Phluxus2 Dance Collective is an award-winning Brisbane based dance theatre company founded in 2006 and led by choreographer Nerida Matthaei. Our work explores beautifully abstract movement landscapes that turn paradigms of performance on its head. The collective boasts some of Queensland’s best dance artists and creates cutting-edge performance work that is relevant to artists and audiences.

The companies’ major works include: the machine that carries the soul, The Opposite of Prompt, chinese whispers/broken telephone, Boiling Point, de-generator, The Paratrooper Project, Angel Monster, 10, The Next 14 Seconds and the flagship annual new work seeding initiative the indepenDANCE project. The company has been awarded numerous accolades including Best Dance Film at New Wave Film Festival Munich, People's Best Dance Film at Seoul International Short Film Festival, Best of the Festival in both 2022 and 2023 at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and many more.

The company, celebrating its 20th year has collaborated with artists and companies nationally and internationally, with recent highlights including Sadari Movement Lab (South Korea), Motion Mongolian Dance Festival (Mongolia), Queensland Theatre, Queensland Ballet and Qld Performing Arts Centre to name a few. The company has strong and important ties with the Queensland community delivering inspired and inspiring activities and activations.

Choreographer: Nerida Matthaei
Performers: Jade Brider, Asher Bowen-Saunders, Hsin-Ju Ely, Georgia Pierce, Jacob Watton
Production Coordinator & Lighting Designer : Keith Clark
Sound Design and Composition: Ben Ely, Harmi Te Kuru & Nerida Matthaei
Costume Design: Lisa Fa’alafi & Nerida Matthaei
Visual Artistry: Arabella Walker
Set Design: Nerida Matthaei and Arabella Walker
Producer: Phluxus2 Dance Collective & Cluster Arts

The Next 14 Seconds is a bold, interdisciplinary dance work that transforms a vast cosmic idea into an intimate, human experience. Blending explosive physicality with striking visual design, sound, and audience interaction, it creates a visceral, immersive world where meaning is felt as much as understood. Its unique '14 seconds' concept offers a powerful lens on human existence, evolution, and connection. Audiences are drawn into its emotional intensity, and moments of humour and tenderness, leaving not just as spectators but participants-prompted to reflect on their place in the world and what they might change in their own next 14 seconds.

The collateral we can provide includes:

• Hero Imagery and Marketing Images
• Production Images
• Promotional Reel
• Prior Review Grabs
• Prior Award Nominations

Engagement activities we can provide include,

• tactile tours
• interviews and marketing engagement with artists
• dance and choreographic workshops for community and schools
• discussions and forums