As they mark this 10th anniversary, the company is launching a bold, year-long program of events, artist residencies, and large-scale public works – each reinforcing their commitment to making art with impact.

“For ten years, we’ve had the privilege of collaborating with extraordinary artists, community members, and organisations across the country,” said Executive Director Kate Baggerson.

From large-scale cathartic dance experiences at major festivals, to seniors performing loud and proud slam poetry; playful inter-generational radio stations; fierce roller-skating rock shows; anthemic pop soundtracks; visual-arts projects; and bespoke performance experiences in country halls, parks, in the streets, in aged-care, hospitals, and schools; Everybody NOW! has grown into a truly multi-disciplinary, award-winning arts organisation.

This milestone is not just a celebration of our past, but a launchpad into an exciting new chapter marked by our commitment to providing new and innovative ways for communities to access and participate in the arts, to tell their stories, ignite their creativity and come together through art.

EVERYBODY NOW!’s work is underpinned by research that highlights the arts as a catalyst for social cohesion, wellbeing, and improved mental and physical health.

“Over the years we’ve built a significant body of data that attests to the social value of participatory art-making in bonding and building experiences that support communities to develop relationships, connection, and improve wellbeing.

We have moved communities, we’ve generated joy and we’ve shared real people’s stories in powerful, playful and optimistic ways. As we move into our next decade, we believe this is a critical time for creating art in this way, to weather uncertain times and combat polarisation” says Kate.

The Company’s 2025 program embodies a spirit of hope, joy and belonging, bringing together diverse voices in a series of deeply engaging, community-driven arts projects.

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE

• International Collaborations – As a marker of their bold and bright future, Everybody NOW! are proud to embark on two new International, visual arts collaborations; ‘A Place to Belong’ with global design sensation Morag Myerscough (UK), and ‘Sky Ribbons’ with HOTA Home of the Arts as the Community Engagement partner.
• A year of Art Parties! – In a happy alignment with their own anniversary, Everybody NOW! have been commissioned to create birthday projects for 150 years of Her Majesty’s Theatre Ballarat Victoria, and 50 years of the Ipswich Civic Centre. Celebrating the vibrancy of community music these commissions bring together brass bands, choirs, concert musicians and musical theatre folks with beat-boxers, jazz players, First Nations artists, theremin’s, hip hop and pop for unlikely collaborators and memorable moments.
• Artist-In-Place – A new multi-year, place-centred residency program, embedding contemporary socially-engaged artists into neighbourhood and community centres on the Gold Coast.
• Creative and Connected – An artist-led workshop series carefully curated to generate social connection and wellbeing across visual arts, dance and writing.
• National Program – Continuing to grow their national reach Everybody NOW! will take their playful interactive families project Tin Can Radio, to Mackay, Adelaide and more destinations to be announced!

The 2025 program is a vibrant foundation for the future with new initiatives and relationships which allow us to reach more communities and create a pipeline of new Queensland work for years to come. The majority of our program will be primarily free or very low cost to participate in ensuring accessibility for all as it key to our values.

“We are proud of the profound impact our work has had on individuals and communities over the last ten years. We create ambitious, high-quality arts projects with real-world benefits, and as we celebrate this milestone, we look forward to deepening connections, amplifying new voices, and continuing to make art that matters,” said Everybody NOW!’s Chair, Donna Orazio

For more information on EVERYBODY NOW! visit www.everybodynow.com.au

Guests will get a first glimpse of ADC’s 2025 Season with performance excerpts from works honouring the company’s legacy and heralding the future – all while raising funds for the Collective.

ADC Artistic Director & CEO, Amy Hollingsworth said: “This Gala is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate 40 years of the company’s extraordinary commitment to our artform and our artists.

We will continue to embrace our intergenerational focus and exhilarating interdisciplinary collaborations. Our heartfelt thanks to ADC’s long-time Major Partner, The Calile Hotel for supporting our creative vision and hosting this milestone event.”

Haesley Cush (CEO & co-partner of Ray White Collective) will get the bidding going on a live auction of exclusive items and behind-the-scenes experiences including a luxe stay at The Calile Hotel and decadent dinners at Brisbane’s most exquisite restaurants including sAme sAme, Biànca, hôntô and Agnes.

