Ten must-see shows at Dance Massive

The biennial festival of contemporary dance kicks off in Melbourne this week; here are our program highlights.

Image: St Martin’s Fitter. Faster Better. Photography by Andrew Gough, image treatment by The Sisters Hayes. All images via www.dancemassive.com.au 

Now in its fourth iteration, the annual contemporary dance festival Dance Massive opened in Melbourne on Tuesday. The packed program, featuring a range of world premieres and remounts, is the result of three separate artistic visions working together: Malthouse Theatre’s Artistic Director Marion Potts, Dancehouse’s Artistic Director Angela Conquet, and the Creative Producer of ArtsHouse, Angharad Wynne-Jones.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts