From letting loose in the lounge room to enthralling audiences on stage, this exhibition captures the experience of lives lived through dance. Drawn from the National Portrait Gallery collection and incorporating the work of contemporary photographers, Dancer reflects the freedom and joy of rhythmic movement and its power to connect across shared experiences, cultural knowledge, and teaching.
Featuring fifty prints, including portraits of dance legends Irina Baronova, Robert Helpmann, Hélène Kirsova, Graeme Murphy, Gideon Obarzanek, Anna Pavlova, Marilyn Rowe, and Janet Vernon, as well as two audiovisual works.
Julian Kingma, Steven Heathcote, 2007, type C photograph on paper, 73 × 58.2cm. Gift of the artist 2008. © the artist. Courtesy the artist and National Portrait Gallery, Australian Capital Territory
David Roche Gallery
7 June to 16 August 2025
South Australia
