Help LGI write the next chapter of PIECES

2025 marks two decades of PIECES—LGI’s annual commissioning program that champions independent choreographers to develop and premiere bold new short works.

What began as Pieces for Small Spaces, with five artists presenting 10-minute works in a room above a garage, has grown into a vital platform for independent dance. In 2024, PIECES reached its biggest stage yet, through a major collaboration with University of Melbourne Arts and Culture (UMAC), and a season at the Union Theatre.

Now, we’re looking to the future and asking for your support to shape what comes next.

We’re raising funds to expand PIECES so choreographers can dream even bigger and:

• Work with larger ensembles
• Collaborate deeply with composers and designers
• Fully realise their ambitious visions on a main stage

Your support brings more dancers into the room and more collaborators by each choreographer’s side, creating paid opportunities for independent artists across disciplines.

To celebrate 20 years of PIECES, every donation will be doubled up to $20,000! Thanks to generous matched giving your donation will go twice as far in supporting the next generation of choreographers through the program. 

Every donation will help us:

• Pay more dancers to collaborate on PIECES works
• Bring composers, designers and other artists into the room
• Support the creation of bold new contemporary dance
• Provide artists more time, space, and resources to grow their ideas
• Take works from the studio to main stage
• Grow a platform that’s shaped Melbourne's dance future for 20 years—and counting

All donations above $2 are tax deductible. Donations above $100 will be acknowledged on LGI’s website and other platforms (unless you prefer to remain anonymous). 

Please donate today.

Commissioning Circle

Another way to support LGI is by joining our Commissioning Circle, a committed group of individuals who give $2,000+ annually. Commissioning Circle members receive invitations to LGI events throughout the year, including opening nights and work-in-progress showings.

If you’re interested in increasing your support and involvement with LGI, please contact Ally Harvey, Executive Producer & Deputy CEO, at admin@lucyguerininc.com. 

View more information on Lucy Guerin Inc and our works.

Lucy Guerin Inc is endorsed as a deductible gift recipient (DGR) by the Australian Taxation Office and is a registered charity on the Australian Government’s Register of Cultural Organisations (ROCO) under subdivision 30-B of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997. Donations of $2 or more are tax deductible. A tax receipt for your kind donation will be emailed to you through this online GiveNow platform.