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Founded on the ancestral lands of the Wulgurukaba of Gurambilbarra and Yunbenun
+ Sleepless Ones by Michelle Heaven World Premiere 1-3 OCT
+ Lighting the Dark on tour in 2026
+ Wayfinder tours Europe NOV-DEC

08/09/2026

๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป | ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ (๐—ก๐—”๐—™๐—”) ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐Ÿญ-๐Ÿฏ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.

Delving into mystery and illusion, Michelle Heaven invites audiences to peer through a window into the human psyche โ€“ exploring vulnerability, power and status, and the tension between reality and the intangible.

โ€œ๐˜โ€™๐˜ฎ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ. ๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ โ€“ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต.โ€
- ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ

Learn more about the upcoming season, and book your tickets via https://events.humanitix.com/sleepless-ones-by-michelle-heaven?c=dn-socials

Dates: 1-3 October
Time: 7pm (THU-SAT) | 9pm (SAT)
Venue: Dancenorth Theatre, Gurambilbarra (Townsville)

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Video and edit by Aaron Ashley

Michelle Heaven offers a glimpse into the inspiration behind her latest work ๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€, premiering at North Austral...
04/09/2026

Michelle Heaven offers a glimpse into the inspiration behind her latest work ๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€, premiering at North Australian Festival of Arts next month (see slides).

What is it about these Renaissance paintings that intrigues you? Weโ€™d love you to share your reflections.

For more info about the show, and tickets, visit https://dancenorth.com.au/works/sleepless-ones

Photos: Aaron Ashley

Renaissance images:
The Nightmare by Fuseli
Original image by Henry Fuseli. Uploaded to World History Encyclopedia by Mark Cartwright, published on 29 October 2025.

The Last Judgement by Michelangelo
Image by Alonso de Mendoza. Uploaded to World History Encyclopedia by Mark Cartwright, published on 17 August 2020.

๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜‚ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ (๐—ก๐—”๐—™๐—”) ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐ŸฒFor the Wulgurukaba people of Gurambilbarra and ...
02/09/2026

๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜‚ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ (๐—ก๐—”๐—™๐—”) ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ

For the Wulgurukaba people of Gurambilbarra and Yunbenun (Townsville and Magnetic Island), Yabu Gugay is a sunrise gathering that brings people together through song, story, dance and connection to Country.

On Saturday 26 September, acclaimed Numburindi songmen ๐—ก๐—ด๐˜‚๐—น๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ from Arnhem Land will join Wulgurukaba Traditional Custodians and ๐—ช๐˜‚๐—น๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€ to share a powerful celebration of culture, community and spirit.

We invite you to join us as we gather at first light, listen deeply, and honour the stories carried by Country.

You can find all the details about this free event via https://tickets.nafa-tsv.com.au/Events/Yabu-Gugay

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Image by Pippa Samaya
Dancenorth is proud to support this experience through our Regional Gravitation program.

This week we welcome ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป to Dancenorth as part of our ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ (๐—”.๐—ฅ.๐—ง.) ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ.Rebecc...
01/09/2026

This week we welcome ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป to Dancenorth as part of our ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ (๐—”.๐—ฅ.๐—ง.) ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ.

Rebecca is a dancer, choreographer and teacher, born in Tฤmaki Makaurau (Auckland) in 1988 and based in Naarm. Her work spans theatres, galleries and unconventional spaces, alongside participatory projects and video. She works through dance, utilising its equally speculative and practical qualities to encourage reflection, connection and transformation.

Her work has been presented at Tempo Festival (2019, 2024), Nelson Arts Festival (2024), FRAME Biennale (2023), INDANCE Sydney Dance Company (2025), Kier Choreographic Award (2016, 2022), Front Beach Back Beach (2022), CONTACT HIGH, Gertrude Glasshouse (2021) and PAGEANT New York (2025), Blindside Gallery (2021), College Dance, La Biennale di Venezia (2018) and Dance Massive (2015, 2017). With Sarah Aiken she has co-directed participatory dance project Deep Soulful Sweats, presented across Australia and internationally since 2013.

Rebecca has worked extensively as a performer with choreographers including Jo Lloyd, Lucy Guerin Inc, Shelley Lasica, Harrison Ritchie Jones, Lee Serle, Sandra Parker and Adam Linder. She is a DanceWEB scholar (2015), Australia Council Citรฉ internationale des arts resident (2020), former Resident Director of Lucy Guerin Inc (2023), and a Gertrude Contemporary Studio Artist (2024โ€“26).

You can check out Rebeccaโ€™s work via https://www.rebeccajensen.xyz/

01/09/2026

๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป | ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ (๐—ก๐—”๐—™๐—”) ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐Ÿญ-๐Ÿฏ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.

