All In marks my third creative collaboration with choreographer Miranda Wheen, continuing to build our artistic partnership for this exciting new work premiering at Sydney Festival 2025. The score revisits some of our signature elements — including dancer interviews woven into the soundscape and a driving house track.

For this project, I worked closely with the exceptional percussionist Pirishanna Thevarajah, who performed a range of South Indian instruments such as mridangam and mouth harp, bringing a vibrant rhythmic layer to the music.

About All In. 

Dance shows up everywhere — on stages, at weddings, in clubs and in community celebrations. What makes it so universal? Where do ballet and backyard parties intersect? And can movement genuinely spark connection and collective joy?

In All In, the award-winning Dance Makers Collective (creators of The Rivoli, Sydney Festival 2020) explores these questions with artists from a diverse range of styles and communities. Led by Miranda Wheen (Co-Artistic Director, Dance Makers Collective; Associate Artist, Marrugeku), the work features contributions from some of Western Sydney’s most exceptional creatives across flamenco, hip-hop, Bharatanatyam and Dharug dance, including Pepa Molina, Azzam Mohamed, Vishnu Arunasalam and Peta Strachan.

Set within the newly refurbished Parramatta Town Hall, audiences are invited to experience dance in multiple ways — watch world-class choreography, take part in gentle participatory moments, or step onto the dance floor and move in your own way.

Ultimately, All In is a celebration — a chance to come together in a world that often feels divided.

Listen.

01. Reviews

That Show Blog
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Limelight Magazine
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02. Partners

Dance Makers Collective

NSW Government

Australian Government

Creative Australia

All In Team

Director & Choreographer Miranda Wheen
Assistant / Rehearsal Director Marnie Palomares
Producer Carl Sciberras
Composer Fiona Hill
Designer Anya McKee
Lighting Designer Benjamin Brockman
Creative Collaborators Vishnu Arunasalam, Azzam Mohamed, Pepa Molina, Peta Strachan

Co-Choreographers & Performers Samuel Beazley, Mitchell Christie, Eliza Cooper, Emma Harrison, Katina Olsen, Melanie Palomares, Emma Riches, Ella Watson-Heath

Co-Choreographers Jana Castillo, Tra Mi Dinh, Sophia Ndaba

Featuring Cameo Performances from Jannawi Dance Clan, Future Makers, Riddim Nation, Las Flamenkas, Pepa Molina, Vishnu Arunasalam, and Majdy and Seraj Jildah

Indian Percussion Pirashanna Thevarajah
DJ Krystel Diola
Music Mix Bob Scott
Additional Choreography (Jannawi Dance Clan) Peta Strachan
Additional Music (Jannawi Dance Clan) Steve Francis (Composer) and Matthew Doyle (Vocals)
Additional Choreography (Las Flamenkas) Pepa Molina
Additional Music (Las Flamenkas) Manuel Barco
Stage Managers Tom Kelly and William Phillips

Dance Makers Collective is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body, and is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.

Hero image: Joshua Morris
Banner Image: Nat Cartney