Future Makers – Dance Makers Collective

Launched in 2019, Future Makers is Dance Makers Collective’s Emerging Dance Company for creative emerging dance artists aged 18+years.

Future Makers company members participate in rehearsals, professional and skills development, and in creative developments for professional productions. Since launching, Future Makers have performed publicly in a triple bill at Riverside Theatres 2024 (choreographers Rhiannon Newton, Ella Watson-Heath and Eliza Cooper), Blacktown Arts Centre 2022 (choreographies by Kristina Chan, Jasmin Sheppard and the Future Makers), In Situ at Parramatta Park, Sydney Festival 2021, Dance Makers Collective’s The Rivoli in Sydney Festival, January 2020, and in multidisciplinary artist Nadia Odlum’s site specific performance Correspondence at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, February 2020.

The current Future Makers company members are: Jannah Allen, & (Ampersand), Mairi Armour, Jaslyn Boughton, Phaedra Brown, Sarah Francis, Cosima Ivy, Matina (Tia) McAneney, Kate Merrick, Frances Orlina, Ella Power, Daniel Ross, Ashleigh Veitch, Grace White and Bianca Yeung.

Future Makers engage in an annual program which includes a 10-week training program of weekly masterclasses with exciting Australian choreographers, a co-devised season of works with a lo-fi presentation outcome at LOT7 and a professional production annually. Future Makers members also engage in opportunities with DMC such as internships and training to deliver DMC’s public programs, as well as bespoke opportunities and benefits that arise throughout the year.

Future Makers provides a platform for aspiring emerging dancers and choreographers to work with professional artists in an inclusive and challenging environment, where they can develop their skills and work collectively towards public presentation outcomes. Future Makers is designed for enthusiastic dance artists with diverse skills, if you are a great performer, a clever creative, a good team player or any combination we encourage you to apply. The program does not discriminate against style or training; if you have a willingness and aptitude for dance of any kind please come along!

The 2024/5 intake is now closed, however we will be holding an audition for a new intake of participants sometime in April 2025, in advance of the masterclass series which will commence May 2025. Partaking in the masterclass series is also open to independent artists not in Future Makers.

_{The Future Makers program requires an annual membership fee that is used as leverage for funded opportunities. Future Makers also automatically become Community Members, if you have already registered as a Community Member, this fee is deducted from your Future Makers membership.}