Dance
The Art of Movement
Step into a world of bold creativity and innovation with DANCE 25, a dynamic performance showcasing the original works of our Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance) students. As the culmination of a semester-long journey in the unit KDB320 Independent Dance Project, these emerging artists have devised, pitched, and brought to life powerful new dance works in response to a creative brief. Now, their visions take the stage in a live performance that celebrates risk-taking, individuality, and the cutting edge of contemporary dance.
The program features four major pieces, each rooted in a distinct global concern: Frayed explores systemic oppression under Taliban rule; Bear investigates male loneliness and the emotional labour disproportionately borne by women; When the Walls Whisper examines the infectious, structural decay of corruption; Still Human? interrogates human–machine boundaries in the age of artificial intelligence. Through movement, sound design, and embodied research, the performance reimagines dance as a lens for examining geopolitics, gender, technology, and ethics.
① Frayed
Theme: Oppression of women under Taliban rule.
The work visualises suffocation, enforced silence, and the gradual shift from endurance to resistance.
Key question: Where does liberation begin, and who is allowed to name it?
② Bear
Theme: Male loneliness and the emotional burden placed on women.
The work critiques a patriarchal cycle in which both men and women inherit emotional fallout.
Key question: When the weight becomes too much to bear, who will carry it?
③ When the Walls Whisper
Theme: The infectious and cyclical nature of corruption.
Corruption becomes a living force—multiplying, decaying, and consuming everything in its path.
Key insight: Corruption is not abstract. It is alive and impossible to ignore.
④ Still Human?
Theme: Human–machine boundaries in the AI era.
The work examines how AI influences behaviour and identity, creating an unsettling dissolution between creator and creation.
Key question: When humans and machines become indistinguishable, what remains of humanity?
The QUT School of Creative Arts acknowledges the Turrbal and Yugara as the First Nations owners of the lands where QUT now stands. We pay respect to their Elders, lores, customs and creation spirits. We recognise that these lands have always been places of teaching, research, and learning. QUT acknowledges the important role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continue to play within the QUT community.
