Blue
14—17 May 2025
Playhouse, QPAC
Past Event
14—17 May 2025
Playhouse, QPAC
Past Event

Blue

40th Anniversary Season

Something Old / Something New
/ Something Borrowed

ADC celebrates 40 years of dance with Blue, a triple bill that honours the past, embraces the present, and looks boldly toward the future.

/ When Time Stops

Natalie Weir’s When Time Stops returns to the QPAC stage, capturing the fragility and beauty of life’s pivotal moments. An ethereal voyage of life-changing moments, Weir’s choreography, set to a soul-stirring score by Iain Grandage, will move audiences with its depth of feeling. ADC’s extraordinary dancers will be joined by guest artist Riannon McLean for a truly haunting and poetic performance.

/ Glass Teeth

One of Australia’s leading choreographic voices, Melanie Lane, treads the slippery realm of dream-thought in her new creation, Glass Teeth. Drawing from the ancient belief that dreaming was considered a supernatural communication or a means of divine intervention, Glass Teeth, in collaboration with UK electronic music visionary, Clark, dances through the uncanny nightmares and fantasies that we are transported to when we sleep.

/ In Your Rooms

Global superstar Hofesh Shechter’s seminal work In your rooms is a visceral exploration of society’s chaotic energy and inner tensions. Shechter’s choreography brings together eight dancers in an electrifying performance, delving into the complexity of our collective existence with unflinching honesty.

Celebrate the marriage between the legacy and the future of ADC with something old, something new and something borrowed.

Season presented by ADC in association with QPAC. Supported by the QPAC 40 program, celebrating 40 years of curiosity, inclusion, gathering and stories.

Australasian Dance Collective also acknowledges the support of the Queensland Government, through Arts Queensland and QPAC, as presenting partner for the season of Blue.

/ Insight Matinee
Thursday 15 May, 12:30 PM

School groups are welcome to attend any performance however the Insight Matinee has been specially created for school students, young dancers and educators to deepen their understanding and connection to the performance, the professional industry and the artform.

Artistic Director, Amy Hollingsworth, shares aspects of the creative development of each of the works in the program with the opportunity for questions from the audience.  This talk will also be Auslan interpreted.


Dates & Times

Wednesday 14 May - 7:30pm

Thursday 15 May - 12:30pm & 7:30pm

Friday 16 May - 7:30pm

Saturday 17 May - 7:30pm


Venue

Playhouse, QPAC

Cnr Grey, Melbourne St, South Brisbane


Tickets

PREMIUM
Adult $79
Group of 4 $250

A-RESERVE
Adult $65
Concession $55
Youth (Under 26) $45
Group of 10 $550

School Groups $29 each
/ 1 free teacher ticket per 10

Plus booking fees

Photography David Kelly


Trailer


Natalie Weir

Natalie Weir

Choreographer
Melanie Lane

Melanie Lane

Choreographer
Hofesh Shechter

Hofesh Shechter

Choreographer & Composer
Lilly King

Lilly King

Company Artist
Taiga Kita-Leong

Taiga Kita-Leong

Company Artist
Jack Lister

Jack Lister

Associate Artistic Director &
Company Artist
Lily Potger

Lily Potger

Company Artist
Georgia Van Gils

Georgia Van Gils

Company Artist
Riannon McLean

Riannon McLean

Youth Ensemble Director 2019-2024
Sam Hall

Sam Hall

Company Artist

When Time Stops [excerpt]

Choreography
Natalie Weir

Music Composition
Iain Grandage

Original Costume & Set Design
Bill Haycock

Original Lighting Design
David Walters

Lighting Realisation
Ben Hughes

Performed by
ADC Company Artists
Guest Artist Riannon McLean
Camerata —Queensland's Chamber Orchestra

Glass Teeth 

Choreography
Melanie Lane

Music by
Clark

Lighting Design
Ben Hughes

Costume Design
Gail Sorronda

Performed by
ADC Company Artists


In Your Rooms

Presented in association with Hofesh Shechter Company

Choreography & Music
Hofesh Shechter

Original Musical Director
Nell Catchpole

Original Lighting Design
Lee Curran

Original Costume Design
Elizabeth Barker

Lighting Realisation
Ben Hughes

Stager
Sam Coren

Performed by
ADC Company Artists

We acknowledge the First Nations people as the Traditional Owners of Meanjin (Brisbane).

Australasian Dance Collective acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their deep connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

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