Four choreographers, four world premieres. This is the New Breed of contemporary dance.
★★★★ “bold, strange, tender and unruly.” – Sydney Morning Herald (New Breed 2025)
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Info, Dates & Prices
Dates
3 – 13 December
Location
Carriageworks
Principal Partner
The Balnaves Foundation
Warnings
This production may include theatrical haze, strobe-like lighting effects and sudden loud noises.
Duration
Approximately 80 minutes
In 2025, we are delighted to celebrate the twelfth edition of New Breed at Carriageworks.
Leading the next generation of choreographic voices, this year’s program will feature works by:
– Emma Fishwick
– Ngaere Jenkins (Company Dancer)
– Ryan Pearson (Company Dancer)
– Harrison Ritchie-Jones
Supporting emerging Australian artists and the future of contemporary dance is at the core of everything that we do. With the unwavering support of The Balnaves Foundation, New Breed has seen 47 emerging dance artists present 49 new world premiere works on the Company since its inception.
Don’t miss the chance to see four more dynamic, vibrant and thrilling works grace the stage.
WEEK ONE
Wednesday 3 December, 7pm (Opening Night)
Thursday 4 December, 7pm
Friday 5 December, 7pm
Saturday 6 December, 5pm
WEEK TWO
Tuesday 9 December, 7pm
Wednesday 10 December, 7pm
Thursday 11 December, 7pm
Friday 12 December, 7pm
Saturday 13 December, 1pm & 5pm
$5 booking fee, and exchange fees, apply.
| Type | A Reserve | B Reserve** |
|---|---|---|
| Adult | $59 | $55 |
| Concession* | $57 | $53 |
| Under 30 | $47 | $43 |
| Under 20 | $35 | $35 |
| Groups - 8+ | $53.10 | $49.50 |
*Concession tickets are valid for Full Time Students, Pensioners, Seniors and those who are Unemployed.
**B Reserve seats have an obstructed view of the stage. The seats sit directly behind the row in front, on the same level.
Stay up to date with all the behind-the-scenes action via our eNewsletter or follow us on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube.
Give the gift of an unforgettable experience with our Performance Vouchers!
Whether you’re celebrating a special occasion or simply treating someone to a night out, our vouchers offer the perfect way to enjoy world-class contemporary dance.
Redeemable for any of our seasons, these vouchers give your loved ones the freedom to choose a show and a time that suits them.
The only authorised ticket sellers for Single Tickets are Sydney Dance Company, Carriageworks and Today Tix.
The only authorised ticket seller for Annual Subscriptions is Sydney Dance Company.
Only tickets purchased by authorised agencies should be considered valid and reliable. In accordance with Terms and Conditions, Sydney Dance Company reserves the right to cancel tickets purchased from a Third Party Website (reseller) and the ticket holder may be refused admission to the event. For more information on purchasing tickets safely and securely, read Live Performance Australia’s Safe Tix Guide here.
Choreographers
Dates
3 – 13 December
Location
Carriageworks
Principal Partner
The Balnaves Foundation
Warnings
This production may include theatrical haze, strobe-like lighting effects and sudden loud noises.
Duration
Approximately 80 minutes
Boorloo based choreographer Emma Fishwick has an interdisciplinary practice that works across movement, digital media, writing, textiles, and academic scholarship. Emma has worked extensively across Australia and abroad, lectures in Politics of Dance, Choreography, and is an Honours supervisor at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). In 2024, Emma completed her PhD research, Slow Choreographies, which addressed everyday sexisms in Australian universities through embodied creative methods.
In 2025 Emma is a recipient of a Minderoo Artist residency and was participated in the ATLAS choreographic program at ImpulsTanz, Vienna. In 2024, Emma choreographed and performed What Came Before with Serena Chalker as part of STRUT Dance RESTORE program and developed her full-length work From Here, Together with producers Performing Lines WA. In 2022, Emma was selected for Co3 Australia’s IN.RESIDENCE program and received the award for OUTSTANDING NEW WORK | Slow Burn, Together at the 2022 Performing Arts WA Awards. This work was commissioned by Perth Festival in 2021 and was performed to present her work at His Majesty’s Theatre, Karboordup. Other notable works include and Again (2023), Dance, Quiet Riot (2018), and microLandscapes (2016). Between 2018-2023 Emma was a member of the STRUT Dance Board and has been a mentor for artists with a disability via disability support provider, My Place.
