Michael Hodyl joined Restless Dance Theatre in 2013 and has been a key member of the company’s ensemble for over a decade. His career spans contemporary dance, film and screen work, with performances across Australia and internationally. Michael has worked with leading Australian choreographers and companies and has toured extensively with Restless, performing at major festivals and venues including Adelaide Festival, WOMADelaide, Sydney Opera House, Seoul Street Arts Festival and Esplanade Singapore.
Career Highlights
- Joined Restless Dance Theatre in 2013.
- Made his professional screen debut in The Audreys’ Baby, Are You There? music video in 2014.
- Worked with filmmaker Sophie Hyde on To Look Away in 2015, a short film created in collaboration with Restless Dance Theatre.
- Performed in the multi-award-winning Intimate Space at Adelaide Festival in 2017 and toured the work to Bleach* Festival and the Seoul Street Arts Festival.
- Performed in the opening sequence of the 2018 Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony and appeared in Creating the Spectacle at Adelaide Film Festival.
- Performed Meryl Tankard’s Zizanie in 2019 and presented his solo Ricky & Me, directed by Michelle Ryan, as part of ADT’s The World’s Smallest Stage.
- Performed Seeing Through Darkness at the Art Gallery of South Australia in 2020, with the filmed work later presented internationally as part of No Limits at the Hong Kong Arts Festival and Belfast Children’s Festival.
- Featured in the Adelaide Festival world premiere of Michelle Ryan’s Guttered in 2021.
- Performed across Restless’ major national and international programs in 2022, including Écoute Pour Voir / Listen To See, Exposed, A Date with Restless and Rewards for the Tribe.
- Featured in ABC’s Art Week: Art is Everywhere and the South Australian Department of Human Services’ See Me For Me campaign.
- In 2023, toured Exposed across Australia and internationally, including performances at FRAME: A Biennial of Dance, Theatre Royal Hobart, Sydney Opera House and SIDance Festival in Seoul.
- Performed Shifting Perspectives at Illuminate Adelaide and Counterpoise at Seoul Street Arts Festival in 2023.
- Featured in the Rewards for the Tribe documentary, which premiered at Adelaide Film Festival before screening at Sydney Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival and The Other Film Festival.
- Performed in the premiere of Private View at Adelaide Festival in 2024.
- Performed Écoute Pour Voir / Listen To See at Esplanade Festival in Singapore and Shifting Perspectives at VIVID Sydney in 2024.
- Featured in the Adelaide Film Festival / OzAsia Festival double bill of Counterpoise and Dancing Against the Odds in 2024.
Performances
- Debut 4: The Elements
- In the Balance, Adelaide Cabaret Festival,
- Touched, 2015
- A Mysterious Lake, Debut 5: The Dancers Direct, 2016
- Intimate Space, Bleach* Festival Gold Coast, 2018
- Creating the Spectacle, Adelaide Film Festival, 2018
- Zizanie, 2019
- Ricky & Me
- Seeing Through Darkness, Art Gallery South Australia, 2020
- Guttered – Adelaide Festival, Kingpin Norwood, March 2021
- Exposed, Space Theatre Adelaide Festival Centre,
- Écoute Pour Voir / Listen To See DreamBIG Festival, Adelaide Festival Centre, 2021
- Rewards for the Tribe, Rising Festival, Melbourne, Warwick City of Culture Festival UK, Adelaide, Odeon Theatre 2022
- Shifting Perspectives, Illuminate Adelaide, Queens Theatre, July 2023
- Exposed, FRAME: A biennial of dance, Arts House, March 2023, Regional tour 2023, Sydney Opera House, Theatre Royal Hobart, SIDance Festival, Seoul South Korea, September 2023
- Guttered – Sydney Festival, Kicks Tenpin & Arcade Parramatta, January 2023
- Shifting Perspectives, VIVID Sydney, Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, June 2024
- Écoute Pour Voir / Listen To See Esplanade Festival, Singapore,2024
- Counterpoise & Dancing Against the Odds OzAsia Festival / Adelaide Film Festival, 2024
- Private View – Adelaide Festival, The Odeon, March 2024, Brisbane Festival, Brisbane Powerhouse, September 2024, Alter State Festival, Arts Centre Melbourne, October 2024
- Seeing Through Darkness – WOMADelaide, The Studio, March 2025 – Performance Greenwich + Docklands International Festival, September 2025 (Through Another Lens) DanceX: A Festival of Dance, The Playhouse – Arts Centre Melbourne, October 2025
- Guttered, Joondalup Festival, iPlay, Westfield Whitford City, March 2026
