THREE 2026 Masterclasses

Name: THREE 2026 Masterclasses
Start: 2026-07-11T10:00:00+1000
End: 2026-07-18T14:30:00+1000
Location: ADC Studio 1, Level 4, Judith Wright Arts Centre

Sat, 11 Jul, 10am - Sat, 18 Jul, 2:30pm AEST

ADC Studio 1, Level 4, Judith Wright Arts Centre

Fortitude Valley QLD, Australia

Australasian Dance Collective

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16+ years with intermediate level contemporary dance experience as a minimum

Learn directly from choreographers Amber McCartney, Harrison Ritchie-Jones and Joel Bray in a series of masterclasses exploring the creative processes and repertoire behind THREE: McCartney / Ritchie-Jones / Bray, showing at Brisbane Powerhouse this July.

SATURDAY 11 JULY

Joel Bray | 10am — 11.30am

Amber McCartney | 12pm — 1.30pm

SATURDAY 18 JULY

Harrison Ritchie-Jones & Michaela Tancheff | 1pm — 2.30pm

All First Nations Artists are invited to attend ADC Masterclasses free of charge — apply discount code FIRSTNATIONSARTIST at checkout.

Ticket Offer

Book more than one masterclass and save:

1x Masterclass for $30
2x Masterclasses for $50 ($25ea)
3x Masterclasses for $60 ($20ea)

Lineup

Amber McCartney

Amber McCartney is a Naarm/Melbourne-based dancer and choreographer. Her practice incorporates prosthetics, mask-making, film and practical special effects to create new augmented bodies, unfamiliar to both the performer and viewer. Amber has worked extensively with Chunky Move, Lucy Guerin Inc and is a creative associate of Tasdance. This year Amber received a John Truscott Artists Award for her solo ‘Tiny Infinite Deaths’, performed in ‘Rising’ at the National Gallery of Victoria. The work originally premiered in ‘Pieces’ 2022, commissioned by Lucy Guerin Inc and The Substation. This year Amber premiered her solo ‘Baby Girl’, commissioned by Tasdance, for MONA FOMA in the Nolan Gallery, Mona. In 2022 she was honoured to receive a Chloe Munro Fellowship from Lucy Guerin Inc. She won a Green Room Award for Best Performer in Prue Lang’s Project F and was a finalist for Telstra Emerging Choreographer Award. Her film ‘Tiny Passenger’ was screened in dance(lens), Dancehouse. In 2020 Amber was a recipient of Solitude 1, Chunky Move’s home-based residency program and created her film ‘Softtrap’ for the 2021 Activators program.
Harrison Ritchie-Jones

Harrison Ritchie-Jones is an award winning choreographer, dancer and film maker whose work is seen as making waves with his eclectic and unconventional approach to dance. Clashing forms and styles with high technical skill, he's using dance as a frame for absurdity, physical virtuosity and surreal storytelling. Based in Naarm/Melbourne Australia, he has presented his works in a diverse range of settings across Australia - from black box theatres to town halls, from white box galleries to night clubs. As a choreographer he has been commissioned and/or presented by organisations across Australia including Lucy Gurerin Inc, Sydney Dance Company, Stephanie Lake Company, Strut & PICA, RISING Festival, Dark MOFO Festival, MONA, Gertrude Contemporary and Melbourne Fringe Festival. Much in demand as a dancer, he has worked regularly with most of Australia's leading choreographers including Stephanie Lake, Antony Hamilton, Jo Lloyd, Lucy Guerin, Melanie Lane and Alisdair Macindoe. Recent works created by Harrison and his collaborators include: Requiem for a CUDDLE (Fitzroy Town Hall/ Fringe Festival 2025), R.A.I.N (Chunky Move 2025), TANTRUM For 6 (Northcote Town Hall 2025, DARKMOFO:NIGHT MASS 2025), CUDDLE (Chunky Move/Frame Festival 2023, Arts House 2024, Sydney Dance Company’s INDance 2024, STRUT Dance and PICA'S Restore 2025), CLUBBLE (RISING 2024, MONA 2024), Cold-Tooth (Gertrude Contemporary 2024), JUNGLE FURY (Four Sites/Frindge Festival 2024), BIG WIG SMALL GIG (Stephanie Lake Company’s ESCALATOR 2023), Banshee Cried Silver (The Substation/Frame Festival 2023, Dancehouse/Dance (Lens) 2023), Shimmer of the Numinous (NextWave/Brunswick Mechanics institute 2019). Harrison is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts.
Joel Bray

