MAD DANCE FESTIVAL 2021
Metro Arts and Mad Dance House present Mad Dance Festival; a celebration of Queensland’s street dance scene.
From conquering stages and comps around the world, home-grown talents are headed back to Brisbane.
With jaw-dropping performances, double-bill showings, artist talks and a community dance class, Mad Dance Festival is smashing down the walls between “elite” and “street”.
From B-boys, poppers, lockers and hip-hop heavy-weights to Vogue, Krump and contemporary freestyle. This is street dance in a whole new realm.
6 + 8 MAY | M.I.N.D.E.D.
Elements Collective bring their world class break and freestyle dancers to Mad Dance Festival in this genre-bending dance work.
6 + 7 May | AMY ZHANG + ANTI FISCHER
Mad Dance Festival presents a double-bill performance: ‘Cool Asian Mum’s Guide to Life’ by Amy Zhang + ‘Love Letters in (e)Motion’ by Anti Fischer
7 + 8 MAY | PINK MATTER + GOLDEN COASTLINE
Mad Dance Festival presents a double-bill performance: ‘Betwixt’ by Pink Matter + ‘Peach Papaya’ by Golden Coastline.
8 MAY | ARTIST TALK
Hear street dance leaders and emerging dancers talk about the challenges and successes of the dance community in Brisbane.
8 MAY | SHAKE DOWN: FREE COMMUNITY DANCE CLASS
Come shake off your work week in easy-to-follow choreography led by accomplished dancer, Sheru Bharadwaja!
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MAD DANCE FESTIVAL 2021
Metro Arts and Mad Dance House present Mad Dance Festival; a celebration of Queensland’s street dance scene.
From conquering stages and comps around the world, home-grown talents are headed back to Brisbane.
From B-boys, poppers, lockers and hip-hop heavy-weights to Vogue, Krump and contemporary freestyle; this is street dance in a whole new realm.
> See the full Mad Dance Festival 2021 program
JANUARY – JUNE 2021 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
WHEN WE SPEAK
1 MAY | MUSIC
Stunning music and visuals combine in this intimate recital performance by Katherine Philp, principal cellist of Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra .
MAD DANCE FESTIVAL 2021
6 – 8 MAY
Metro Arts and Mad Dance House present Mad Dance Festival; a celebration of Queensland’s street dance scene.
M.I.N.D.E.D.
6 + 8 MAY | DANCE
Elements Collective bring their world class break and freestyle dancers to Mad Dance Festival in this genre-bending dance work.
BRISBANE ART DESIGN (BAD) 2021
7 – 30 MAY
Bigger, BADDER, Brisbane! Brisbane Art Design (BAD) is back in 2021 and Metro Arts is part of the program.
ANATOMY OF A SUICIDE
18 – 29 MAY | THEATRE
This is a story of family, mental health, love, strong women, supportive men and so much more in between.
FERTILE GROUND
25 – 29 MAY | DANCE
With vivid choreography, Fertile Ground manipulates space, sound and a brutalist pile of concrete bricks in this ground-breaking participatory performance.
OLD HAUNTS
5 – 26 JUN / EXHIBITION
ANTHEM ARI aims to provide a dedicated platform to celebrate the practices of First Nations, diasporic, and LGBTQI+ identifying artists of colour in Australia.
WHITE WOMAN
9 – 12 JUN | DANCE
In this dance-based satire, the artist places herself as the object of interrogation to question complicity and the transformational potential of self-enquiry.
APRIL GALLERY HOURS
19 – 23 Apr 10am – 4pm
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COUNTRY
Metro Arts acknowledge the Jagera and Turrbal peoples, as the custodians of the land we work on, recognising their connection to land, waters and community. We honour the story-telling and art-making at the heart of First Nation’s cultures, and the enrichment it gives to the lives of all Australians.