Sydney Dance Company dancer and choreographer Holly Doyle is one of the four female dance makers taking the helm for this year’s New Breed. Her new work Out, Damned Spot! investigates the ritualised practices of cleansing, driven by an electronic soundtrack by Dane Yates. Ahead of Holly’s New Breed debut,… Read more

Prue Lang, one of four extraordinary dance makers showcased in this year’s New Breed, is accoladed as a longtime soloist and choreographer for William Forsythe’s Frankfurt Ballet and as a founding member of Meryl Tankard’s Australian Dance Theatre. We sat down with her to talk about… Read more

Wakka Wakka and Kombumerri choreographer and performer Katina Olsen is one of four talented dance makers debuting brand new pieces for this year’s New Breed, our annual showcase of fresh ideas and raw talent from some of Australia’s most exciting choreographers. Her choreographic interests lie in Indigenous cultural dance and story with an interdisciplinary approach… Read more

Collaboration is vital in the creation of a new work, with many people involved; from the dancers to choreographers, lighting designers, composers, and costume designers. Forever & Ever costume designer Paula Levis and choreographer Antony Hamilton have worked together before. Several motifs, shapes and symbols… Read more

Julian Hamilton, one half of ARIA Award winning band The Presets, is making music with a new kind of beat. As the composer behind Antony Hamilton‘s Forever & Ever, he’s stepped back from the pop world he usually inhabits. A “refreshing change” he says, to “explore… Read more

Our Pre-Professional Year 2018 dancers recently performed in artist Mel O’Callaghan’s Breath Repertoire as part of the annual Sydney Contemporary art fair. The large scale, public performance had the dancers engage in ritualistic breathwork using potent Altered State of Consciousness technique with a harp score by Clare Cooper… Read more

Antony Hamilton is obsessed with unison. Like the title suggests, the internationally acclaimed choreographer’s new work Forever & Ever explores movement possibilities constructed on a pulsing sonic pallet. With a soundtrack by his brother Julian Hamilton from electronic duo The Presets, Forever & Ever is a manipulation of how… Read more

First premiering more than three years ago, Rafael Bonachela‘s multi award-winning Frame of Mind gains a new life on stage in our latest, star-studded double bill Forever & Ever alongside a brand new work by Antony Hamilton. A deeply personal piece, Frame of Mind features a contemporary-classical soundtrack by Bryce Dessner from… Read more

For his birthday this year, Year 5 student Callum Macgown wanted more than anything to see Sydney Dance Company perform on stage. His parents decided to take him to a performance of ab [intra] and a behind-the-scenes Company Class Viewing. “I loved it so much. Especially… Read more

A Company dancer’s life is certainly a busy one. From rehearsing new repertoire, local performances, to touring around Australia and internationally, there is never a dull moment! We asked Bernhard Knauer who has been dancing and touring with the Company since 2010, and new Company… Read more