(un)bound 2.0
Four emerging choreographers. Four bold new works.
In an electrifying and raw dance performance, Bonnie Curtis Projects will take to the stage on 26th and 27th June at The Phoenix Theatre, Wollongong.
(un)bound 2.0 brings together four emerging choreographers with bold, distinct voices, each interrogating the forces that shape, restrict, and define our bodies.
A body is placed on display, consumed, watched, judged.
Another sits outside the lines, pulled between definitions that never quite fit.
Elsewhere, invisible systems shape everything, influencing our lives in ways we feel but cannot always see.
And beneath it all, a quiet vibration builds, bodies listening, responding, and finding connection in unexpected ways.
This is a night of fresh voices and urgent ideas. Four new contemporary dance works exploring identity, power, gender, visibility, and connection through movement that is sharp, playful, provocative, and impossible to ignore.
No two works are the same, but all of them ask you to look again.
Each piece is choreographed by a cast of fierce emerging dancers, such as
Artistic Director, Bonnie Curtis says, “It’s important to us we continue to support emerging female choreographers because research shows there’s still a gender imbalance in big funding and programming for women in the dance industry.”
Fast becoming known for its combination of performance styles, this year’s collection of solo and group works will captivate and challenge audiences.
Jeni Wilson, of Weekend Notes Melbourne described Bonnie Curtis Projects work as, “unique and clever combination of dance styles, theatre, satire and comedy… interactive, provocative and relatable.”
Support independent dance.
Performance Times
Friday 26 June 2026 at 7:30 pm
Saturday 27 June 2026 at 1:30pm (Relaxed Performance)
Saturday 27 June 2026 at 7:30pm
Approx. 60 mins runtime
Venue
The Phoenix Theatre
24 Bridge Street, Coniston NSW 2500 [view map]
Ticketing and Pricing
Artist & Concession $15.00
For artists, people under 16 years, students, seniors, and anyone who needs a lower-cost option.
Standard Ticket $35.00
For those who’d like to pay the asking price.
Sharing is Caring $45.00
For those who’d like to pay it forward and help us keep tickets accessible and support independent artists.
+ booking fee
Accessibility
The Phoenix Theatre is wheelchair accessible.
If you have access requirements, or require a companion to attend, please email office@phoenixtheatre.net.au and we’ll do our best to support you/provide a companion ticket.
Relaxed Performance
Our Saturday 27 June, 1.30pm performance is a Relaxed Performance.
A Relaxed Performance is designed to create a more comfortable and accessible experience for audiences. You’re welcome to move, make noise, leave and re-enter the space at any time. The doors remain open, and house lights stay on (dimmed) throughout the performance. Lighting and sound may be adjusted, including reducing bright lights or loud moments. You’re also welcome to bring and use any stimming or support devices. Relaxed performances are for anyone who would benefit from a less formal environment. This includes, but is not limited to, people who are neurodivergent, have sensory sensitivities, learning disabilities, movement disorders, Tourette’s syndrome, dementia, anxiety, or have experienced trauma, as well as parents or carers attending with young children. Above all, this is a space where you can experience the work in a way that feels right for you.
Important Information
A strict lockout period applies. Please arrive early to avoid disappointment.
Suitable for ages 15+. Contains adult themes. Some content may be distressing for some audience members.
Cast and Credits
Producer and Artistic Director
Bonnie Curtis
Cast
Courtney Allerton
Bonnie Curtis
Bella Lopes de Oliveira
Sara Moad
Tina Moss
Hannah Mourin
Steph Wyburn
About The Works
MEAT MARKET by Bonnie curtis
MEAT MARKET asks a simple, unsettling question: “How does a person, or an animal, become a consumable object?”
Diving into how bodies are valued, traded, judged and controlled, MEAT MARKET draws on Carol J. Adams’ seminal text The Pornography of Meat, which examines the links between the objectification of women and the commodification of animals, informing the work’s exploration of consumption, power and gendered violence.
MEAT MARKET leans into spectacle, comedy, and satire to pull you in and keep you watching. Expect something loud, theatrical, and deliberately provocative, a work that entertains, unsettles, and invites you to look at things a little differently.
Performed by Courtney Allerton, Bella Lopes de Oliveira, Sara Moad, Tina Moss, Hannah Mourin and Steph Wyburn.
¿HAIR? by Bella Lopes de Oliveira
¿HAIR? is a solo work that playfully interrogates the experience of being gendered. Through movement, humour, and personal narrative, the piece explores the arbitrary rules and expectations placed on bodies from birth, questioning why identity is so often confined to rigid, binary structures.
Blending satire with moments of sincerity, the work unpacks gender as a social construct, exposing both its absurdity and its impact ¿HAIR? invites audiences into a fluid, shifting space, somewhere in between, and always changing.
Performed by Bella Lopes de Oliveira.
Default by sara moad
Inspired by Caroline Criado Perez’s Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, Default exposes the unseen consequences of a world designed without women in mind.
Default brings to life the invisible systems that shape our daily experiences, from healthcare to transport to public safety, revealing how data bias quietly but powerfully impacts women and marginalised communities.
At once urgent and visceral, Default transforms statistics into sensation, making the invisible visible. It asks: what happens when entire bodies are overlooked in the data that defines our world, and what does it take to be seen?
Performed by Courtney Allerton, Bonnie Curtis, Tina Moss, Hannah Mourin and Steph Wyburn.
Resonant Frequency by tina moss
Our bodies move with a natural frequency — a quiet vibration beneath every gesture. Resonant Frequency explores what it means to harness that innate vibration. What resonance do we emit? How does it shape and amplify when shared, and what unspoken energies emerge between us and ourselves? Can this frequency change within and around us?
This piece invites you to tune in: to the vibrations within, the resonance between bodies, and the possibilities that emerge when we listen deeply.
Performed by Courtney Allerton, Bonnie Curtis, Bella Lopes de Oliveira, Sara Moad, Hannah Mourin and Steph Wyburn.
(un)bound 2.0 is made possible with the support of Annandale Creative Arts Centre, The Phoenix Theatre, and Wollondilly Performing Arts Centre.
For media enquiries contact Bonnie Curtis on 0420 308 221 or info@bonniecurtisprojects.com