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All posts tagged "NAISDA"
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700FeaturedCarriageworks announces winter dance season with new works
This winter Carriageworks, one of Australia’s most significant contemporary multi-arts organisations, will present a compelling line-up of major new dance works and an...
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988FeaturedBangarra Dance Theatre’s ‘Dance Clan’: Stories of emerging artists
After a 10-year hiatus, Bangarra Dance Theatre has announced the return of Dance Clan in 2023, presented at Bangarra’s own Studio Theatre on Gadigal...
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1.2KFeaturedBeau Dean Riley Smith to depart Bangarra after 10 years
Bangarra has announced that Senior Artist Beau Dean Riley Smith will depart after celebrating 10 extraordinary years with the company. Riley Smith...
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906FeaturedBangarra announces the appointment of two new company dancers
Bangarra Dance Theatre is thrilled to announce the appointment of two new dancers, who will join the company this month. Chantelle Lee...
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1.5KFeaturedThe arc of a dance is long and unbroken: Bangarra’s new dancers
There are dance companies, and then there is Bangarra. Imbued with a purpose that goes beyond performance, the country’s top tier indigenous...
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2.9KFeaturedBangarra appoints new company dancer Emily Flannery
Bangarra is thrilled to announce the appointment of a new company dancer, Emily Flannery, a proud Wiradjuri woman from Forbes in the...
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2.1KAustralian Dance ReviewsMarking Bangarra’s 30th anniversary in film: ‘Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra’
February 2021. Bangarra is a Wiradjuri word which means “to make fire”. Firestarter is a stunningly photographed film directed by Nel Minchin and Wayne...
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1.8KFeaturedSydney Opera House presents Dance Rites 2020
The Sydney Opera House will present its sixth annual Dance Rites festival online next month, bringing together 28 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance...
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1.8KFeaturedDance with thy neighbour: Bangarra Dance Theatre and Sydney Dance Company
Some things are too good not to be true. That two of the country’s flagship dance companies, near neighbours geographically, should find ways to...
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2.0KAustralian Dance Reviews‘Colossus’ at Sydney Festival 2020: Stephanie Lake’s big work got bigger and better
Carriageworks, Sydney.16 January 2020. Stephanie Lake’s literally colossal production of Colossus has just hit Sydney Festival with a bang. From its premiere in Melbourne,...
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2.3KAustralian Dance ReviewsNAISDA Dance College’s 2019 season ‘Ngoenakap’
Carriageworks, Sydney.22 November 2019. There was a warm, joyous atmosphere when we entered and a great sense of connection to land and country...
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2.3KFeaturedIt’s coming: Sydney Festival 2020 program announced
Just a few days ago, Sydney Festival announced its highly anticipated 2020 program, featuring an exciting array of theatre, music, visual art...
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2.8KFeaturedA farewell for Bangarra’s Elma Kris
After an extensive career as a long-standing senior member of Bangarra Dance Theatre, the highly-esteemed Elma Kris is retiring from full-time dancer,...
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2.6KFeaturedOther space/Same place: NAISDA’s ‘StoryPlace’
As another year moves to a close, it’s time once more for a batch of EOY productions. For multi-award-winning dancer/choreographer (and now...
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4.9KFeaturedHomeground First Nations festival at the Sydney Opera House
Are you in Sydney? Get down to Sydney Opera House in November for Homeground on 25-26 November 2017. It’s a free event...
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4.1KAustralian Dance Reviews‘From Sand to Stage’ honors 40th anniversary of NAISDA
Carriageworks, Sydney. November 19, 2016. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA), From Sand to Stage also examined...
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Australian Dance Reviews
‘From Sand to Stage’ pays tribute to NAISDA and Aboriginal activism
Carriageworks, Sydney. 19 November 2016. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA) Dance College, the Circle of Cultures season at...
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5.3KAustralian Dance Reviews‘Your Skin My Skin’ by NAISDA
Carriageworks, Sydney December 11, 2014 By Lynne Lancaster of Dance Informa. Directed by Frances Rings, Your Skin My Skin is the end-of-year...
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7.6KFeaturesYou Can’t Miss The Australian Dance Awards!
The Performance Lineup has been Announced! Artistic Director of the Australian Dance Awards, Anton, is extremely excited about this year’s program. “The...
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6.6K1InterviewsFollowing in her mother’s footsteps
Interview with Alexandra Knox and her mother Jennifer Barry Knox. By Jo McDonald. It was 1964 on a Sunday afternoon. Fifteen-year-old Jennifer...
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5.2K1InterviewsThe Brilliantly Painted Dancer
Inspired by traditional painting, indigenous choreographer Vicki Van Hout brings ancient brush strokes to life in Briwyant. By Paul Ransom. Dance, like...
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4.9KTop StoriesBangarra farewells Patrick Thaiday
After ten years with Bangarra Dance Theatre, Patrick Thaiday is moving on from the company. Patrick’s performance of Stephen Page’s Warumuk-in the...
