Australian Dance Theatre: North/South

Venue: Dunstan Playhouse
Location: Adelaide Festival Centre, King William Street, Adelaide South Australia 5000
11 Sep - 14 Sep, 2019
Web: https://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/events/north-south/

Presented by Australian Dance Theatre in association with Adelaide Festival Centre

A double-bill by Ina Christel Johannessen and Garry Stewart World Premiere Australia/Norway Adelaide Festival Centre's Dance Season In an extraordinary double bill from two highly acclaimed choreographers, Ina Christel Johannessen and Garry Stewart, Australian Dance Theatre (ADT) dancers traverse the faraway corners of the Arctic Circle and Antarctica. From Norwegian choreographer Johannessen, North explores the intimate and powerful exchange that plays out between humans and their environment. Stewart’s South depicts Sir Douglas Mawson’s fateful and dramatic journey to Antarctica in 1913 as an allegory for our current predicament in the era of rapid global warming.

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September

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IN THE SHADOW OF TIME

The newest work from Raewyn Hill, in collaboration with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, is a poignant exploration of aging, resilience, and the unseen forces that shape our lives.

81 Barrack Street, Perth, 6000 Liberty Theatre | 17 Sep - 20 Sep, 2025

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Out of the Studio

DirtyFeet’s Out of the Studio 2025 provides a platform for two emerging choreographers: Cassidy McDermott Smith and Shyamla.

Neilson Studio at Sydney Dance Company | 19 Sep - 20 Sep, 2025

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CATS

58 Grote St, Adelaide SA 5000 Her Majesty's Theatre | 20 Sep - 12 Oct, 2025

October

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Babies and Ballerinas

How do they do it? Many of our favourite ballerinas have returned to dance after having beautiful babies!

Level 5, 2 Kavanagh Street, Southbank Lisa Bolte Dancer's Lounge | 4 Oct, 2025

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Yeah The Boys: Call for Performers

FORM Dance and Places and Spaces Productions are looking for six performers for the first stage creative development of Vanessa Marian and Stefan Hunt’s “Yeah The Boys” as they prepare to bring the seminal film to the live stage.

Brent Street, Building 101/122 Lang Rd, Moore Park NSW 2021 | 5 Oct, 2025

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The Bogong’s Song: a call to Country

Bangarra’s The Bogong’s Song invites young audiences on a journey of dance, puppetry and storytelling, sharing the wisdom of Country through the wings of the Bogong moth.

Wharf 4/5, 15 Hickson Rd, Dawes Point NSW 2000 | 8 Oct - 19 Oct, 2025

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Get Up, Dress Up, Show Up: Lessons in Love and Surmounting Grief by retired ballerina Petal Ashmole Winstanley.

Join us on 18 Oct for the launch of Petal Miller Ashmole’s book with David McAllister, champagne on arrival, afternoon tea, and signed copies supporting The Australian Ballet School.

Level 5, 2 Kavanagh Street Southbank Lisa Bolte Dancers' Lounge | 18 Oct, 2025

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Continuum

This October Sydney Dance Company presents 'Continuum', a monumental triple bill that brings together three visionary choreographers–Stephen Page, Rafael Bonachela and Tra Mi Dinh

Roslyn Packer Theatre | 22 Oct - 1 Nov, 2025