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MR BIG
MR BIG is about the spirit of Darwin, from its transition as a sleepy little town to one of Australia’s fastest growing cities. Featuring Tracks’ Youth Dancers.
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Lajamanu Residency
Nick Power and Erwin Fenis run week of workshops leading to a performance in this remote Aboriginal Community.
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ANGELS
OF GRAVITY
Lured by gravity, Angels descend from heaven, placing foot upon earth. Journey as they swing us around the middle years.
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Arafura
Games Opening Ceremony – Main Act
A commission by the Northern Territory Government to create the Main Act of the Opening Ceremony for this international sports event.
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LOCAL
What does it means to be a true Territorian? And how long does it take?
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FIERCE:
THE STORY OF OLIVE PINK
A meeting between Miss Olive Pink, once labelled “the fiercest white woman in captivity” and the Aboriginal Warlpiri people of the Tanami Desert.
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| 2001 |
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FIERCE:
THE STORY OF OLIVE PINK
Miss Olive Muriel Pink, once labelled “the fiercest white woman in captivity”.
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Placement
A collaboration with Tasmania’s Stompin Youth Dance Company creating a new work and seven ceremonies for Aboriginal community across the island.
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| 2000 |
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OUTSIDE
THE CAMP
Outside the Camp is a work of fiction based on stories of Indigenous and Non-indigenous people’s experience of Channel Island Leprosarium.
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TWO FOLD JOURNEY
A celebration of youth, dance and place. Layering the journey from childhood to adulthood with that of travelling between one culture and another.
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STICKS
‘N’ STONES
A community arts project, bringing together youth from different cultural backgrounds to celebrate cultural identities, explore ways of understanding difference and promote racial tolerance.
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Olympic Flame
Working in the Aboriginal community of Nguiu, Tiwi Islands, Indigenous dancers welcome the arrival of the Olympic Flame. |
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SHADES OF PINK
A meeting between Miss Olive Pink, once labelled “the fiercest white woman in captivity” and the Aboriginal Warlpiri people of the Tanami Desert.
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| 1998 |
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THE
LAND THE CROSS AND THE LOTUS
A reflection on three life journeys; Purukupali the creator of Tiwi culture, the Virgin Mary of Christianity and Siddhartha, the Buddha.
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Indigenous Dancer/choreographer in-Residence
Stanley Stanislaus, training with the National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association. |
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Kukanarri
Show
Kukanarri describes celebrations when the whole community comes together This performance dealt with the issues identified by Nguiu community that caused the high youth suicide rate.
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| 1997 |
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BODIES OF LIGHT
We carry our light inside, shining on those around us. A community responds to issues surrounding HIV/AIDS.
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4WD
SWEAT DUST AND ROMANCE
A gutsy evening of entertainment: featuring dancers, music, and four wheel drives. A journey into the heart of the Territory.
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Angurugu Community Residency 2
Wild Things was the second part of a project begun in 1993 working with young people at risk to create a full length community show within this Aboriginal Community.
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THE OPPORTUNITY OF DISTANCE
Touring a distinctive slice of Territory life in a compelling three-piece performance.
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| 1995 |
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| 1994 |
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SACRED SPACE
A multimedia work, blending movement, images and spoken word: The affect remote Aboriginal communities may have on European people.
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Gathering Ground 2
From common threads we arrive at the idea of a common ground.
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| 1992 |
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| 1991 |
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Mupullbah
Produced by Corrugated Iron Youth Theatre, adaptation of Mordicia Gerstein’s The Mountain of Tibet.
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| 1990 |
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New Ways Old Ways
Tracks artists working with Corrugated Iron Youth Theatre. Particular focus on a play written by Selma Sampson Nampijinpa from the community of Lajamanu, The Girl Who Was Taken Away from Her Family.
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| 1989 |
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Visual Arts Residency
Tim Newth in the Aboriginal community of Lajamanu. Murals and the creation of large banners.
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| 1988 |
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Living in Isolation
Founding Directors of Tracks, worked on this Corrugated Iron Youth Theatre. First contact with the Warlpiri people of Lajamanu.
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