Step By Step - Dancealong

Information

A 60-minute dancealong through a century of popular dance crazes — Bunny Hop to the Macarena to The Nutbush — moves everyone half-remembers from wedding dance floors, now centre stage. Live performance, video design and full-audience participation combine: as each craze rolls through, video reveals where it really came from — Black clubs, queer ballrooms, Caribbean and migrant dancefloors — pairing joyous, all-in fun with genuine cultural attribution. Created by Peta Spurling-Brown, with video design by Mat Morison, the show is guided live by a host, dance captain and ensemble who lead every move, so no dance experience, partner or body type is required. For presenters, it's a rare all-ages, all-abilities offer: a full-house party with real substance underneath — strong audience development potential, a built-in marketing hook, and a night that gets whole communities on their feet.
Company
Hey Dowling
Company / Artist Bio
Peta Spurling-Brown — Creator & Director: Producer, director and creator with over a decade developing and touring contemporary live performance across Australia and internationally. Executive Director of Hey Dowling. Career spans co-producing the Australian premiere of Fleabag to co-creating Smashed — The Brunch Party, which sold out Adelaide Fringe and transferred to Sydney Festival and Auckland Arts Festival. Step By Step is her most ambitious original work, drawing on a lifelong engagement with dance that began at age two, including a national competition in Ballroom Dancing and featuring on the first season of Strictly Dancing. Video Designer Mat Morison; Host Malia Walsh
Location
VIC
Artform
Street dance
Audience
Adults - General
Venue suitability
Black boxSpiegeltent / temporary venueOutdoorsFestival
Reviews
“It's about good, clean fun, with lots of lovely strangers who will be your friends by the end of the night.” AUDIENCE MEMBER (Adelaide Fringe 2026):
Duration
60 mins
Touring Party
6
Previous Seasons
2025 Development Showing, The Mill Adelaide, SA; 2026 Work In Progress season Adelaide Fringe, The Garden of Unearthly Delights, SA; 2026 Bleach Festival, Lakeside Stage, QLD (upcoming)
Estimated Remount Cost
$5 - 10k
Weekly Sell-Off Fee
$20k+
Royalty %
10
Availability
202720282029 or later
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/heydowling
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551074235707
Contact Name
Peta Spurling-Brown
Contact Phone
0401 437 886
Contact Email
peta@heydowling.com.au

Program information

Presentation date
Tuesday 8 September
APAX presentation type
1-min introduction video

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