28—29 NOVEMBER
JUDITH WRIGHT ARTS CENTRE
04 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CEO’S NOTE
It is my pleasure to welcome you to Kinesis, the inaugural graduation season of Australasian Dance Collective’s Pre-Professional Program.
Kinesis marks a significant moment — for ADC, certainly — but most importantly for the eight remarkable emerging artists who form our 2025 cohort. For them, this season represents the culmination of years of dedication, growth, and artistic discovery. To witness their evolution has been a true privilege.
Guided closely by ADC’s professional company, our students have been immersed in a vibrant vocational training environment — one that mirrors the ethos of the company: a collective where robust conversation, artistic generosity and fearless exploration give rise to new art. Over the year they have worked alongside ADC’s Artistic team, the Company Artists, collaborating choreographers and creatives, and leading industry specialists building the technical excellence and creative confidence essential for a sustainable career in contemporary dance.
Kinesis showcases the culmination of this journey. Together, the 2025 cohort brings a shared vision to life, while also revealing their individuality, versatility, and evolving artistic voices. This season is a profound demonstration of their readiness to step into the wider dance world.
I offer my heartfelt congratulations to each of them. Their dedication and openness to creative challenges have brought this season to life, and I hope they feel immense pride in what they have achieved together.
I would like to extend my deep gratitude to Alison Currie, whose thoughtful leadership, artistic generosity, and foundational work have shaped this program and supported the 2025 cohort with such care. My sincere thanks also go to every Company Artist, teacher, choreographer and industry specialist who has shared their knowledge throughout the year — your generosity of spirit is woven into the work we see tonight.
On behalf of the ADC board, staff, and Company Artists, it is my pleasure to present Kinesis — a celebration of emerging talent, creativity, and the bright, exciting future of dance.
Amy Hollingsworth Artistic Director & CEO
05 PROGRAM DIRECTOR’S NOTE
Welcome to Kinesis 2025.
We arrive at the end of the inaugural year of our Pre-Professional Program with energy and momentum.
We have had an incredible inaugural year. First term included our students understudying ADC’s Company Artists for Hofesh Shechter’s
In your rooms restaged by Sam Coren and Amy Hollingsworth. This opportunity saw each of our students working one on one with a Company Artist to learn the work. Excitingly, two PPP students performed alongside the company in the mainstage season Blue at QPAC, and all PPP students performed in a studio showing to invited industry guests.
Students self-devised site-specific performance works that premiered at DEMO 2/4, an interactive art event hosted by IMA and Outer Space galleries at the Judith Wright Arts Centre. These projects provided opportunities to learn and develop skills in research and grant funding, as well as choreographic practice, performance, and event management. Each student then created a dance film work with mentoring from multi-award-winning film and television director Ryan Renshaw. I encourage the students to continue to show and submit these works to dance film festivals internationally.
In the lead up to Kinesis students worked with Amy Hollingsworth, with guest appearances by Jake McLarnon, to restage an excerpt of ADC repertoire Aftermath by Amy Hollingsworth and Jack Lister.
Sam Coren worked with the cohort for a condensed three-week development process leading to the creation of the new work SLUG
This condensed process closely mimics the industry experience of creating work, and particularly as an independent artist.
The process we undertook for the development of Hold and Seep has been more spread out with ideas explored in an hour here and there when we have had some time spare time throughout the year. This led to a highly collaborative process for the development of this new work.
Thank you to everyone who has shared their knowledge with this cohort of brilliant young people, particularly the ADC Company Artists and staff, and a myriad of artists and industry experts, all of whom are listed later in this program.
It is our aim that students graduate as wellrounded dance artists, armed with the skills to navigate life and the industry. We are thrilled to be supporting our graduates as they make their way into the industry, and will actively advocate, introduce and initiate opportunities for them after graduation.
Congratulations to the 2025 cohort of ADC’s Pre-Professional Program!
To their loved ones and biggest cheerleaders, thank you for your support, enthusiasm and investment in the development, well-being and futures of these talented artists. You should all be very proud, as should they!
Alison Currie Pre-Professional Program Director
2025 PRE-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM COHORT 06
Hayley Corderoy
Hayley began her contemporary dance training in 2023.
Relocating from the Central Coast to Sydney, Hayley completed an Advanced Diploma of Professional Dance (Elite Peformance) at Brent Street, graduating with Honours under the guidance of Jessica Hesketh.