Tickets for the ADC Gala Raffle are also on sale now via the ADC website, with over $6,500 worth of incredible prizes.

ADC 40th ANNIVERSARY GALA
Thursday 7 November 2024 // 6.30pm – 9.30pm
Grand Rooms, The Calile Hotel
www.australasiandancecollective.com
Dress: Black Tie The ticket price includes an evening of live performances as well as delectable canapés and bottomless drinks

Twofold is a monumental double bill featuring the return of Rafael Bonachela’s beloved IMPERMENANCE alongside new work, LOVE LOCK by renowned choreographer, Melanie Lane who brought the critically acclaimed WOOF to the stage in 2019.

IMPERMENANCE
A visceral and thrilling exploration of the juxtaposition of beauty and devastation, Rafael Bonachela’s critically-acclaimed IMPERMENANCE features an evocative score by Grammy Award-winning Bryce Dessner, performed live on stage by the Australian String Quartet.

LOVE LOCK
What does the future of Folk Dance look like? A dance that absorbs the complex fabric of our diverse cultures, of an accelerating world, of disappearing lands. Choreographed by renowned artist Melanie Lane, LOVE LOCK is a re-imagined folk dance that draws upon these collective experiences, and that celebrates the binding act of dance to move, warn and empower us.

TwoFold
17 – 19 October 2024
Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm
www.brisbanepowerhouse.org

This year’s instalment of THREE features world-premieres from award-winning choreographer, Jenni Large, and leading multidisciplinary artist, Alisdair Macindoe, as well as an incredible solo work by independent dance maker, Amber McCartney.

In her first commission for ADC, acclaimed choreographer, Jenni Large, will be joined by long- time collaborator, Anna Whitaker, a composer with a palate for experimental, acousmatic works. Large’s work is described as a fusion of the personal, political, and transformational forces of embodiment.

One of Australia’s most exciting talents, Alisdair Macindoe, returns with a new commission and composition. Macindoe’s work spans performance and technology and his recent works explore themes such as automated dance, Artificial Intelligence, waste, climate change, and identity in the age of narcissism.

Brisbane will finally have the chance to see Amber McCartney’s highly acclaimed and provocative solo work, Tiny Infinite Deaths. Set to a pulsing, experimental soundtrack by Makeda Zucco, the work premiered at Melbourne’s RISING in 2023 to rave reviews. McCartney’s practice incorporates prosthetics, mask-making, film and practical special effects to create augmented bodies, unfamiliar to both performer and viewer.

The triple-bill will showcase the stunning versatility of the ADC dancers, with beloved Associate Company Artist, Tyrel Dulvarie, returning for the season.

ADC Artistic Director Amy Hollingsworth says she cannot wait to share this new collection of exceptional works with audiences.

“The curated THREE program gives audiences three unique offerings and personifies ADC’s commitment to presenting new and invigorating dance works,” said Hollingsworth

“The breadth of the triple bill featuring extraordinary Australian choreographers will not only showcase the range and versatility of the Collective’s dancers but will delight audiences.

“We all respond to art in different ways, and the gift of a varied program such as this, is that there really is something for everyone – from moments of awe and intrigue to introspection and joy.” she said

ADC’s THREE provides a platform for creative risk-taking, elevating a myriad of voices to produce new and invigorating art. Heralded as an experience which will “remind you what it feels like to be human – to be alive”, THREE 2024 is set to be just as extraordinary.

THREE
Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse
20 – 23 March
www.brisbanepowerhouse.org

Time to go, Time to wake up

Time to stand up and hold each other
before it is too late

Before there is nothing left

Do we fight and stay?

Do we make a change? Or do we adapt?

A dance-theatre visual feast, Salamander sees a warehouse at Northshore, Brisbane transformed into a fully immersive, climate-fiction dream-like world through light, sound, design, and movement. Es Devlin’s labyrinthian and kinetic sculptures live within a flooded landscape which is inhabited by characters desperate to make a change before it’s too late.

Maxine Doyle – together with a dynamic ensemble of international, national and local dancers, including Brisbane’s Australasian Dance Collective, with extraordinary Australian composer and singer Rachael Dease – will bring this world to life with visceral dance, and haunting melodies.

