Movement on the Main Stage — Dance Shows

A landmark Australian exclusive and world premiere, L.A. Dance Project's bold contemporary ballet forms a dazzling triptych of distinct works. Gems by Benjamin Millepied (Black Swan) is the jewel of Brisbane Festival 2025.

Pushing the boundaries of perception, Australasian Dance Collective and the Netherlands’ Club Guy & Roni’s Bad Nature combines awe-inspiring movement, multisensory design, couture, and more into a tender and unmissable work.

Pulsing with energy and sensuality, The Chronicles explores the cycles of life and the inevitability of change. Stephanie Lake’s signature choreography accompanies Robin Fox’s evocative score as Australia’s leading contemporary dancers navigate what it means to be human.

The international sensation and adrenaline-fuelled explosion of extreme urban sports, dance, music, and theatre is coming to Brisbane. The Netherlands’ ISH Dance Collective creates breathtaking poetry through movement in Elements of Freestyle.

In his first major commission since Bangarra Dance Theatre, creative visionary Stephen Page brings his contemporary ceremony to Brisbane. Baleen Moondjan combines contemporary dance and narrative storytelling with songs in English, Jandai, and Gumbaynggirr/Yaegl.

Preparing Ground embodies First Nations storytelling Sovereignty and what it means to belong to a land that remembers. It holds the warmth of family voices, quiet moments of care, and the heartache of displacement.

Unveiling Shadows is the debut solo work of First Nations (Bidjara/Kullali/Wakka Wakka) Italian artist and performer Joshua Taliani, directed by Wanida Serce. Joshua confronts demons and unwinds webs of memory as he forges his own path through dance and queer culture.

Bangarra Dance Theatre's The Bogong’s Song is a blend of storytelling, shadow puppetry, dance, and song created especially for primary-aged children. This brand-new work from Yolande Brown and Chenoa Deemal invites young audiences to listen, reflect, and wonder.