Queensland Ballet Academy's Soirée

Experience a fusion of art, dance, and live music as Queensland Ballet Academy presents Soirée – a dazzling annual performance season in collaboration with Philip Bacon Galleries and in 2024, internationally-acclaimed artist William Robinson. Soirée showcases the artistic and technical skills of Queensland Ballet Academy’s Level 1 Classical and Contemporary Course and Pre-Professional Program dancers. This creative fusion between Australian artists, Australian choreographers, and talented Academy dancers is a special highlight on the Brisbane arts calendar. Soirée presents a unique opportunity to witness a night of creative collaboration, featuring new choreographic works inspired by art pieces and performed to live music by Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra. Audiences will experience a program of vibrant contemporary and classical dance in Queensland Ballet’s home – the Thomas Dixon Centre, in what has become a signature event for any arts lover.

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September

Join Sydney Dance Company for Twofold, a monumental double bill featuring the return of Rafael Bonachela’s beloved Impermanence alongside a world premiere Love Lock by renowned choreographer Melanie Lane.

October

Step into the extraordinary with Scimm. Dance Company’s Paracosm, a visionary dance performance that merges imaginative choreography with stunning visuals and mesmerizing soundscapes.

Helen Bower (violin) and Jesse Matthews (dance) come together in 'Tonic', a concert that explores the idea of music as a ‘safe space’,

This season, Merge Dance Theatre company dancers will immerse audience members in a captivating journey through the raw and transformative forces of nature — Earth, Water, Fire, and Air.

Curated by Forest Collective’s Kim Tan, Folding explores modern subjectivity and the inexorable relationship creativity has with the past. This entanglement is a metaphor for Kim’s own creativity and the expression it finds within her body.

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