Equally key is the company’s connection to community, Page tells ArtsHub: ‘I think that 40 years ago, community was really central to the vision … and community today is really critical too. In doing so, Stock opened the door for Dancenorth to become an important contributor to the national contemporary dance, landscape, Page believes. Page calls Stock and her General Manager Lorna Hempstead, as well as North Queensland Ballet and Dance Company founder Ann Roberts, ‘pioneers and visionaries’. Co-Artistic Director Amber Haines says of the work and its underpinning concepts: ‘Thousands of artists have passed through Dancenorth since its inception. Read: How to make your tour greenerTouring remains ‘really critical’ for Dancenorth today, Page adds.