Overview
Something old, something new, something borrowed
Australasian Dance Collective (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.
Blue Digital Program
Gallery
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Australasian Dance Collective’s Blue – When Time StopsImage by David Kelly 
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Australasian Dance Collective’s Blue – When Time StopsImage by David Kelly 
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Australasian Dance Collective’s Blue – Glass TeethImage by David Kelly 
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Australasian Dance Collective’s Blue – Glass TeethImage by David Kelly 
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Australasian Dance Collective’s Blue – In your roomsImage by David Kelly 
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Australasian Dance Collective’s Blue – In your roomsImage by David Kelly 
Inside the Rehearsal Room
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Australasian Dance Collective’s rehearsal for Blue – Glass TeethImage by David Kelly 
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Australasian Dance Collective’s rehearsal for Blue – Glass TeethImage by David Kelly 
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Australasian Dance Collective’s rehearsal for Blue – Glass TeethImage by David Kelly 
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Australasian Dance Collective’s rehearsal for Blue – In your roomsImage by David Kelly 
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Australasian Dance Collective’s rehearsal for Blue – In your roomsImage by David Kelly 
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Australasian Dance Collective’s rehearsal for Blue – In your roomsImage by David Kelly 
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Australasian Dance Collective’s rehearsal for Blue – When Time StopsImage by David Kelly 
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Australasian Dance Collective’s rehearsal for Blue – When Time StopsImage by David Kelly 
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Australasian Dance Collective’s rehearsal for Blue – When Time StopsImage by David Kelly 
When Time Stops [excerpt]
- Choreography Natalie Weir
- Music Composition Iain Grandage
- Original Costume and 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
- In your rooms is presented in association with Hofesh Shechter Company
- Choreography and 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
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