Emma’s choreographic practice has grown into a conversation with a sprawling lineage of influences that echo sporadically through the body, thought, and material. Emma’s practice often questions whether dance can achieve the often-complex connections between the human and non-human, challenging her understandings of the form through incorporating multiple mediums/practices. This perspective on making has leant itself to a practice intimately entwined with research, process, and adaptability so the work can be in response to the times we live and move in.
Born in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Ngaere is of Te Arawa and Ngāti Kahungunu descent. She trained at the New Zealand School of Dance, graduating in 2018. During her studies, she worked with influential mentors including James O’Hara, Victoria (Tor) Colombus, Taiaroa Royal and Tanemahuta Gray. She performed works by Damien Jalet, Huang Yi, Sarah Foster-Sproull, Malia Johnston and Gabby Thomas. Ngaere represented the school as a guest artist in Tahiti at the Académie de Danse Annie FAYN fifth International Dance Festival and Singapore Ballet Academy’s 60th Anniversary Gala.
From 2019 – 2023 Ngaere worked full-time with The New Zealand Dance Company performing in Matariki for Tamariki (Sean MacDonald); This Fragile Planet (Nina Nawalowalo, Tom McCrory & Ross McCormack), What They Said (Jo Lloyd), If Never Was Now (Stephanie Lake), Sigan (Kim Jae Duk),The Fibonacci (Tor Colombus), Uku (Eddie Elliott) and Stage of Being (Xin Ji & Tupua Tigafua). She has had the privilege of performing in Mana Wahine by Ōkāreka Dance Company, working with Atamira Dance Company and being immersed in rich movement amongst the dance community of Aotearoa. In 2023, Ngaere was the recipient of the Bill Sheats Dance Award.
Ngaere joined Sydney Dance Company in October 2023, debuting in the tenth anniversary season of New Breed. Since, she has performed with the Ensemble touring across Australia and internationally. Ngaere has worked with and performed the repertoire of a range of choreographers, including Rafael Bonachela, Melanie Lane and Anthony Hamilton. Ngaere makes her choreographic debut as part of New Breed 2025.
Ryan is of Biripi and Worimi descent on his mother’s side and Minang, Goreng and Balardung on his father’s side. He was born and raised in Taree, New South Wales.
He began his dance training at NAISDA at age 16, after taking part in the NSW Public Schools’ Aboriginal Dance Company, facilitated by Bangarra’s Youth Program Team in 2012. During his time at NAISDA, Ryan learnt from a number of renowned teachers and choreographers.
One of Ryan’s highlights during his training at NAISDA was attending a six-week Professional Division Summer Intensive at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre in New York City.
He joined Bangarra Dance Theatre in 2017 as part of the Russell Page Graduate Program.
Bennelong in 2017 was his debut season with Bangarra and then performed for seven years throughout Australia and Internationally with the company led by renowned storytellers Stephen Page and Frances Rings.
Ryan was nominated in the 2020 Australian Dance Awards for Most Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer for his performance in Jiri Kylian’s Stamping Ground (2019 Production, 30 years of sixty-five thousand).
Ryan Pearson joined Sydney Dance Company in 2024, touring nationally and internationally before making his Sydney debut in Momenta. Since then, he has performed works by Rafael Bonachela and Melanie Lane. An emerging choreographer, Ryan first presented his work 5 Minute Call in 2023 as part of Dance Clan. New Breed 2025 marks his first commissioned work for the program.
