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Monolith

Joel Bray Dance

  • Dance
  • Premiere
  • Performance
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Image description: Five women, with long or short dark hair and covered in purple paint gather very close together, holding onto each other. One of the women is gazing at the viewer. The backdrop is a dramatic sunset with clouds in orange, yellow and blue hues.

Dates and Times

Tues 03–Sun 15 June

  • Tue–Sat, 7.30pm

  • Sun, 5pm

Event Information

Artist Talk

Takes place after the Wed 11 June performance

Age Recommendation

Ages 16+

Content Warnings

Violence, Nudity, Partial nudity

Sensory Warnings

Moving lights, Flashing lights, Strobe lights, Loud sounds, Smoke/Haze

Multi Pass

Buy tickets to 3 or more eligible events to save 15% off the standard ticket price. Discount price limited to 2 tickets per show. Not valid in conjunction with any other.

Lockout

This performance has a strict lockout and latecomers will be not be admitted.

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Artistic Team

Director/ Choreographer

Joel Bray

Performers

Zoe Brown-Holten, Samakshi Sidhu, Katherine Hegeman, Nadiyah Akbar, Tamara Bouman (original devising cast member), Glory Tuohy-Daniell

Composer

Matthias Schack-Arnott

Set and Costume Design

Jake Preval

Lighting Design

Katie Sfetkidis

Intimacy Coordinator

Amy Cater

Cultural Support

Tony Briggs

Project Elder

Uncle Christopher Kirkbright

Executive Producer (JBD)

Veronica Bolzon

Assistant Producer (JBD)

Luke Fryer

Rehearsal Choreographer

Siobhan McKenna

Stage Manager

Rain Iyahen

Production Manager

Siobhain Geaney

Associate Lighting Designe

Spencer Herd

Supporters

The Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body; the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria; the Major Festivals Initiative Seed Funding; The Queensland Performing Arts Centre; and through the First Nations New Work Platform – an initiative of BlakDance and the Abbotsford Convent made possible with the support of the Australian Government’s Indigenous Languages and Arts Program, the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, Arts House and Dancehouse.

Image Credits

PHOTO: Tamarah Scott & Davey Simmons

 
RISING: Melbourne 04 — 15 June 2025 — RISING: MONOLITH by Joel Bray, Melbourne 2025