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November 2003
True to form, the dance year in the NT doesn’t look like winding down
until New Year’s Eve when a number of young dancers head off once again
for the Stamping Ground Dance Festival in Bellingen. Ausdance NT is holding
two benefit showcases of men’s and boys’ dance in early December to assist
with their expenses, followed by our end-of-year dance social. Tracks
Dance new website www.tracksdance.com.au was launched by the Chief Minister
of the Northern Territory on 29 November.
Ausdance NT ran a weekend dance intensive in Katherine in October, followed
two weeks later by a musical theatre workshop with Troy Woodcroft on
the eve of his departure for London. Katherine also hosted a group of
Darwin Latin dancers who presented workshops and a social evening in
November. Planning for 2004 is well underway, including a series of youth
dance workshops, The Fuel, which are part of a joint initiative with
Tracks, called UpFroNT. This will assist young dancers from various cultural
backgrounds to hone their dance and performance skills.
n important initiative in the development of Indigenous performing arts
in the Territory. ‘Scoping the Future’ has been announced by the NT Government
through artsNT. It is a partnership between Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Performing Arts (NT), Browns Mart Community Arts, the NT Government
through artsNT and the Australia Council for the Arts. It involves the
development of a detailed strategy for future growth and resourcing of
the Indigenous performing arts sector including traditional and contemporary
dance, music, storytelling, multi-arts and theatre. The scoping study
should be completed by the end of September 2004. Implementation of a
Performing Arts Action Plan will follow.
August 2003
Festival of Darwin
May 2003
Closer contact with the dance community
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