Harrison Ritchie-Jones is an independent dancer, choreographer and filmmaker based in Naarm/Melbourne. His choreographic practice celebrates dance and is fuelled by a curiosity in techniques from a range of physical practices. Upskilling and blending forms, he uses dance to carve out spaces for physical virtuosity to work together in surreal and expressive explorations of storytelling.
Harrison is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts and has worked as a dancer with many of Australia’s most renowned choreographers including Stephanie Lake, Antony Hamilton, Jo Lloyd, Lucy Guerin, Melanie Lane, Graeme Murphy, Alisdair Macindoe, Prue Lang and Shelly Lasica.
Recent works created by Harrison and his collaborators include: TANTRUM for 6 (Northcote Town Hall 2025, DARKMOFO:NIGHT MASS 2025), CUDDLE (Chunky Move/Frame Festival 2023, Arts House 2024, Sydney Dance Company’s INDance 2024), STRUT Dance and PICA’S Restore 2025), CLUBBLE (RISING 2024, MONA 2024), Cold-Tooth (Gertrude Contemporary 2024), JUNGLE FURY (Four Sites/Fringe Festival 2024),BIG WIG SMALL GIG (Stephanie Lake Company’s ESCALATOR 2023), Banshee Cried Silver (The Substation/Frame Festival 2023, Dancehouse/Dance (Lens) 2023), Shimmer of the Numinous (2019 Next Wave/Brunswick Mechanics Institute 2019).
Awards and accolades include 2024 Green Room Awards for Most Outstanding Creation in Dance for CUDDLE and Breaking Ground in Dance for Body of Work across 2024. A 2018 Green Room Award Nomination for Best Male Performer for Stephanie Lake’s Pile of Bones. Best Film Award for Banshee Cried Silver at Sydney Short Film Biennale by CINEVERSE in 2023.
Works
Dates
3 – 13 December
Location
Carriageworks
Principal Partner
The Balnaves Foundation
Warnings
This production may include theatrical haze, strobe-like lighting effects and sudden loud noises.
Duration
Approximately 80 minutes
Choreographer Emma Fishwick presents a new dance work titled marathon, o marathon that gestures towards the endless loop of lessons not learnt, the collapse of scale and severity and the desire to continue performing personal convictions in a time of exhaustion. With marathon-like persistence the work plays with the facts and fictions that emerge when watching bodies in motion, to consider, if there is no cavalry coming over the hill to save us, can a descent into dancing generate a hopeful desire?
Current Sydney Dance Company dancer born in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Ngaere Jenkins will make her choreographic debut this season. Jenkin’s work is an evocative contemplation on the whenua (land) she comes from, its misted horizons, fern-fringed bays and lakes encircled by mountains that stand as her tupuna (ancestors). In her work Jenkins embodies the ephemeral beauty and memory of her homeland — its holding and yielding, its silences and calls, its quiet invitation to listen and be led.
Ryan Pearson, Sydney Dance Company dancer and 2020 Australian Dance Awards nominee for Most Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer, presents Save Point. Inspired by video games from his childhood, the work moves between nostalgia and invention, using movement to reconnect with a time when games felt limitless. Pearson explores movement, combat choreography and nostalgic worlds, blending imagination with physicality and deeply personal reflection.
Celebrated dancer, choreographer and filmmaker Harrison Ritchie-Jones returns to the Sydney Dance Company stage with Pigeon Humongous, following his award-winning work CUDDLE in INDance 2024. Ritchie-Jones investigates a dystopian vision in which a global virus collapses humanity and gives rise to a post-apocalyptic world of punk pigeon people. In this disintegrated society, where words, structures and rules no longer hold, movement emerges as the only language and the only salvation.
Reviews
Dates
3 – 13 December
Location
Carriageworks
Principal Partner
The Balnaves Foundation
Warnings
This production may include theatrical haze, strobe-like lighting effects and sudden loud noises.
Duration
Approximately 80 minutes
★★★★ “New Breed, true to form, goes out with risk, personality, and four works that land with impact.” – Sydney Morning Herald
★★★★ “The dancing is spectacular and the dancers’ acting is thrilling.” – Limelight
Info, Dates & Prices
Dates
3 – 13 December
Location
Carriageworks
Principal Partner
The Balnaves Foundation
Warnings
This production may include theatrical haze, strobe-like lighting effects and sudden loud noises.
