of 2026.

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Image by Pippa Samaya

Be one of 25 emerging dance artists from Australia and New Zealand to embark on a free 5-day journey of embodiment, crea...
25/03/2026

Be one of 25 emerging dance artists from Australia and New Zealand to embark on a free 5-day journey of embodiment, creativity, and community.

Experience a diverse range of movement methodologies and somatic explorations, delve into Dancenorth's repertoire and culture, and engage with environmental responsiveness within the stunning North Queensland landscape.

Applications for Dancenorth’s 2026 Secondment Week Program are open now, and will close at midnight on Monday, 6 April.

For more details, and to apply, visit https://dancenorth.com.au/for-artists/secondment-program
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Images by Aaron Ashley

We are hiring!Join the Dancenorth team in the role of Community Class & Workshop Coordinator in 2026. This role will be ...
24/03/2026

We are hiring!

Join the Dancenorth team in the role of Community Class & Workshop Coordinator in 2026.

This role will be responsible for coordinating our much-loved Community Experience classes and workshops, and assisting in the design of community programs that align with the company’s strategic objectives, vision and mission.

Applications are open now, and close at midnight on Monday, 30 March.

For more information about the role, and to apply, visit https://dancenorth.com.au/about/careers

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Images by Amber Haines and Aaron Ashley

Have you met Teaching Artist, Miranda Zeller?Miranda is originally from Meanjin (Brisbane), where she completed a Bachel...
24/03/2026

Have you met Teaching Artist, Miranda Zeller?

Miranda is originally from Meanjin (Brisbane), where she completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance) at Queensland University of Technology. She worked as a professional contemporary and commercial dancer, touring throughout Australia and internationally, before completing a Bachelor of Physiotherapy at The University of Queensland.

Miranda has extensive teaching experience in contemporary dance, ballet, and commercial dance, working with institutions including Australasian Dance Collective (formerly Expressions), Queensland Ballet, and Queensland University of Technology.

She is passionate about combining her love of dance with her expertise in therapeutic movement to deliver high-quality dance education to a wide range of communities. Miranda moved to Townsville in 2025 and now enjoys the natural beauty of North Queensland with her two young children and her kelpie. We are delighted to have her join us.

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Image by Aaron Ashley

11/03/2026

JUST ANNOUNCED: We are remounting RED and heading to .melbourne this June, as part of the inaugural Australian Dance Biennale.

RISING subscribers get access to early bird tickets from 12pm AEDT, tomorrow. Subscribe for instant access. All tickets on sale from 12pm AEDT, Mon 16 March.

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