Living in Naarm (Melbourne), Joel Bray is a proud Wiradjuri man who danced in Europe with Kolben Dance, FRESCO Dance Company, Roy Assaf and Niv Sheinfeld & Oren Laor, and in Australia with CHUNKY MOVE. Joel’s intimate dance-theatre encounters in unorthodox spaces spring from his Wiradjuri heritage, and use humour to engage audiences in rituals about sex, history, trauma and healing. His experimental work challenges white audience expectations of Aboriginal performance and blur the colonial genres. His works Biladurang (2017), Dharawungara (CHUNKY MOVE, 2018), Daddy (Yirramboi Festival 2019), Considerable Sexual License (Yirramboi 2021), I Liked It, BUT (2021) and Garabari (2022) have toured to the Brisbane, Sydney, Darwin, Midsumma, Auckland, LiveWorks and Dance Massive Festivals, and to the Arts Centre Melbourne and Canberra Theatre Centre. Joel’s seven-channel video installation called Giraru Galing Ganhagirri (The Wind Will Bring the Rain) was presented at the National Gallery of Australia, and since toured nationally and internationally. Joel was the 2019 National Library of Australia Creative Arts Fellow and this research into Ancient Wiradjuri ceremonial practices continues, in collaboration with Wiradjuri elders, to inform all of Joel’s work. Joel is the inaugural CHUNKY MOVE Choreographer-in-Residence, a member of the Melbourne Fringe Board and was a 2020 Sydney Dance Company New Breed choreographer.

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Australasian Dance Collective is one of Australia’s leading contemporary dance companies.

Established in 1984 as Expressions Dance Company by Maggi Sietsma AM, the company has created more than 190 works by 86 national and international choreographers.

Based in Brisbane, Queensland, with an extraordinary ensemble of six company artists, we have achieved significant recognition through national awards, including three Helpmann Awards and three Australian Dance Awards.

Under the leadership of Artistic Director & CEO, Amy Hollingsworth, we are a collective of artists, creatives and collaborators working together to connect, empower and inspire. We are defined by our commitment to excellence in both performance and sector development - delivering extensive education and community engagement opportunities - contributing to the evolution and future of contemporary dance.

We create multiple new works annually, collaborate nationally and internationally and present performance seasons at major Australian venues including our presenting partner venue, Queensland Performing Arts Centre.

ADC prioritises collaboration and artistic risk-taking to create exhilarating dance works - redefining our boundaries and reimagining our connection with audiences.

ADC Pre-Professional Program

Our Pre-Professional Program offers full-time vocational training for contemporary dancers. Led by Pre-Professional Program Director Riannon McLean, our PPP aims to cultivate creative, versatile and employable dance artists, with strong and diverse artistic voices and excellence in technical and performance capabilities. Students gain invaluable experience training alongside a professional company and graduate with a CUA60120 Advanced Diploma of Professional Dance (Elite Performance) upon successful completion of the course.

ADC Youth Ensemble

Our Youth Ensemble comprises like-minded dancers aged 14-19, who share the same passions and creative pathways. Creativity is at the forefront of our program and Australasian Dance Collective aims to enrich, inspire and support the young dancers of our community. Youth Ensemble Director Courtney Scheu, leads a program that will enhance the dancers' learning and capabilities by encouraging a strong focus on their individual development. Guest teachers further extend technique through creative skills workshops and there is a great emphasis on the importance of communication as an ensemble as well as the implementation of creative habits to build confidence and encourage curiosity and exploration.

ADC Mature Program

The Mature Program facilitates a range of movement practices, fosters a sense of community, promotes healthy living and positive ageing. Our tailored program invigorates and inspires, developing your physical and creative skills in a welcoming, inclusive, and stimulating environment. Led by Mature Program Director Jaime Redfern, the program encompasses three streams of opportunity: Mature Classes, Mature Intensive and the Mature Ensemble. We welcome anyone who has an interest in moving their bodies, joyously. No previous dance experience is necessary.