Australasian Dance Collective

Join us tonight as our Youth Ensemble takes the stage for their final performance of 2026, closing out an incredible season of Echo.

"An evening that is both engaging in the present and promising for the future." — The Scoop

Book your tickets → bit.ly/YEecho26

📸 by Jade Ellis Photography

Earlier this month, we welcomed Yolande Brown (Bidjara) to ADC as part of First Collective Residencies in partnership with BlakDance. During this time, Yolande explored improvisation between dance and music with the ADC Company Artists, composer Frank Millward and musical trio Ensemble Sooon.

"Last week was a deeply generative week in the ADC studios, shaped by live cello, percussion and woodwind. The musicians developed an improvised score inspired by the philosophies of Henri Bergson, which I approached through the question: what might emerge if Bergson were in conversation with Indigenous Elders? This inquiry was grounded in my lived experience as a Bidjara woman and supported by Uncle Don Enoch as Elder in Residence, whose presence allowed us to further test and develop ideas in the room.

The week was intentionally open and exploratory, allowing space for play without the pressure of defined output, which led to unexpected and generative directions. From this, approximately 25 minutes of material emerged, forming the beginnings of a concept with strong potential for further development." — Yolande Brown

📸 Jade Ellis Photography

THREE // In rehearsal with Joel Bray

After initially exploring concepts of time during his First Collective Residency in July 2025, Joel Bray returned to ADC earlier this year to further develop his ideas into a short work for THREE.

"I'm fascinated by duration, and slow evolution. I think it's a bit of a challenge to the culture that we live in, and I brought that into the room with these incredible dancers. We've made a particular exploration of that idea, which is about a life cycle, like time from birth to passing, and all that entails including loss, but also joy and poetry and aloneness and togetherness."

Don't miss this moving new work when it premieres next month as part of THREE McCartney / Ritchie-Jones / Bray.

THREE
15–18 July, 2026
Brisbane Powerhouse
Book Now → bit.ly/THREE26

📸 Photography by David Kelly

Echo // In Rehearsal

Moments from rehearsals with our Youth Ensemble as they prepare to bring a reimagined excerpt of Jack Lister's Relic to the stage for Echo.

ECHO
19—20 June | Judith Wright Arts Centre
Book your tickets → bit.ly/YEecho26

Photography by Jade Ellis Photography

This year, our Youth Ensemble has formed an exciting new connection with The Movement Lab GC.

Next week, the two ensembles will share the stage in Joyful Flight as part of Echo. Co-created by ADC Youth Ensemble Director Courtney Scheu and The Movement Lab Director (and former YE Director) Riannon McLean, the work explores the space between memory and lived experience — where memories are held, softened, or let go.

ECHO
19—20 June | Judith Wright Arts Centre
Book your tickets → bit.ly/YEecho26

Photography by Jade Ellis Photography

Echo // In-Rehearsal

A glimpse into rehearsals with our Youth Ensemble as they prepare to unveil Lilly King's newest work, Notes for Radical Living, when Echo opens next week!

ECHO
19—20 June | Judith Wright Arts Centre
Book your tickets → bit.ly/YEecho26

Photography by Jade Ellis Photography

PPP 2027 // APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN

We are thrilled to seek the next cohort of future dance artists to join our Pre-Professional Program in 2027.

This rich and challenging program provides excellence in training and performance to cultivate creative, versatile and compelling dance artists, ready to step into the industry.

2027 AUDITIONS
27 September 2026
ADC Studios, Meanjin/Brisbane

Apply now → bit.ly/42m3TUX

📸 Photography by David Kelly