Presented by Arts and Culture Trust and Sydney Dance Company

Engine unites three extraordinary choreographers; Rafael Bonachela, Fran Diaz and Melanie Lane, for an exhilarating performance that promises bold, fearless dance.

Rafael Bonachela presents The Journey Itself is Home, a new work featuring music by Grammy Award-winning composer Bryce Dessner and inspired by 17th-century Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō.

Bringing The Mass Ornament by remarkable Berlin-based Spanish choreographer Fran Diaz to Australia for the first time, this hypnotic work, set to the music of Henryk Górecki, reimagines Siegfried Kracauer’s seminal 1927 essay. Diaz compellingly transforms the concept of mass movement into an exploration of connection and collectivity, where individuality coexists, not in opposition, but in dialogue.

Completing the bill is acclaimed choreographer Melanie Lane’s Love Lock, a reimagined folk dance of the future, drawing upon collective experiences of diverse cultures, an accelerating world and disappearing lands. Love Lock celebrates the binding ability of dance to move, warn and empower, showcasing costume design by celebrated Australian fashion designer Akira Isogawa, layered with texture and colour, and a score composed by UK electronic artist Clark.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “...choreographed with electric intelligence by Melanie Lane.” – Sydney Morning Herald
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “Love Lock is a work of bold genius and unfiltered creativity... It’s a cult I absolutely want to join.” – BachTrack
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “...Love Lock feels exceedingly contemporary. In fact, it feels like a glimpse into the future. You just can’t look away.” – ArtsHub
★ ★ ★ ★ “Each element of Love Lock is expertly crafted and together creates an unparalleled synergy. Every aspect – choreography, score, costuming and set – synthesises into a spectacular explosion of colour, richness and immersion that leaves the audience craving more.” – State of the Art

A Triple bill featuring:
The Journey Itself is Home by Rafael Bonachela
The Mass Ornament by Fran Diaz
Love Lock by Melanie Lane

Image by Pedro Greig

The Sydney Dance Company 2026 National Tour has been assisted by the Sydney Dance Company Touring Fund as well as the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body, and is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.
Engine Tour presenting partner - The Art House, Wyong.
Engine Tour Season Partner, WA - McCusker Charitable Foundation
Fran Diaz’s The Mass Ornament is generously supported by Sydney Dance Company’s Visionary Patron, the Clegg Foundation.
The Mass Ornament is commissioned by Hessisches Staatsballett and performed in Australia with its kind permission.
Love Lock was originally supported as part of Sydney Dance Company’s TwoFold season, by Visionary Patron, the Clegg Foundation.

Premium

• $95.00 - $105.00 Adult

A Reserve

• $81.00 - $90.00 Adult
• $69.00 - $77.00 Concession (Full-time Students, Pensioners, Seniors Card holders, Juniors 16 years and under, Health Care Card)
• $65.00 - $72.00 Groups 6+

B Reserve

• $63.00 - $70.00 Adult
• $54.00 - $59.50 Concession (Full-time Students, Pensioners, Seniors Card holders, Juniors 16 years and under, Health Care Card)
• $50.00 - $55.50 Groups 6+
• $49.00 - $54.00 Under 30s

Schools Matinee (12:00pm Thursday, 6 August)

• $29.00 School Groups 8+ (One complimentary per 10 booked)
  For group bookings phone (08) 6212 9291 or email groups@artsculturetrust.wa.gov.au

Babes in arms permitted for infants up to 2 years.

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