Holding Space is a new Restless Dance Theatre multidisciplinary project that brings together generations through storytelling, performance, and installation. Designed to honour the lives of older Australians—particularly those living in aged care facilities and/or with disability —the work will be shaped by interviews with a diverse group of elders, including multicultural and First Nations voices. These recorded stories will be embedded into the audio design, forming both the emotional and narrative backbone of the performance. The work is centred around in-depth interviews with older p...
Enough is the third and final instalment in a trilogy of bold, disability-led dance works by Restless Dance Theatre. Following Seeing Through Darkness (2020) and Exposed (2022), this new work explores the deeply human question: what does it mean to be “enough”? Developed with eight professional dancers with disability, Enough will investigate identity, belonging, and personal truth. Returning collaborators Emily Tulloch and Hilary Kleinig will compose the score, and Artistic Director Michelle Ryan—a national leader in disability-led practice—will direct the creative developm...
UTOPINA Repertory Lab | Excerpts from Kontakthof, a piece by Pina Bausch In 2025, celebrated international artist Julie Shanahan returned to Australia to lead the final workshop in the UTOPINA Repertory Lab | Excerpts from Kontakthof, a piece by Pina Bausch. Once again, an extraordinary group of neurodiverse artists and artists living with disability joined us for this deeply collaborative experience. The sense of community, generosity, and shared discovery throughout the workshop was profound—creating space for trust, artistic risk-taking, and genuine connection. The first UTOPINA Reper...
The Day the Wrong Train Took Me to the Right Place is set on a moving train/tram. This immersive experience uses stories that follow the dancers lives from their homes to their intended destination exploring the social anxiety people with disability feel in the realm of public transport. Experiential and immersive work connects the audiences emotionally as the dancers share their unique experiences through dance theatre. Artists with intellectual disability or neurodivergent think differently and see the world differently. Sometime however the world looks at them differently making assumption...
