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...
Am I enough? When is enough, enough? In a world driven by comparison, social media and pressure to conform, ENOUGH asks what it takes to recognise our own worth—and what happens when we decide we have had enough. Created by Restless Dance Theatre with disabled and neurodivergent dancers, ENOUGH brings together powerful physical performance, original music, film and digital design to explore belonging, identity and self-worth. Beginning with four dancers, the work will travel across the globe, gathering movement, stories and perspectives through workshops and creative exchanges. This art...
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...
