05/02/2026
Dance Artist, Max Burgess captured on film 🤍
Last year we had the pleasure of supporting the development of Max’s first solo dance /performance work ‘SISSY’
About Sissy:
“𝘚𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴-𝘪𝘯-𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘌𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳, 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘚𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘺 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘴 𝘛𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘦 𝘑𝘦𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘚𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘺 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘻𝘻𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴.”
Max Burgess is a q***r choreographer, performer, and dramaturg based between Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country (Canberra) and Naarm (Melbourne). As a performer they have collaborated with Stephanie Lake Company, Melanie Lane, Lucy Guerin Inc. and Australian Dance Party. Their work as a performer has spanned the worlds of theatre, visual art, site-specific performance, fashion and film. As a choreographer, Max has developed and presented works through Dancehouse, You Are Here Canberra, Performance Space and QL2 Dance. Max most recently was awarded Best Dance and Physical Theatre at the 2025 Melbourne Fringe Awards for their feature-length solo work Sissy. Max interrogates themes of q***r subjectivity and transformation through their works. By exploring these themes, Max questions how we connect to one another and ourselves.
The show was incredible and we can’t wait to see what he does next!
𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 - 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝
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