Home / What's On / Lucie In the Sky

Australasian Dance Collective

Lucie In the Sky

Dance

Playhouse, QPAC

5 - 13 May 2023
$65 - $75

A transaction fee of $7.20 applies.

Discounts Available

Concession, Youth, Four Ticket Offer, Groups, Schools

more info

1 hour

(no interval, subject to change without notice)

Buy Tickets

Image Credit: David Kelly

Six dancers. Five drones. Endless emotions.

In this ambitious new work, Australasian Dance Collective brings art and technology together in a world-first project. Lucie In the Sky will see drones choreographed using human movement patterns to emulate emotions and personalities.

Inviting the audience into a world where humanity and technology share vulnerabilities, hopes and fears, Lucie In the Sky explores the melding of drones and dancers, humanising the drones and bringing the ‘Pixar’ effect into real life.

Complex relationships are thrust into the spotlight, as we explore the balance of power and our deep-seated need for each other. Peers. Companions. Friends. Foes.

Get ready to suspend disbelief during this incredibly ambitious project with Australasian Dance Collective, as they create a new world on-stage.

Read the Full Program here.

The work’s overall impression is beautiful and meditative. The choreography – devised in collaboration with ADC’s artists and, for the drones, with their programmers Verity Studios – is intricate, evocative and entrancing.

- Limelight

Choreography throughout by Hollingsworth together with the ADC dancers is luscious – rippling from grounded detailed movement on the floor to airborne athleticism. All six dancers are wonderful to watch.

- Dance Australia

A performance that leaves its audiences with questions is a performance worth watching, and this production will stay with you for some time.

- Brisbane Stage

The intricate choreography goes from grand to intimate and back again as we are ebbed and flowed through the world-first theatrical experience.

- Blue Curtains

You may also like

Ballet

Dance

Queensland Ballet

Triple Bill

Must close 5 Jul 2025

Playhouse, QPAC

Showcasing the best of Australian artistry in this stunning production featuring acclaimed choreographers Natalie Weir, Jack Lister, and Greg Horsman, with live music by Camerata.

Dance

First Nations

Bangarra Dance Theatre

Illume

1 - 9 Aug 2025

Playhouse, QPAC

Step out of the shadows and into the phenomena of light to experience this new theatrical experience, drawing together music, visual arts and dance.

Classical Music

Circus and Physical

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

Circa & The Art of Fugue

5 Aug 2025, 7pm

Concert Hall, QPAC

This extraordinary multi-artform experience combines Johann Sebastian Bach’s The Art of Fugue with contemporary acrobatics.

First Nations

Dance

Brisbane Festival

Preparing Ground

5 - 7 Sep 2025

Cremorne Theatre, QPAC

Preparing Ground embodies First Nations storytelling, Sovereignty and what it means to belong to a land that remembers.

Cabaret

Comedy

Reuben Kaye – enGORGEd

6 Nov 2025, 7:30pm

Concert Hall, QPAC

Fast, on the edge and brutally funny, multi-award-winning Australian comedian, singer, writer, Reuben Kaye returns to QPAC!

Ballet

Dance

Family / Kids

Queensland Ballet

The Nutcracker

5 - 13 Dec 2025

Lyric Theatre, QPAC

Perfect for the whole family, Queensland Ballet’s festive favourite returns for one last year to enchant audiences with its sparkling winter wonderland.

Dance

First Nations

Brisbane Festival

Baleen Moondjan

18 - 21 Sep 2025

The Landing at Queen’s Wharf

In his first major commission since leaving Bangarra Dance Theatre, creative visionary Stephen Page brings his contemporary ceremony to his hometown.

Special Events

Post Performance Q&A

Tue 9 May 2023, 1:00 PM & Thu 11 May 2023, 1:00 PM

Pre-show talk from Artistic Director, Amy Hollingsworth and post-performance Q&A’s after matinee performances on Tuesday, 9 May and Thursday, 11 May. Duration including the talk and Q&A is 90 minutes from 1 – 2:30pm.

Important Information

Age Recommendation

8 years and older.

Warning

Contains drones, strobe lighting, haze and occasional high sound pressure levels.

Please note by attending this performance you consent to have drones operated within 30m of yourself. Please see the following full disclaimer regarding drone usage in the production for more information.

Accessibility at QPAC

For wheelchair users, Companion Card holders or those requiring assistance, dedicated seating options are available, and bookings can be made through our Call Centre by calling 136 246. You can also find information on access and accessibility at QPAC here .

Presented by Australasian Dance Collective

Lucie In the Sky is supported by the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund – an Australian Government initiative.

Buy Tickets