Australian Ballet’s DanceX Returns this October

The Australian Ballet’s DanceX returns this October, with dance companies from around Australia gathering for a festival experience like no other.

Running from 20 October – 1 November, DanceX is a three-part festival conceived and curated by The Australian Ballet’s Artistic Director David Hallberg that will showcase the depth, range and diversity of the nation’s dance community. Thrilling audiences with brand new commissions, Australian premieres and excerpts from some of the most popular dance works of the last year, DanceX is an unmissable experience for culture-lovers of all kinds.

DanceX includes works from: The Australian Ballet, Australian Dance Theatre, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Chunky Move, Karul Projects, Lucy Guerin Inc, Marrugeku, Sydney Dance Company and Queensland Ballet. These nine companies will perform the repertoire of their choice in 12 shows over three parts, gathering at Arts Centre Melbourne.

“Hosted by The Australian Ballet, DanceX welcomes varied interpretations and backgrounds from nine different companies, with two commissioned works specifically for the festival. We all support one another, but rarely under the same banner. This is the spirited embrace we are all craving after such a trying couple of years. Here we are in 2022, our collective resilience has seen us through. We now reunite through DanceX to embody what is most important in our lives…the beauty of movement,” said David Hallberg.  

Attendees can expect to see the Australian Ballet’s premiere of Johan Inger’s comic, romantic dance theatre piece I New Then, set to songs by Van Morrison. They will also showcase new works by Lucas Jervies and Alice Topp.

Australian Dance Theatre will perform Daniel Riley’s The Third; Bangarra Dance Theatre will share their award-winning Terrain, choreographed by Frances Rings; Karul Projects will perform SILENCE, choreographed by Thomas E.S. Kelly; Queensland Ballet will share Glass Concerto by renowned international choreographer Greg Horsman; and Sydney Dance Company will perform ab [intra], a journey through the intensity of human existence.

Tickets begin at $46 for a one-day pass. To see the full line-up and purchase tickets click here