Choreolab 2025
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Tracks Choreolab 2025
Tracks Studio
Workshop Program: February 8 - April 11, 2025
Public Showings: April 12, 2025
Choreolab offers a unique, specialised environment to delve into choreography, collaboration, devising, and dance-making. Over 10 weeks, learn, explore and experience choreographic skills and processes in a relaxed group setting, and create short dance works together with the support of the Tracks creative team.
The program is co-led by Jenelle Saunders and David McMicken with special guest facilitators across the course, including James Mangohig (Music), Alyson Evans (Theatre and Characterisation), and Rachael Wallis (First Nations, Contemporary).
Choreolab begins with a half-day Intensive, where we submerge into an immersive, rich and playful environment for choreographic creativity together. The program is aimed at participants with some level of experience in dance or movement (in any style) or with a current arts practice, and curiosity into the choreographic craft.
2025 Choreolab participants: Anita Lakatos, Antony Sinni, Bibi Ahmed, Daisy Kate Kennington, Flynn, Grace Dong, Jennie Attrill, Jocelyn Tribe, Jude McGrath, Kyhanna Tabakovic, Marie Laruffa, Michael van Berkel, Nadine Lee, Sheila Rose
Company Partners
Tracks Inc is Tracks Inc is proudly sponsored by the Northern Territory Government, and assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts funding and advisory body.
Tracks 2025
Artistic Director: David McMicken. Artistic Leadership Team: Rachael Wallis, James Mangohig, Jenelle Saunders, Alyson Evans, Bec Reid. Company Director: Sean Pardy. Production Manager: Duane Preston. Dance Animateur: Kelly Beneforti (On parental leave). Administrator: Jocelyn Tribe. Bookkeeper: It Figures. Auditors: AMW Audit
Committee Members: Chairperson: Max Dewa Stretton/David Taylor. Treasurer: Glenn Bernardin. Ordinary Members: Andrea Wicking, David Taylor, Max Stretton, Lachlan Peattie, Rachael Wallis, Anna Lindsay, Venaska Cheliah, Sarah Rennie. Ex-Officio: David McMicken, Sean Pardy
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If you're an NT artist or arts worker aged 18 to 25, you love dance, production, music, and want experience in the industry, we can help you go for this amazing opportunity!
NXT GEN ARTS is a fantastic program run through Arts NT...
**$13,000** to fund your work placement with us at Tracks! This includes **$10,000** for your artist fees and **$3,000** to us for facilitating and mentoring.
Applications are open from now until 31 May 2025 or until funding runs out.
If you're keen, reach out and we can chat about making your creative dreams come true!
This is an opportunity to dive into a world of movement and expression... While getting paid! We celebrate the Northern Territory’s rich heritage through dance, bringing together local artists from unique backgrounds—from head-spinning breakers to ochre-painted elders, sharing our vibrant stories. If this sounds like you, definitely hit us up!
Yinapaka Story
Read the Yinapaka story as told to Tracks by Wanta Jampijinpa Patrick - Story
Staff Change
Huge shout out to Debbie, our amazing Administrator since 2022! Debbie has recently wrapped up her time here at Tracks Dance Company to move into the event management space with Agentur. We wish her the very best and look forward to seeing her around no doubt.
Thank you Debbie for sharing your magic with our team and always ensuring a smooth slay in the admin grind. Debbie’s brilliant contributions will always be remembered: juggling meetings, website management, filing, marketing, all while fielding phones, emails and wrangling our wonderful Grey Panthers into class!
So who will fill the void you may be wondering? Introducing… Jocelyn Tribe, the newest addition to the Tracks Dance Team. A big warm welcome Jocelyn! We are really looking forward to seeing the dynamics of our team grow as she slides into the Administrator role with the grace of a seasoned arts worker and artist. Back in the day when Tracks first moved to Harbour View Plaza Jocelyn was in the role of Anchor Tenant for our old Frog Hollow location. Jocelyn's fusion of artistry and administrative acumen is about to spark some serious fireworks in our collective creative journey. If you are curious to have a further lurk about Jocelyn, you can read more about her here.
DATE AND TIME
7pm - Fri 16 August 2024
3pm - Sat 17 August 2024
7pm - Sat 17 August 2024
3pm - Sun 18 August 2024
7pm - Sun 18 August 2024
PRICE
General Admission $30
Concession $25
Location
Tracks Dance Studio
Ground Floor Harbour View Plaza, 8 McMinn Street, Darwin City
Fresh Tracks. Photo: Duane Preston. Clare Heath, Natina Demetriou, David McMicken, Lyn Minchin
Company Partners
Tracks Inc is proudly sponsored by the Northern Territory Government.
Project Partners
Proudly Supported by Newmont International through their Community Investment Program, and the Northern Territory Government
Tracks 2024
Artistic Director: David McMicken
Company Director: Sean Pardy
Associate Artistic Director: Jess Devereux
Production Manager: Duane Preston
Dance Animateurs: Kelly Beneforti & SJ Spillett
Administrator: Jocelyn Tribe
Bookkeeper: It Figures
Auditors: Brian Tucker Audit
Committee Members: Chairperson: Max Dewa Stretton/David Taylor. Treasurer: Glenn Bernardin. Ordinary Members: Andrea Wicking, David Taylor, Max Stretton, Lachlan Peattie, Rachael Wallis, Anna Lindsay, Venaska Cheliah, Sarah Rennie. Ex-Officio: David McMicken, Sean Pardy
