Join us for an exquisite evening of science and dance presented by The Stellar Company, featuring the Chamaeleon Collective
and Hilal Dance Australia
6.30pm, 29th April - International Dance Day @ Gorman Arts Centre
6.30pm, 30th April bonus pre show talk by Dr Brad Tucker and Professor Susan Scott.
Presented in partnership with Ausdance ACT and supported by Inspiring Australia and the ACT Government
Image credit: O&J Wikner Photography
BOLD Moves is a series of free dance and exercise classes for older Canberrans living in the Gungahlin, Whitlam and Woden region.
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The project builds on the Taylor Mingle program,
been connecting new residents in the North Gungahlin
region to meet each other, create a sense of belonging
and become more involved in their community.
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Wednesdays @ 1-2pm, Suburban Land Agency Display Village, Whitlam
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Thursdays @ 11.30-12.20pm, Woden Library
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Fridays @ 11.30-12.30pm, The Hive Margaret Hendry School, Taylor
Olympic Edition!
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​We celebrated the power of inclusion and imperative for excellence, The Stellar Company bring you a stunning lineup of Canberra’s most engaging community dance companies.
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'watch out for it in 2025. It is one of the more unique and inspiring highlights of the Canberra Dance calendar'
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Canberra Critics Circle
Image credit: O&J Wikner Photography
​Virtual View (2024) is an ACT/Austral/Asian female led exchange exploring the potential of Extended Reality (XR) for people of all abilities. The project builds on the interplay between body, identity and cross-cultural exchange in the metaverse and is an online and in-person collaboration
Stellar Step UP! is funded by the ACT Health Directorate under the Healthy Canberra Grants program: Focus on Supporting Healthy and Active Living for Children and Young People.
​Join us for a series of free classes suited to women of ALL ages, abilities and backgrounds, where you will learn a special routine and perform it "flashmob" style in iconic Canberra locations. Society may overlook women, especially as they age, but COUNT HER IN is here to ensure we're SEEN and celebrated! Led by Susan Innis, these classes offer more than just dance – they're a chance to reclaim visibility and showcase the power, vitality, and vibrancy of women at every age.
Recent Events
a dance film created by Sue Healey.
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A community driven love letter to Canberra, Canberra’s people and Canberra’s future. And... Breathe moves the body and mind towards a cleaner future for people of all ages and abilities
as we move towards
Zero Emissions in 2045.
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130 Community artists join to celebrate our breath, our land, our voice.
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This land was never ceded.
Danse de la Lune
Danse de la Lune (Moon Dance) is a film created by Chamaeleon Collective and Melanie Lane. After a 4 day workshop exploring the spirit of the moon, its energy and the imagination it conjures, the Chamaeleon dancers celebrate its power through dance, dreams and togetherness.
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Now in film festivals around the world... click image to watch film!
Reef UP! toured to 4 ACT Libraries in National Science Week! We are looking forward to sharing dance, science and how to save our reefs!!
Sirius is a program of talks, training and arts activities which embeds disability practice within and for the LGBTQIA+ community. We offer a series of mentoring and access programs designed and delivered by leading organisations and artists with lived experience. All sessions are free but booking necessary.
Welcome
National Folk Festival 2024
The Chamaeleon Collective took to the main stage of the National Folk festival over Easter and rocked it! 12 dancers sharing the love of dance and music with a focus on the Fibonacci Sequence. Such a great event and we are so proud of our dancers!
The Chameleon Collective are a boutique offering of artistic excellence in the inclusive and accessible arts field. The collective epitomizes the vision of a forward looking, Canberra. The next generation of artists being invested in by the current generation of artists living with and without disability.
Celebrate the power of inclusion and imperative for excellence! The Stellar Company brings you a stunning lineup of Canberra’s most engaging community dance companies.
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Our debut season in 2022 was reviewed as:
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'Glowingly beautiful, cheeky, powerful, revealing and masterful … a superbly presented program' Australian Arts Review
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Our program features a range of artists of all ages, backgrounds and abilities from 8 to 80 years - join us to shake up the end of 2023!!!
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This event has Auslan Interpretation, Audio Description and Captioning and is supported by the ACT Government.
Acknowledgement of Country
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land upon which we create our work, the Ngunnawal and Ngambri People, as the traditional custodians of the Canberra region.
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We pay respects to elders past present and emerging.
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The Stellar Company acknowledges the significance of Canberra as a meeting place over millennia for other Aboriginal groups, the legacy of over 60,000 years of culture and the continuing legacy for other Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people.
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We are privileged to be here and walk gently on the land.
About us
The Stellar Company is a non for profit arts organisation based in the ACT with a 16 year history. We activate professionally produced, quality arts practice through a lens of cultural equity, embedded accessibility, social inclusion and sustainability.
Directed by Liz Lea we work in a fully inclusive, intercultural and intergenerational capacity to bring the social, physical and mental benefits of arts practice to all members of our community in the ACT and connecting across Australia and Asia.
Our Programs
Artistic Vision 2023-27
Chamaeleon Collective
The Chameleon Collective are a boutique offering of artistic excellence in the inclusive and accessible arts field.
Stellar Step UP!
Stellar Step UP! is a suite of specially designed movement programs which reach out to and connect with a broad range of communities of young people.
A Stellar Line Up
Stellar Productions provide quality arts programming and producing for inclusive events all across the ACT.
Sirius Training
Sirius aligns science and dance in an education context to enable all participants to shine like the brightest star
Pleiades Sisters
Pleiades champions women to reach their potential in wellbeing, arts and business. 7 women mentored by 7 business experts and in turn mentoring 7 young women.
Gemini Exchange
The Gemini Project explores contemporary Austral/Asian identity and the culture of disability. I Dance is a film festival of dance films curated to showcase excellence in dance films created
Programs we are Proud to support
I DANCE
I Dance is a film festival of dance films curated to showcase excellence in dance films created by artists living with disability across the ACT, Australia and the world.
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Bold Access
BOLD Access provides the accessibility aspect of The BOLD Festival, Australia’s only is an international presentation of intercultural, inclusive and intergenerational dance
Project Dust
Project Dust is an emerging First Nations dance group with a vision to build young mob confident and strong in their culture through dance
