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The Training Ground – The Edge

Directed by Bonnie Neate and Suzy Piani
Erindale Theatre, McBryde Crescent, Wanniassa ACT
7pm Friday 24 and Saturday 25 July 2026

The Edge is a full-length contemporary dance work that examines the price of ambition, corporate dehumanisation, greed and psychological warfare. It blends contemporary dance, cinematic storytelling, and digital animation

Richard visited The Training Ground studios to talk to Suzy Piani and Bonnie Neate about The Edge
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Bangarra Dance Theatre – Sheltering

Canberra Theatre Centre
23– 27 May 2026

Three stories of Country. one message of hope: Keeping Grounded, Brown Boys, and Sheoakhonour Bangarra’s past while looking to the future. Together, these three works engage with vital First Nations social and cultural issues, reminding us of the enduring connections between people, land, and spirit.

Barbie spoke to choreographer Glory Tuohy-Daniell
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Bangarra Dance Theatre – Illume

Canberra Theatre
25 July 2025 at 7.30pm and 26 July 2025 at 1.3pm and 7.30pm

Inspired by Sibosado’s Bard – Bardi Jawi Country on the north-western coast of Western Australia, Illume uses music, visual arts and dance to explore the ways light has captivated and sustained Indigenous cultural existence for millennia.

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The Training Ground – Wired

Erindale Theatre
2- 3 August 2024
Choreography by Bonnie Neate and Suzy Piani

Wired is a full-length contemporary dance work based on a true story about an individual who consciously decided to live in the walls and ceiling of a family home to facilitate a ghost-like and unnerving experience for the home’s occupants.  

Barbie visited Erindale Theatre to talk to Bonnie Neate and Suzy Piani
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The Training Ground – Unhinged

Erindale Theatre
Friday 28 – Saturday 29 July 2023
7pm

Unhinged is an original full length dance theatre work, a psychological thriller that explores the original ballet story of Coppelia, is a twisted tale with disturbing themes of love, jealousy, obsession control and manipulation.

Barbie spoke to Bonnie Neate and Suzy Piani from The Training Ground
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The Training Ground – Unravel

Erindale Theatre
7pm, Friday 22 and Saturday 23 July 2022

Unravel is a contemporary dance interpretation of the Shakespearean Romeo and Juliet story. It promises to be emotionally engaging, relevant in its themes to the current day and of a high standard both choreographically and in dance technique.

Barbie spoke to The Training Ground’s co-director, Bonnie Neate
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