Inspired by the works of some of the Renaissanceโ€™s most celebrated artists, including Rembrandt, Botticelli and Michelangelo, Sleepless Ones delves into the emotions, gestures and human drama captured within their iconic paintings.

โ€œ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด - ๐˜ข ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ. ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.โ€
- ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ

Learn more about the upcoming season, and book your tickets via https://events.humanitix.com/sleepless-ones-by-michelle-heaven?c=dn-socials

Dates: 1-3 October
Time: 7pm (THU-SAT) | 9pm (SAT)
Venue: Dancenorth Theatre, Gurambilbarra (Townsville)

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Video and edit by Aaron Ashley

Some images from raymond d. blancoโ€™s recent residency at Dancenorth. In collaboration with BlakDance, raymond returned t...
28/08/2026

Some images from raymond d. blancoโ€™s recent residency at Dancenorth.

In collaboration with BlakDance, raymond returned to his birthplace of Gurambilbarra (Townsville) to develop his new work โ€˜Project blanco: What We Carry Forwardโ€™.

โ€œ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต: ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ, ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ.

๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ, ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜บ. ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ.โ€
โ€“ ๐˜‰๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, 2026

To learn more about this project, check out https://www.blakdance.org.au/profile-projects/projectblanco

26/08/2026

๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป | ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ (๐—ก๐—”๐—™๐—”) ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐Ÿญ-๐Ÿฏ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.

Michelle Heaven's new work ๐™Ž๐™ก๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™Š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ draws inspiration from Renaissance art, film scores and literature.

"๐˜ˆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต; ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ.โ€
- Michelle Heaven, Director and Choreographer

You can learn more about the upcoming season, and how to book via our website (link in bio).

Or Comment SLEEPLESS and weโ€™ll send you a direct link to tickets.

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Video and edit by Aaron Ashley

25/08/2026

Our upcoming season of ๐™Ž๐™ก๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™Š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ has been developed over three years, through the artist development residency called The Whole Thing - a part of Regional Gravitation.

๐™Ž๐™ก๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™Š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จโ€™ creator, Michelle Heaven has worked with the Dancenorth Ensemble each year since 2024 in preparation for its premiere season. Together, Michelle and our dancers have explored the richness of Renaissance paintings, unpacking the intense emotion, epic themes and detailed imagery that have rendered them timeless.

This video from 2024 looks back at the showโ€™s early development.

Stay tuned for more behind-the-scenes content as the show takes its final form in the coming weeks.

๐™Ž๐™ก๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™Š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ will have its World Premiere at the North Australian Festival of Arts n Gurambilbarra (Townsville) this 1-3 October. Tickets are on sale here:
https://events.humanitix.com/sleepless-ones-by-michelle-heaven

Zane Saunders will debut his new work โ€˜Prefaceโ€™ at PUNQ (Pop-Up North Queensland) Festival this 8-10 October.  In this m...
19/08/2026

Zane Saunders will debut his new work โ€˜Prefaceโ€™ at PUNQ (Pop-Up North Queensland) Festival this 8-10 October.

In this major new performance installation, Jarrowia, Butchulla and Gunggari artist Zane Saunders explores the tensions between Indigenous knowledge, spirituality and colonial narratives.

Set within the old Bank of NSW building, โ€˜Preface' combines live performance, sculpture, sound and video to create an immersive experience that invites audiences into a deeply personal realm of ritual, spirituality and reflection, where questions linger long after the performance ends.

Zane has been following the threads of these enquiries for many years, including during annual creative residencies at Dancenorth over the last nine years. It is a privilege to join PUNQ and the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) in supporting Zane to premiere this latest manifestation of his work.

Tickets for โ€˜Preface' are on sale now. To book, visit https://www.umbrella.org.au/preface/

Have you experienced Zaneโ€™s work-in-development at Dancenorth over the years? Weโ€™d love to hear your reflections.

Earlier this year, we were awarded potentially life-saving funding through the Port of Townsville Limited's Community Fu...
18/08/2026

Earlier this year, we were awarded potentially life-saving funding through the Port of Townsville Limited's Community Fund to purchase two automated external defibrillator (AED) bundles โ€“ one to live permanently in the Dancenorth building, and one portable kit to take with us when our Ensemble tours; when we deliver workshops across regional, rural and remote Australia; and when we present site-specific works.

The purchase of these AEDs means we can continue to provide safe and inclusive dance experiences across all of our communities, and for a range of participants including mature movers, people affected by Parkinsons, people who are d/Deaf or living with disability, young people in regional, rural and remote areas; FIFO and shift workers; and people with low or no income.

PICTURED:
1. Dancenorth's Teaching Artists Andrea Gillham, Bella Hood and Miranda Zeller
2. The portable AED bundle, purchased with funds from the Port of Townsville Community Fund, at our weekly Vital Dance class for people affected by Parkinsonโ€™s.
Images by Tszar.

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