Video Credit: Creswick Collective

GARDEN

A living, breathing exploration of lineage, rebellion, and resilience. 

Inspired by the poetic cycles of nature, Garden is an immersive world where wildness meets intentionality, and where every moment teeters between flourishing and fading. 

Bloom by James Batchelor (Kamberri/Berlin) draws on the lineage of Ausdruckstanz (expressive dance) in Australia. Created for and with the young cast, Bloom is a powerful tribute to intergenerational transmission, danced connection, and the enduring expressive spirit of movement. 

Propagated from beautifully raw solo states created by the cast, the beginning is the end is the beginning by Alice Lee Holland (Kamberri) is a to and fro between contemplation and catharsis. 

Movement, sound, and design come together to embody the inevitable rhythms of life - the wild chaos of thriving, the persistent challenge of survival and the tender emergence of new growth. 

“‘The creativity and expansiveness and imagination brought me to tears.’ ”
— Audience member

Image Credit: O&J Wikner Photography

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PREMIERE SEASON 

 2-4 May 2025 

Fitters’ Workshop, Kingston 

FUNDING

QL2 Dance is supported by the ACT Government through artsACT.

SUPPORTERS

CREDITS

  • Artistic Director Alice Lee Holland   

    Artistic Associate Jason Pearce   

    Costume Designer Andrew Treloar   

    Lighting Designers Alice Lee Holland and Ninian Donald   

     

    Bloom    

    Choreographer James Batchelor   

    Sound designer Morgan Hickinbotham   

    Rehearsal director Emma Batchelor   

     

    the beginning is the end is the beginning    

    Choreographer Alice Lee Holland   

    Sound designers STREAMS - Malcolm McDowell and Stevie Smiles   

    Rehearsal assistant Jason Pearce  

  • SENIOR CAST   

    Akira Byrne, Amaya Seamons, Annaliese Bennett, Calypso Efkarpidis, Chloe Curtis, Gigi Rohlach, Jackson O’Loghlin, Jahna Lugnan, Juliet Hall, Kaia Thomas-Hepp, Maja Sejersen, Maya Wille-Bellchambers, Ollie Potter, Reuben Reynolds.   

       

    JUNIOR CAST   

    Ahlia Jesu-Koehler, Annie Lee, Delphi Uzubalis, Imogen Seamons, Juliette Feerick, Marlon Clode, Sylvie Reynolds, Tilly Henderson, Una Miletic.   

       

    INTERNATIONAL CAST – BANGKOK DANCE ACADEMY   

    Natasha Russell Maneesatiean (Tasha), Apissara Hemathulin (Kookkik), Rachatorn Akkarimasupavee (Neay Neay).   

  • Technical Manager Craig Dear, Sidestage Productions   

    Stage Manager Ninian Donald, Australian Dance Theatre   

    Technical Operator Owen Davis, Sidestage Productions   

    Sound Engineering Kimmo Vennonen   

       

    Costume Construction Nicha Puranasamriddhi   

       

    Marketing – Design Rob Clode, limegreentangerine   

    Photography Olivia Wikner, OJ Wikner Photography   

    Documentation Liam Budge, Creswick Collective 

  • Alison Empson, Aminya Hepp, Andrew Bartolich, Anna Samson, Anthony Plevey, Belinda Henderson, Brett Bellchambers, Geoff Hall, Helen Gustafson, Julia Lee, Linda Uzubalis, Naomi Lee, Renee Seamons, Rosa del Castillo, Sandra Miletic.