NT Dance Company

13/05/2026

Making our way to the UK today for the international premiere of The Other Side of Me.

Six years since the first development, made across the Northern Territory and the United Kingdom, the work premiered in 2023, toured Western and Central Australia in 2024, and was presented at The Australian Ballet’s DanceX in 2025. In 2026, we’ve just finished the East Coast Australian tour before the international UK/Scotland tour.

Out first performance presented with next week!

The production is a collaboration between Gary Lang NT Dance Company and Northumbria University, UK.
The Other Side of Me is produced and toured by BlakDance.

The UK tour has received financial assistance from the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body, the International Cultural Diplomacy Arts Fund and the Northern Territory Government through Arts NT.

07/05/2026

It was a full house on opening night for The Other Side of Me at the !

This marks the closing chapter of the East Coast Tour, produced and toured by

🎫 Limited tickets are still available for The Other Side of Me Friday and Saturday performances.
Purchase your tickets via the Sydney Opera House website.

The Other Side of Me translates into dance the true-life story of a young Aboriginal man, born in the 1960s in the Northern Territory, adopted by a white English family and raised in the English countryside. Drawing on a collection of personal letters and poems, it offers insights into the mind of a man struggling with his belonging from the other side of the world.

📷 Gregory Lorenzutti

01/05/2026

A story that returns across oceans.
Six years after its first development in Newcastle Upon Tyne, with Northumbria University, The Other Side of Me premieres in the United Kingdom this month.

Directed by Larrakia artist Gary Lang, the work traces a lived experience of the Stolen Generations through an intimate dance duet shaped by memory, separation and enduring connection between mothers and sons.

Developed between Australia and the UK, the work honours the real story at its core and the many lives shaped by these histories.

UK Tour 2026
Northern Stage, Newcastle Upon Tyne (presented with Northumbria University)
Wednesday 20 May 2026, 7:00PM

Wick High School, Caithness, presented by Lyth Arts Centre & Dancenorth Scotland, (as part of RISE Festival)
Saturday 23 May 2026, 7:30PM

Eden Court Highlands, Inverness, presented by Eden Court & Dancenorth Scotland, (as part of RISE Festival)
Wednesday 27 May 2026, 7:00PM

The UK tour has received financial assistance from the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body, the International Cultural Diplomacy Arts Fund and the Northern Territory Government through Arts NT.

24/04/2026

The Other Side of Me sets out on Leg Two this week heading to Dharawal Country (Wollongong), Palawa Country - Pataway (Burnie) & Nipaluna (Hobart) and finally Tubowgule on Gadigal Country at Sydney Opera House.

Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, Wollongong
22 - 23 April 2026
https://merrigong.com.au/shows/the-other-side-of-me/

Burnie Arts Centre, Burnie
29 April 2026
www.burniearts.net/Whats-On/Performances/2026-Live/THE-OTHER-SIDE-OF-ME

Theatre Royal, Hobart
01 - 02 May 2026
www.theatreroyal.com.au/shows/other-side-me

Sydney Opera House, Sydney
06 - 09 May 2026
www.sydneyoperahouse.com/dance/other-side-me

Made on Larrakia Country and developed across the United Kingdom, this landmark work carries the strength of community, Elders and ancestral story. Gary Lang brings his long grass ballet into powerful conversation as the work reflects family, memory and return across stage and Country.

We invite our community to share this tour and bring Stolen Generations survivors, Elders, and families to experience this work. It is a story for all of us, of loss, of love, and of coming home.

Read More: https://www.blakdance.org.au/profile-projects/tosomeastcoast

NT Dance Company
Merrigong Theatre Co
Burnie Arts
Theatre Royal, Hobart
Sydney Opera House

16/04/2026

From the top of the country to the bottom, this week we head back out on the road for Leg Two of the East Coast Tour of The Other Side of Me.

★★★★☆ “a confident, carefully crafted production - it invites audiences to witness an internal struggle rendered in muscle, breath and light. It may not hand you every answer, but it offers a space to sit with the important questions.” Weekend Notes

Come through. Tix link in bio. MobTix available.

Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, Wollongong
Wednesday 22 - Thursday 23 April 2026

Burnie Arts Centre, Burnie
Wednesday 29 April 2026

Theatre Royal, Hobart
Friday 01 - Saturday 02 May 2026

Sydney Opera House, Sydney
Wednesday 06 - Saturday 09 May 2026

📷 The Other Side of Me by Gary Lang NT Dance Company, pictured Cheeky Chandler and Alexander Abbot. Image by Gregory Lorenzutti, DanceX 2025, Arts Centre Melbourne.

The Other Side of Me is produced and toured by BlakDance. The tour has received financial assistance from the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

19/03/2026

Gary Lang NT Dance Company is honoured to accept this prestigious award, and we congratulate Alex and Chandler on this sought-after accolade.

It would not be without our stellar team of creatives who all worked tirelessly to bring The Other Side of Me to life. The creative team includes Noelle Shader, Liz Pavey, Jennifer Irwin, Sam Pankhurst, Samuel James, Ariane Pearson, Janet Munyarryun, Josephine Crawshaw, Jesse Norris, Banula Marika, and Joe Mercurio

We are grateful to our dedicated donors and supporters of innovative First Nations dance practice, and thanks the and production partner for their enduring collaboration.

📸 The Other Side of Me, Gregory Lorenzutti

17/03/2026

GLNTDC is incredibly humbled to be recognised by our industry peers at the 2026 Green Room Awards in Narmm last night.

Alexander Abbot and Chandler ‘Cheeky’ Connell were the recipients in the Outstanding Duo category for their performance in The Other Side of Me.

GLNTDC extends a huge thank you to the The Australian Ballet, the creative team including Noelle Shader, performers Alex and Chandler, production partner BlakDance, and the continued support of the Australian Government through Creative Australia and the Northern Territory Government through Arts NT.

03/03/2026

The reviews are in…sharing what our audiences witnessed last week 🖤

We opened leg one of the East Coast Tour to these strong observations. Cannot wait to share with you Wednesday 4th March and Thursday 12th March.
Come through. Link in bio for tickets.

24/02/2026

09/02/2026

We are thrilled to announce The Other Side of Me has received TWO nominations in the 2026 Green Room Awards - Melbourne’s premier performing arts industry awards!

🌟BREAKING GROUND CATEGORY

The Other Side of Me by Gary Lang NT Dance Company presented by The Australian Ballet as part of DanceX

🌟OUTSTANDING DUO CATEGORY

Congratulations to our dancers Alexander Abbot and Chandler Connelli in The Other Side of Me, presented by The Australian Ballet as part of DanceX.

We thank the Green Room Awards, Noelle Shader, BlakDance, The Australian Ballet, Creative Australia, Arts NT and our donor family.

Congratulations to the 2026 Green Room nominees!

📰 Learn more here: https://www.ntdance.org/news/greenroomawards

🎫 Purchase tickets for the The Other Side of Me 2026 East Coast tour: https://www.ntdance.org/tosom2026tour