Dancehouse

A celebration of the Waacking culture and community in Melbourne over the last 8 years. The event includes tributes, showcases, freestyle performances and exciting battles. Burn City Waack 8 Year Anniversary is about celebrating the diverse Waacking community but also an invitation for everyone to join and be a part of it. Includes DJ Naru on the decks with judges from fellow Dancehousing members, Jam on Toast.

Now Pieces is a curated monthly platform for improvised performance, practice exchange, and building community. It names the here and now, responds to the immediate and the personal and meets the wider social, political, and atmospheric moment we share. Now Pieces was conceived and run by Kevin Jeynes (2019); paused with the world (2020); coordinated by Amaara Raheem (March - June 2021).

Toast or Be Toasted vol.2 (TOBT) aims to bring together the street dance community in a celebration of dance through showcasing artists abilities by a traditional battle format. TOBT v.2 has a 1v1 Hip Hop category and 2v2 open styles category with a chosen judge for each category. In addition, there is a showcase from some of Melbourne’s leading Melbourne Hip Hop freestyle dancers.

That Which Was Once Familiar (TWWOF) investigates how culture inscribes gender and sexuality onto the flesh sacks we walk around in… our bodies. Zoë Bastin combines movement with sculpture as dancers explore the abstract, object-like parts of themselves such as the form, weight, scale and shape of how they move. Full $30 | Concession $25 |Dancehouse Member $20

Sister Sessions is back, with it’s 7th Volume and first for 2021. Sister Sessions present A 1v1 All Styles, All Female dance battle brought to you with love by an all female crew – from the judges, through to the emcee, DJ and competitors. Full $15 | Concession $12 |Dancehouse Member $10

100 Haikus is an autobiographical retelling of an artist reclaiming his self-worth through the exploration of his past. Side A and Side B of 100 Haikus can be experienced either independently or together in any order. SIDE A: Thursday—Saturday, 7pm SIDE B: Thursday—Saturday, 8:15pm Full $20 | Concession $18 |Dancehouse Member $15

Borrowing techniques from the process of scriptwriting to examine the information transferred between bodies, Slow Calm Drama explores the social relations between three people and the role of spectator. Full $30 | Concession $25 |Dancehouse Member $20

100 Haikus is an autobiographical retelling of an artist reclaiming his self-worth through the exploration of his past. Side A and Side B of 100 Haikus can be experienced either independently or together in any order. SIDE A: Thursday—Saturday, 7pm SIDE B: Thursday—Saturday, 8:15pm Full $30 | Concession $25 |Dancehouse Member $20