With lighting by Ben Hughes and costumes by Bruce McKinven, Salamander is a transformative performance experience set in an epic installation created by the legendary Es Devlin.

Salamander
1 – 24 September 2023
L Shed, Dock B, 221 MacArthur Ave, Hamilton, Brisbane
www.brisbanefestival.com.au

Mike (Channing Tatum) hooks up with Max as she rebounds from a messy separation from her mega-rich husband and she carts him away to London for a mysterious job. The employment turns out to be revitalising a theatre that said husband used to own but that now belongs to Max. The night of passion with Mike has ignited feelings inside her not known before.

Once the film arrives in the United Kingdom. it shifts to being a theatre piece with all the bureaucratic hurdles to success predictably in place. Some of the efforts at a resolution to the problems are very entertaining and the dancing cast is supreme in their skill sets. The budding romance between M & M underlings the occasion.

If this is indeed the last Magic Mike movie, the franchise goes out on a high note. From what is the most simplistic storyline in the series comes a film that is just good almost clean fun. It’s naughty when it needs to be and nice enough to leave a smile on your dial. This is fine escapism and should be experienced as such.
Rob Hudson
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Choreographer, dancer and fan, Larissa McGowan uses Cher’s iconic figure as a totem for exploring the reinvention of the universal aging female artist.

Cher is an inspired mash-up of gender, power and popular culture; a self-discovery of epic proportions; a headfirst dive into the artist’s path to immortality.

“After a nuclear holocaust, all that will be left are cockroaches and Cher.” Jimmy James

Cher
16 – 19 November 2022
Brisbane Powerhouse
wwwbrisbanepowerhouse.org

Choreographed by Frances Rings, Terrain is a breathtaking exploration of our largest salt lake. The nine-part performance evokes the power of body and land converging to bring spirit to place.

Stand with us and feel the ancestral ties that bind people to Country: a rich cultural spine stretching through the generations. Watch the waters rise and fall as we reconnect with the energy of land and the resilient spirit of the people who care for its future.

Featuring David Page’s irrepressible score, Terrain is an iconic work. The textures of Kati Thanda take shape in Jacob Nash’s sets, Jennifer Irwin’s costumes and lighting by Karen Norris. As Cultural Consultant, Arabunna Elder Reginald Dodd shared with Bangarra his role in caring for the land, waters and precious cultural resources of the region.

Bangarra Dance Theatre’s Terrain
5-13 August 2022
Playhouse, QPAC, Brisbane
www.qpac.com.au

Hailed as a tour de force for its inventive choreography, the four-time Tony Award®-winning Broadway musical tells the entrancing story of a young American soldier and a beautiful French girl, set against the iconic backdrop of the most romantic city in the world.

Inspired by the Academy Award®-winning MGM film, acclaimed director and choreographer Christopher Wheeldon brings the enchantment and magic of Paris alive on stage with popular songs by George and Ira Gershwin, including “I Got Rhythm”, “But Not For Me”, “S Wonderful” and “They Can’t Take That Away From Me”.

This rhapsodic combination of classic score, timeless love story, exuberant dance and sumptuous design has captivated audiences and critics alike, with The Wall Street Journal declaring it “a masterpiece!”

Be among the first to see this breath-taking musical in a ground-breaking collaboration between The Australian Ballet and GWB Entertainment.

Three weeks only. Don’t miss out!

An American in Paris
8-30 January 2022
QPAC, Brisbane
www.qpac.com.au

Ten bodies appear in a flash of light. They move in harmony for a fleeting moment and then descend into a sinuous trance. Towers grow and decay, bodies leap and are caught, as physical limits are pushed to their extreme. Can we ever find a perfect balance or is adapting to constant change the only way forward?

This next chapter of Circa’s internationally acclaimed Humans is a tightly woven choreography of bodies, pulsing with music by composer Ori Lichtik and revealed in Paul Jackson’s dramatic lighting. Created by circus visionary Yaron Lifschitz, Humans 2.0 is intimate, primal and deeply engaged with the challenge of being human.

Humans 2.0
10 – 20 November 2021
QPAC, Brisbane
www.qpac.com.au