Hayley has undertaken secondments with Dancenorth, Australian Dance Theatre and Australasian Dance Collective. In 2023, she was awarded ‘Most Innovative Choreography’ alongside collaborative artists Zia Husbands and Hannah Mansfield in Form Dance Project’s Sharp Short Dance 2023, and performed in Samantha Hines’ restaging of Stephanie Lake’s Pile of Bones. In 2024, she performed in the Gideon Obarzanek’s production of Soliloquy (Sydney Festival) alongside performer and choreographer Stephanie Lake, and Chronoception by Charmene Yap.
As part of her studies in ADC’s Pre-Professional Program, Hayley performed alongside the professional company for their 40th anniversary season Blue in Sam Coren’s restaging of Hofesh Shechter’s In your Rooms
Bella DaCosta
Bella DaCosta is an emerging contemporary dance artist currently based in Brisbane (Meanjin).
She is in her final year of full-time training through Australasian Dance Collective’s Pre-Professional Program and is a recent graduate of the New Zealand School of Dance (2024).
Her practice is rooted in curiosity and adaptability, with a growing interest in exploring versatility across movement styles and crafting work that resonates with and inspires audiences.
She has had the opportunity to work with a number of notable artists and choreographers, and through such has been mentored in learning various repertoire and vocabulary of distinguished companies including Hofesh Shechter, Akram Khan, Australasian Dance Collective, and Sydney Dance Company. These experiences continue to shape her evolving choreographic voice and performance practice as she emerges into the contemporary dance industry.
Lily Jones
Lily Jones is an emerging dance artist born on on Yuggera and Turrbal Country in Queensland, Australia.
She began her dance training at a young age, exploring a wide range of styles. In 2021, Lily was accepted into the Queensland College of Dance’s part-time classical program under the direction of Daniel Gaudiello, which led to a year of full-time ballet training in 2022. She successfully completed her RAD Advanced II exam in 2024, having previously received consistent High Distinctions and Distinctions throughout all her classical examinations.
Lily is currently training with Australasian Dance Collective as a member of their inaugural Pre-Professional Program cohort where she understudied ADC’s Company Artists in their remounting of In your rooms by Hofesh Shechter, performed at Queensland Performing Arts Centre as a part of the company’s anniversary season, Blue
Lily is passionate about discovering beauty in the everyday and seeks new ways to expand her experiences across all aspects as a dancer and artist.
Te Atawhai Kaa
Te Atawhai began her full time dance training in 2022.
After completing her high school education through an accelerated program two years early with top marks, she was offered a place at the New Zealand School of Dance where she studied contemporary dance from 2023–2024, graduating with a Diploma in Elite Performance.
Te Atawhai then accepted a place in the inaugural year of Australasian Dance Collective’s Pre-Professional Program where she will complete her fourth and final year of fulltime training.
She has danced professionally in multiple shows including World of Wearable Arts (2023), Pacific Dance Festival (2024), and most recently in ADC’s 40th Anniversary season of Blue in the remount of Hofesh Shechter’s In your rooms at QPAC.
Her choreographic debut took place in 2024 where she created her first work Monnier on Gabrielle Arnold for the inaugural year of the Pōneke Dance Festival. The piece centred around ideas of psychosis and being in an unsound state of mind.
Tara Kinajil-Moran
Tara Kinajil-Moran is a contemporary dancer from Wellington, New Zealand, with a strong foundation in performance and creative exploration.
She was a Classical and Contemporary Scholar/ Associate with the New Zealand School of Dance, and later completed Brent Street’s Full Time Contemporary Program (2023–2024) under Jessica Hesketh, graduating with an Advanced Diploma of Professional Dance.
Tara’s notable performance credits including Pile of Bones (2023) by Stephanie Lake (reworked by Samantha Hines), Hi (2023) by Holly Doyle, Chronoception (2024) by Charmene Yap, and The Great Restructure (2024) by Stephen Tannos.
She has received secondments with Tim Podesta Collective (Forte), Dancenorth (2025), and Stephanie Lake Company (2026), and expanded her practice through international workshops at P.A.R.T.S. in Belgium and SEAD in Austria (2025).
She is currently furthering her artistic development through the Pre-Professional Program at Australasian Dance Collective, under the mentorship of Alison Currie, in which she notably had the opportunity to understudy ADC’s professional company in Hofesh Shechter’s In your rooms (restaged for ADC by Sam Coren)(2025).
Isla McPate
Born in Scotland and raised in Meanjin, Queensland, Isla McPate is a dedicated contemporary dancer with a diverse background in valuable training and performance.