Duration
Approximately 80 minutes
In 2025, we are delighted to celebrate the twelfth edition of New Breed at Carriageworks.
Leading the next generation of choreographic voices, this year’s program will feature works by:
– Emma Fishwick
– Ngaere Jenkins (Company Dancer)
– Ryan Pearson (Company Dancer)
– Harrison Ritchie-Jones
Supporting emerging Australian artists and the future of contemporary dance is at the core of everything that we do. With the unwavering support of The Balnaves Foundation, New Breed has seen 47 emerging dance artists present 49 new world premiere works on the Company since its inception.
Don’t miss the chance to see four more dynamic, vibrant and thrilling works grace the stage.
WEEK ONE
Wednesday 3 December, 7pm (Opening Night)
Thursday 4 December, 7pm
Friday 5 December, 7pm
Saturday 6 December, 5pm
WEEK TWO
Tuesday 9 December, 7pm
Wednesday 10 December, 7pm
Thursday 11 December, 7pm
Friday 12 December, 7pm
Saturday 13 December, 1pm & 5pm
$5 booking fee, and exchange fees, apply.
| Type: | Adult |
| A Reserve : | $59 |
| B Reserve**: | $55 |
| Type: | Concession* |
| A Reserve : | $57 |
| B Reserve**: | $53 |
| Type: | Under 30 |
| A Reserve : | $47 |
| B Reserve**: | $43 |
| Type: | Under 20 |
| A Reserve : | $35 |
| B Reserve**: | $35 |
| Type: | Groups - 8+ |
| A Reserve : | $53.10 |
| B Reserve**: | $49.50 |
*Concession tickets are valid for Full Time Students, Pensioners, Seniors and those who are Unemployed.
**B Reserve seats have an obstructed view of the stage. The seats sit directly behind the row in front, on the same level.
Stay up to date with all the behind-the-scenes action via our eNewsletter or follow us on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube.
Give the gift of an unforgettable experience with our Performance Vouchers!
Whether you’re celebrating a special occasion or simply treating someone to a night out, our vouchers offer the perfect way to enjoy world-class contemporary dance.
Redeemable for any of our seasons, these vouchers give your loved ones the freedom to choose a show and a time that suits them.
The only authorised ticket sellers for Single Tickets are Sydney Dance Company, Carriageworks and Today Tix.
The only authorised ticket seller for Annual Subscriptions is Sydney Dance Company.
Only tickets purchased by authorised agencies should be considered valid and reliable. In accordance with Terms and Conditions, Sydney Dance Company reserves the right to cancel tickets purchased from a Third Party Website (reseller) and the ticket holder may be refused admission to the event. For more information on purchasing tickets safely and securely, read Live Performance Australia’s Safe Tix Guide here.
Choreographers
Dates
3 – 13 December
Location
Carriageworks
Principal Partner
The Balnaves Foundation
Warnings
This production may include theatrical haze, strobe-like lighting effects and sudden loud noises.
Duration
Approximately 80 minutes
Boorloo based choreographer Emma Fishwick has an interdisciplinary practice that works across movement, digital media, writing, textiles, and academic scholarship. Emma has worked extensively across Australia and abroad, lectures in Politics of Dance, Choreography, and is an Honours supervisor at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). In 2024, Emma completed her PhD research, Slow Choreographies, which addressed everyday sexisms in Australian universities through embodied creative methods.
