Tempo Dance Festival 2026 | Q Theatre

13-18 October 2026

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Dance

A Platform
A Party
A Provocation
To Move You

Various dates and times. See individual shows for more information.

13-18 October 2026

Tue 13 Oct, 6:30pm

Wed 14 Oct, 6:30pm

Thu 15 Oct, 8pm

Fri 16 Oct, 6:30pm

Sat 17 Oct, 6:30pm

Sun 18 Oct, 2pm

Tempo Dance Festival returns to Q in 2026

Big Low Dream

25 - 26 September 2026

Dreaming big in a time of unravelling, Big Low Dream is a new contemporary dance work that brings our waking dreams to reality.
Natural Basic

13-14 October 2026

With the natural basic waltz as a point of departure, dancers converge through clouds of thought and matter. Body as barometer. From the creator behind Slip (2024).
YMCĀ

13 & 14 August

Hot off the heels of the Venice Biennale Danza and The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave, Oli Mathiesen takes us on a bold takatāpui rebirth of the Village People.
Off Axis

15 October 2026

What happens when the cypher falls off axis? Drawing from Hip Hop culture and freestyle practice, this work explores uncertainty, instinct and the search for new ways to move together.
When It Is Finished + GLIMMER

Oct 16 2026

When It Is Finished explores embodied knowledge with Narrm Melbourne-based Deanne Butterworth; while Glimmer is a choreographic meditation exploring the trajectory of transgender time from our own val smith.
WHITE NOISE + Oro

Oct 16 2026

An electrifying performance, WHITE NOISE has emerged from award-winning creator/performer Alisha McLennan Marler’s lived experience of disability, as an artist, mother, and person. Presented with a short work from Oro.
Tendrils of Tomorrow

Oct 17 2026

Two of our tertiary dance institutions come together for one night only with original works by Matte Roffe, Sarah Knox with Third Year dancers, Horn's Out and Kerah McLean Duffy.
The Room Would Split Open

17-18 October 2026

A body does not re-organise alone. Directed by Kelly Nash, The Room Would Split Open asks what care can do when it becomes physical, political and choreographic.