Classically trained with Ashfield Ballet School, she completed up to advanced levels of the Australian Teachers of Dance (ATOD) syllabus in Ballet, Jazz and Contemporary. This training provided her with a crucial foundation for technique and discipline as she continued to hone her craft at Annette Roselli Dance Academy, further enriching her technical vocabulary. Her training spans multiple techniques, including ballet, contemporary, Countertechnique, Cunningham, Gaga and partner work.
Presently, Isla is continuing her creative development as an inaugural member of Australasian Dance Collective’s (ADC) Pre-Professional Program, under the guidance of Alison Currie and Amy Hollingsworth. As part of the program, Isla has undertaken valuable opportunities such as understudying ADC’s Company Artists in the 2025 season of Blue
Courtney Seigert
Courtney Seigert is an emerging artist originally from Tarntanya/Adelaide.
She was a part of the Australian Dance Theatre Youth Ensemble under the direction of Andrew Searle between 2020–2022.
She then relocated to Dharawal/Sydney, where she graduated from Ev & Bow (2024). During this time, she worked with Omer Backley-Astrachan, Samantha Hines, Gabrielle Nankivell and Ariella Casu. Additionally, she was a part of the first development of Overture by Tegan Jeffrey-Rushton, which she also performed at FORM Dance Project’s IDEA Now Festival later that year.
Courtney enjoys integrating her other interests, such as drawing, philosophy and the natural world, into her dance practice and allowing them to inspire and inform each other.
Rhiannon Stacey
Rhiannon Stacey, born in Perth (Boorloo), Western Australia, began her classical ballet training in the Vaganova method at Charlesworth Ballet Institute.
She excelled in her ATAR dance exam and was invited to perform her choreography at the SCSA Annual Performance.
At 17, she was accepted into WAAPA’s Bachelor of Arts (Dance), where she focused on ballet, contemporary, and cross-disciplinary practices. During her studies, she worked with leading Australian choreographers and completed a semester at Taipei National University of the Arts, learning traditional Chinese dance.
After graduating in 2024, Rhiannon joined the Australasian Dance Collective’s 2025 Pre-Professional Program, participating in workshops and classes with established choreographers.
As a teacher, she encourages self-empowerment through improvisation and choreographic freedom. She believes these elements help build confidence and a deeper understanding of dance. Her choreography explores dark, whimsical worlds that reflect her personality, aiming to immerse both dancers and audiences alike.
MEET THE CREATIVES
Alison Currie Choreographer
Alison Currie is a choreographer based between Meanjin/Brisbane and Tarntanya/ Adelaide. Hold and Seep is the 35th new dance work Currie has created / co-created.
After 10 years working at the nexus of visual arts and dance, a Research Masters in Choreography and Performance from University of Roehampton, UK enabled Currie to deepen her core investigation into object and subject in performance.
This led to significant creations Concrete Impermanence, I can relate commissioned by Carriageworks, and Of All Things commissioned and performed by Australian Dance Theatre (ADT). As well as several collaborative works including Progress Report co-directed with Alisdair Macindoe, Somewhere, Everywhere, Nowhere co-directed and performed with Yui Kawaguchi, Things meeting now with Bridget Currie, and 2020 Keir Award Finalist De-Limit co-directed with David Cross.
Currie shares an ongoing practice with Ade Suharto, beginning in 2021, which has led to an iterative series of performance moments entitled Maintain, Rest, Value (2023-ongoing) and is developing a new co-directed work with Alisdair Macindoe.
Sam Coren Choreographer
Hailing from the UK, Sam’s multi-award-winning career has swung between dance and theatre, stage and screen.
Sam’s introduction to dance started at an early age when his mum sent him to local community classes. Many years of community dance later Sam attended London Contemporary Dance School obtaining both BA (Hons) and MA degrees in performance and choreography.
He has worked with Jasmin Vardimon Company, Clod Ensemble, Gecko Theatre, Royal Opera House, The Farm and spent six years as a senior member of Hofesh Shechter Company. Sam has also worked extensively on film as a performer and movement director with English National Ballet, Jon Hopkins, FKA Twigs, Chemical Brothers, Uber, Myer, and Universal Pictures amongst others.
Sam has a large repertoire of his own work that has been commissioned and performed internationally. His practice is a blend of eclectic artistic elements, merging Clowning, Mask, and Mime with intricate choreography. The result is a body of work characterised by satire, dark humour, and absurdism. Sam has been working between Europe and Australia since 2021.
