Blue
40th Anniversary Season
ADC celebrates 40 years of dance with Blue, a triple bill that honours the past, embraces the present, and looks boldly toward the future.
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.
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.
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
Jack Lister
Company Artist
Riannon McLean
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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