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2006 Australian Youth Dance Festival

City: Horsham, Victoria
Date: 16 - 22 April 2006
Venue: Horsham Town Hall

Welcome to country

Hazel McDonald
Launch: Horsham Town Hall

Management team

Curator: Kath Papas
Project Manager: Cressida Bradley
Administrative assistant: Kate Caleb
Bec Reid—Facilitator
Mahony Maia Kiely—Artistic Director Finale

Creative Team

David McMicken—Associate Facilitator/Director
Tim Newth—Associate Facilitator/Director
Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey—Composers
Kim Lawler—Video artist
Patrick Ryan—Lighting Designer/Production Manager, Performance Season
Niklas Pajanti—Lighting designer/Production Manager, Finale

Choreographers and Tutors

Nikki Ashby, Kylie Ball, Claudio Climaco, Billie Cook, David Corbet, Matthew Doyle, Jeannette Fabila, Jodie Farrugia, Sela Kiek, Jacob Lehrer, Shonah Honeyhill Sonko, Rowan Marchingo, Justin Meissner, Danielle Micich, Christine Monneron, Jillian Pearce, Lee Pemberton, Stefanie Robinson, Lamine Sonko,

Special features

This AYDF was held in conjunction with Horsham’s annual arts festival, ‘Art is…’ and community programs delivered by the ‘Art is….a common well’ festival generated visual, musical and environmental information that fed the AYDF choreographers, visiting artists and participants.

Structure

Followed the 2004 AYDF model of site-specific work facilitated by Tim & David from Tracks Dance and then built on this model with an additional community component leading up to the festival (see Special features above).

National participants

Extensions YDC (Qld), Steps YDC (WA), John Curtin College of the Arts, Hampton SHS, Indooroopilly SHS, Restless YDC, Fresh Bred Youth Dance Ensemble, room2move Youth Dance Ensemble, Torsion Youth Choreographic Ensemble, Fling Physical Theatre, DanceLAB, Tracks Youth Dance Group,

International participants

Nubrico Youth Dance Company (UK)

Funding

Art is a common well, Horsham RCC, Arts Vic & Vic Place to be, Australia Council, Festivals Australia, The Myer Foundation, Besen Family Trust, Ian Potter Foundation, Pratt Foundation and Regional Arts Victoria. Arts Qld, Arts SA, South Australian Youth Arts Board, and the National Heart Foundation who supported attendance by youth dance companies.