Sam joined Australasian Dance Collective as Rehearsal Director in 2024.
Amy Hollingsworth Choreographer
Amy Hollingsworth is a multiaward-winning dancer and director, based in Brisbane.
Described by the UK Observer as one of ‘the most compelling and intelligent dancers on the world stage’, Amy has an impressive international performance and creative career spanning large-scale classical ballet and contemporary dance.
Amy is a highly versatile director of dance. She has produced, collaborated on, and performed in a wide range of live art collaborations, collectively driven independent work, film, documentaries, art gallery installations and large-scale music videos and tours.
Amy has held leadership positions with dance organisations globally including Bonachela Dance Company, Sydney Dance Company and Queensland Ballet. She was appointed the Artistic Director of Australasian Dance Collective in 2019 and Artistic Director & CEO in 2024.
Amy is also a sought-after keynote speaker, industry mentor and creative consultant with a deep interest in cybernetics.
Jack Lister Choreographer
Jack Lister is an Australian dancer, choreographer and creator, known for his work across stage, screen, movement direction, and largescale performance events.
After graduating from The Australian Ballet School, he joined Queensland Ballet (QB) in 2014, where he performed and originated many featured roles in classical and contemporary ballet. Lister quickly gained recognition as a choreographer and was hailed by The Australian as “a young choreographer who is going places.”
His extensive portfolio includes works for Queensland Ballet, Australasian Dance Collective (ADC), Birmingham Royal Ballet, and Milwaukee Ballet, performed internationally across Australia, the UK, USA, China, and Germany.
Lister joined ADC in 2020, performing in and creating works by important emergent creatives and luminary choreographic voices. Lister’s notable works for ADC include Aftermath, Still Life, and Halcyon, the latter being praised for pushing contemporary dance into new areas. In 2022, he was appointed Creative Associate of ADC and became Associate Artistic Director in 2024.
Claire Browning Lighting Designer
Claire Browning is a Brisbanebased lighting designer and technician.
She graduated from Queensland University of Technology in 2021. She has since worked with ADC on multiple mainstage productions as Head Electrician and on Youth Ensemble shows as the Lighting Designer. Claire’s interest is lighting design for dance and theatre. Past lighting design credits include: Echo (ADC Youth Ensemble, 2022, 2023 & 2024), Succession (ADC Youth Ensemble, 2023), Algorithm (Queensland Theatre Young Artists, 2023), This Girl Laughs (Brisbane Girls Grammar School, 2022), Gloria (QUT, 2021) & Mr Burns (QUT, 2021).
Hold and Seep
23 mins
Created by Alison Currie and the PPP 2025 cohort, Hold and Seep responds to loss, expressing the acute and the chronic, the sudden and the seeping, the immediate and the enduring.
Continuing Alison’s long-term interest in object and subject in performance, and her passion for recycling, Hold and Seep makes use of 20 kg of discarded rubber band tape.
The process of creating Hold and Seep involved the dancers experimenting with the material and responding to its form, smell, texture and movement to create choreography that is performed in direct connection with and alongside this same object.
“I have thoroughly enjoyed working with this group of exceptional humans, they have played an integral role in the creation of this work.” — Alison Currie CREATIVES
CHOREOGRAPHY
LIGHTING DESIGN
SET & COSTUME DESIGN
PROP DESIGN
MUSIC COMPOSITION
Alison Currie in collaboration with 2025
ADC Pre-Professional Program cohort
Claire Browning
Alison Currie in collaboration with 2025
ADC Pre-Professional Program Cohort
Alison Currie
Courtney Seigert
how we leave pt. 1 — it was the wires
Of All Things (excerpt) —
Sascha Budimski
Sound recordings — Alison Currie
SLUG 14
20 mins
The slug is generally considered a solitary animal. It travels alone, thinks alone, and rarely asks for directions. Sometimes only visible by the trail it leaves behind. Many people do the same, though with slightly less grace.
CREATIVES
CHOREOGRAPHY
COLLABORATORS
LIGHTING DESIGN
Sam Coren
2025 ADC Pre-Professional Program cohort
Claire Browning
PROP DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION Lily Potger
COSTUME DESIGN
Sam Coren in collaboration with 2025
ADC Pre-Professional Program cohort
MUSIC COMPOSITION I Don’t Care to Dance — J.E. Sunde
Black Light — BJ Nilson
F Major — Hania Rani
Those Who Fear Tomorrow — Integrity
Garden of England — alt-J
Aftermath [Excerpt]
16 mins
Can you begin at the start if you don’t know where it ends?
