A 40th anniversary season highlights the best of Australia’s contemporary dance

The Australasian Dance Collective showcases 'Blue', an enticing triple bill, in a celebratory Gala event.
Two contemporary dancers are intertwined in front of a mirror and bathed in blue light.

Artistic Director and CEO of the Australasian Dance Collective (ADC), Amy Hollingsworth is enthusiastic about the Brisbane-based company’s impressive milestone. ADC is regarded as one of Australia’s most exciting modern dance companies, and Hollingsworth is celebrating the company’s 40 years of continual operation with a Gala event. She tells ArtsHub: “We have produced an incredible body of over 180 works by more than 80 choreographers across 40 performance seasons. Many works have been iconic, inspiring and have broken new ground. It’s been a major achievement for contemporary dance.”  

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Suzannah Conway is an experienced arts administrator, having been CEO of Opera Queensland, the Brisbane Riverfestival and the Centenary of Federation celebrations for Queensland. She is a freelance arts writer and has been writing reviews and articles for over 20 years, regularly reviewing classical music, opera and musical theatre in particular for The Australian and Limelight magazine as well as other journals. Most recently she was Arts Hub's Brisbane-based Arts Feature Writer.