In 2025 Emma is a recipient of a Minderoo Artist residency and was participated in the ATLAS choreographic program at ImpulsTanz, Vienna. In 2024, Emma choreographed and performed What Came Before with Serena Chalker as part of STRUT Dance RESTORE program and developed her full-length work From Here, Together with producers Performing Lines WA. In 2022, Emma was selected for Co3 Australia’s IN.RESIDENCE program and received the award for OUTSTANDING NEW WORK | Slow Burn, Together at the 2022 Performing Arts WA Awards. This work was commissioned by Perth Festival in 2021 and was performed to present her work at His Majesty’s Theatre, Karboordup. Other notable works include and Again (2023), Dance, Quiet Riot (2018), and microLandscapes (2016). Between 2018-2023 Emma was a member of the STRUT Dance Board and has been a mentor for artists with a disability via disability support provider, My Place.
Emma’s choreographic practice has grown into a conversation with a sprawling lineage of influences that echo sporadically through the body, thought, and material. Emma’s practice often questions whether dance can achieve the often-complex connections between the human and non-human, challenging her understandings of the form through incorporating multiple mediums/practices. This perspective on making has leant itself to a practice intimately entwined with research, process, and adaptability so the work can be in response to the times we live and move in.
Born in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Ngaere is of Te Arawa and Ngāti Kahungunu descent. She trained at the New Zealand School of Dance, graduating in 2018. During her studies, she worked with influential mentors including James O’Hara, Victoria (Tor) Colombus, Taiaroa Royal and Tanemahuta Gray. She performed works by Damien Jalet, Huang Yi, Sarah Foster-Sproull, Malia Johnston and Gabby Thomas. Ngaere represented the school as a guest artist in Tahiti at the Académie de Danse Annie FAYN fifth International Dance Festival and Singapore Ballet Academy’s 60th Anniversary Gala.
From 2019 – 2023 Ngaere worked full-time with The New Zealand Dance Company performing in Matariki for Tamariki (Sean MacDonald); This Fragile Planet (Nina Nawalowalo, Tom McCrory & Ross McCormack), What They Said (Jo Lloyd), If Never Was Now (Stephanie Lake), Sigan (Kim Jae Duk),The Fibonacci (Tor Colombus), Uku (Eddie Elliott) and Stage of Being (Xin Ji & Tupua Tigafua). She has had the privilege of performing in Mana Wahine by Ōkāreka Dance Company, working with Atamira Dance Company and being immersed in rich movement amongst the dance community of Aotearoa. In 2023, Ngaere was the recipient of the Bill Sheats Dance Award.
Ngaere joined Sydney Dance Company in October 2023, debuting in the tenth anniversary season of New Breed. Since, she has performed with the Ensemble touring across Australia and internationally. Ngaere has worked with and performed the repertoire of a range of choreographers, including Rafael Bonachela, Melanie Lane and Anthony Hamilton. Ngaere makes her choreographic debut as part of New Breed 2025.
Ryan is of Biripi and Worimi descent on his mother’s side and Minang, Goreng and Balardung on his father’s side. He was born and raised in Taree, New South Wales.
He began his dance training at NAISDA at age 16, after taking part in the NSW Public Schools’ Aboriginal Dance Company, facilitated by Bangarra’s Youth Program Team in 2012. During his time at NAISDA, Ryan learnt from a number of renowned teachers and choreographers.
One of Ryan’s highlights during his training at NAISDA was attending a six-week Professional Division Summer Intensive at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre in New York City.
He joined Bangarra Dance Theatre in 2017 as part of the Russell Page Graduate Program.
Bennelong in 2017 was his debut season with Bangarra and then performed for seven years throughout Australia and Internationally with the company led by renowned storytellers Stephen Page and Frances Rings.
Ryan was nominated in the 2020 Australian Dance Awards for Most Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer for his performance in Jiri Kylian’s Stamping Ground (2019 Production, 30 years of sixty-five thousand).
Ryan Pearson joined Sydney Dance Company in 2024, touring nationally and internationally before making his Sydney debut in Momenta. Since then, he has performed works by Rafael Bonachela and Melanie Lane. An emerging choreographer, Ryan first presented his work 5 Minute Call in 2023 as part of Dance Clan. New Breed 2025 marks his first commissioned work for the program.
Harrison Ritchie-Jones is an independent dancer, choreographer and filmmaker based in Naarm/Melbourne. His choreographic practice celebrates dance and is fuelled by a curiosity in techniques from a range of physical practices. Upskilling and blending forms, he uses dance to carve out spaces for physical virtuosity to work together in surreal and expressive explorations of storytelling.
Harrison is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts and has worked as a dancer with many of Australia’s most renowned choreographers including Stephanie Lake, Antony Hamilton, Jo Lloyd, Lucy Guerin, Melanie Lane, Graeme Murphy, Alisdair Macindoe, Prue Lang and Shelly Lasica.
Recent works created by Harrison and his collaborators include: TANTRUM for 6 (Northcote Town Hall 2025, DARKMOFO:NIGHT MASS 2025), CUDDLE (Chunky Move/Frame Festival 2023, Arts House 2024, Sydney Dance Company’s INDance 2024), STRUT Dance and PICA’S Restore 2025), CLUBBLE (RISING 2024, MONA 2024), Cold-Tooth (Gertrude Contemporary 2024), JUNGLE FURY (Four Sites/Fringe Festival 2024),BIG WIG SMALL GIG (Stephanie Lake Company’s ESCALATOR 2023), Banshee Cried Silver (The Substation/Frame Festival 2023, Dancehouse/Dance (Lens) 2023), Shimmer of the Numinous (2019 Next Wave/Brunswick Mechanics Institute 2019).
Awards and accolades include 2024 Green Room Awards for Most Outstanding Creation in Dance for CUDDLE and Breaking Ground in Dance for Body of Work across 2024. A 2018 Green Room Award Nomination for Best Male Performer for Stephanie Lake’s Pile of Bones. Best Film Award for Banshee Cried Silver at Sydney Short Film Biennale by CINEVERSE in 2023.
Works
Dates
3 – 13 December
Location
Carriageworks
Principal Partner
The Balnaves Foundation
Warnings
This production may include theatrical haze, strobe-like lighting effects and sudden loud noises.
Duration
Approximately 80 minutes
Choreographer Emma Fishwick presents a new dance work titled marathon, o marathon that gestures towards the endless loop of lessons not learnt, the collapse of scale and severity and the desire to continue performing personal convictions in a time of exhaustion. With marathon-like persistence the work plays with the facts and fictions that emerge when watching bodies in motion, to consider, if there is no cavalry coming over the hill to save us, can a descent into dancing generate a hopeful desire?
Current Sydney Dance Company dancer born in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Ngaere Jenkins will make her choreographic debut this season. Jenkin’s work is an evocative contemplation on the whenua (land) she comes from, its misted horizons, fern-fringed bays and lakes encircled by mountains that stand as her tupuna (ancestors). In her work Jenkins embodies the ephemeral beauty and memory of her homeland — its holding and yielding, its silences and calls, its quiet invitation to listen and be led.
Ryan Pearson, Sydney Dance Company dancer and 2020 Australian Dance Awards nominee for Most Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer, presents Save Point. Inspired by video games from his childhood, the work moves between nostalgia and invention, using movement to reconnect with a time when games felt limitless. Pearson explores movement, combat choreography and nostalgic worlds, blending imagination with physicality and deeply personal reflection.
Celebrated dancer, choreographer and filmmaker Harrison Ritchie-Jones returns to the Sydney Dance Company stage with Pigeon Humongous, following his award-winning work CUDDLE in INDance 2024. Ritchie-Jones investigates a dystopian vision in which a global virus collapses humanity and gives rise to a post-apocalyptic world of punk pigeon people. In this disintegrated society, where words, structures and rules no longer hold, movement emerges as the only language and the only salvation.
Reviews
Dates
3 – 13 December
Location
Carriageworks
Principal Partner
The Balnaves Foundation
Warnings
This production may include theatrical haze, strobe-like lighting effects and sudden loud noises.
Duration
Approximately 80 minutes
★★★★ “New Breed, true to form, goes out with risk, personality, and four works that land with impact.” – Sydney Morning Herald
★★★★ “The dancing is spectacular and the dancers’ acting is thrilling.” – Limelight