A collection of perspectives piece together a story we all think we know; everyone’s truth of events transpired; memories placed, amassed, rearranged, shattered.
Moving through a world of disquiet, between calm and chaos, we accelerate towards total recall.
Cause, consequence, action, reaction. Aftermath.
CREATIVES
CHOREOGRAPHY
Amy Hollingsworth & Jack Lister
LIGHTING DESIGN Ben Hughes
COSTUME DESIGN Alana Sargent
COMPOSITION
Danny Harley
MEET THE COLLECTIVE
ADC STAFF
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CEO
ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & COMPANY ARTIST
HEAD OF OPERATIONS
Amy Hollingsworth
Jack Lister
Jade Ellis
MARKETING MANAGER Madelyn Wise
PRODUCTION MANAGER Mathew James
PRE-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Alison Currie
REHEARSAL DIRECTOR Sam Coren
YOUTH ENSEMBLE DIRECTOR
MATURE PROGRAM COORDINATOR
ADMINISTRATION OFFICER
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KINESIS
PRODUCTION STAFF
PRODUCTION MANAGER Mathew James
LIGHTING DESIGNER Claire Browning
HEAD ELECTRICIAN Skye Lilliss
STAGE MANAGER Katherine Crocker
AUDIO TECHNICIAN Eleanor Steels
BOARD
CHAIR
Courtney Scheu
Jaime Redfern
Josephine Reid
ACCOUNTANT Karen Mitchell
FINANCE OFFICER Elizabeth Lepua
Julie Garner
Tony Denholder
Laura Campbell
Samantha Jones
Carmenza Cespedes
Deborah Brown
COMPANY SECRETARY Tracey Moore
COMPANY ARTISTS
Jack Lister
Lilly King
Lily Potger
Georgia Van Gils
Sam Hall
Taiga Kita-Leong
2025 PRE-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM TEACHING ARTISTS
ADC ARTISTS AND STAFF
Amy Hollingsworth
Alison Currie
Courtney Scheu (Gaga)
Elizabeth Lepua
Jaime Redfern
Georgia Van Gils
Jack Lister
Lilly King
Lily Potger
Mathew James
Sam Coren
Sam Hall (Countertechnique)
Taiga Kita-Leong (House)
ADC COLLABORATORS
Adam Peterson (Club Guy & Roni)
Angela Herenda (Club Guy & Roni)
Joel Bray (First Collective Residencies)
Melanie Lane (Commissioned Artist)
GUEST TEACHERS
Amelia Waller (Contemporary)
Antonio Rinaldi (Process)
Bella Hood (Yoga/Contemporary)
Brooke Stamp (Practice as Research/ Contemporary)
Daniel Jaber (Contemporary)
Erin O’Rourke (Contemporary)
Gabriel Rogers (Ballet)
Gemma Pearce (Ballet/Yoga)
Georgia Rudd (Contemporary/Improvisation)
Hsin-Ju Ely (Contemporary/Cultural Dance)
Isobel Stolinski (Process)
Jake McLarnon (Tumbling/Breaking)
Josie Weise (Contemporary)
Juliet Burnett (Ballet/Contemporary)
Kate Harman (PPP Class Guests with The Farm)
Lonii Garnons-Williams (Contemporary/Tumbling)
Lucky Lartey (Process/Cultural Dance)
Natalie Hammond (Ballet)
Ngọc Phan (Acting)
Nikki Tarling (Contemporary)
Noa Rotem (Body Mind Centring)
Riannon McLean (Contemporary/Conditioning)
Ryan Renshaw (Dance Film)
Soleil Harvey (Contemporary)
Tomas Tapper (Sports Psychology)
Tony Lewis (Strength and Conditioning Coach)
Tracey Trundle (Ballet)
OUR PARTNERS & SUPPORTERS 20
GOVERNMENT PARTNERS
Australasian Dance Collective acknowledges the assistance of the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland’s Strategic Partnerships Fund (2024 to 2026).
MAJOR PARTNERS
FOUNDATION PARTNERS
The L&R Foundation
Stack Family Foundation
SPECIAL THANKS
Doug Hall Foundation
Ryan Renshaw
Australian Teachers of Dancing
PHOTOGRAPHY
Cover image by David Kelly
Rehearsal photography by Jade Ellis
Australasian Dance Collective acknowledges the assistance of the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts funding and advisory body.
Australasian Dance Collective is proudly supported by Brisbane City Council.
Photography David Kelly
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