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1989: DANCING
TAPESTRIES – Darwin Civic Gardens, Darwin |
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Work
: Director's Notes
: Creative Personnel : Performers
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A community dance event presented by
Brown’s Mart Community Dance program. Meal and
performance provided.
This project was the culmination of two
months of workshops. The aim was to get Darwin people
of all ages to come together and be “actively’ involved,
and to head towards a performance.
A tremendous spirit of cooperation was
achieved in a non-competitive atmosphere. The process
was given a great deal of focus and was as important
as the finished performance product. |
PHOTO: Sarah Calver
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| Director's
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Background: The foundations
of community, and later professional dance in the Northern
Territory, were firmly laid by
Maggi Phillips, who arrived in Darwin in 1974. In the
rapidly changing and developing social era of post-Cyclone
Tracy, Maggi (as Brown’s Mart Community Dance Officer)
established Darwin Dance Mob.
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In 1980 she was appointed Director
of Dance at Brown’s Mart and this led, in 1984,
to the formation of Feats Unlimited, a professional
performing Dance in Education company. Feats worked
in Darwin and throughout the Northern Territory until
1987.
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On recommendations from Maggi, Sarah
Calver was appointed as Dance Development Officer to
provide performance projects with both focus and higher
profile for local dance activity.In 1988, Beth
Shelton,
Maggi Phillips, Sarah
Calver and Tim Newth, headed
a four month community dance project Dance on Darwin.
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Dancing Tapestries was funded by the
Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council, NT
Government, Australian Association for Dance Education
(NT) with assistance from Brown’s Mart. |
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Personnel |
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Dancer, Choreographer,
Teacher |
Sarah
Calver |
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Teacher
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Maggi Phillips |
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Teacher, Choreographer |
Marita Smith |
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Four community dance groups taught by
Sarah
Calver; 3-9 year olds, 9-15 years old (Palmerston)
an adult group (roughly 15-30), and older adults group
(45-74)
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Three schools: taught by Sarah and Marita:
St Andrew Lutheran Primary School,
St John’s Secondary College, Casuarina Secondary College
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Two Ballet Schools: Palmerston Ballet
School, Lili Vita School of Ballet
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Folk Dance Enthusiast |
Sue Ross |
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Nungalinya College
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Combined Church College
for Aboriginal people |
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No Strings Attached |
Singers who harmonize
with musical accompaniment |
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The Papua New Guinea Dancers
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| Performers
and Scenario |
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HAVE YOU EVER |
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Choreography
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Marita Smith and cast
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Music
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Penguin Café Orchestra
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Performers
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St Andrew Lutheran Primary School Transition
Year one: Alana, Angela, Brodie, Dale, Daniel, Jared,
Jim, Jordan, Josephine, Kara, Kylie, Louise, Mackinlee,
Ned, Peter, Robyn, Sandra, Stephen, Travas
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Saturday group: Sonya, Amy, Lilly Coates,
Lawrence, Stephanie, Virginia and Lilly
Hardy-Busler
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STICK TO THE RHYTHM
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Derived from a traditional Papua New Guinea
Stick Dance, the performers and Sarah used the rhythm
of the dance to create and inspire other movements, which
they joined in a modern dance sequence. It is a dance
showing both new and old styles using the stick as the
main prop.
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Choreography
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Sarah
Calver and cast
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Music
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Bobby McFerrin
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Performers
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Jenny, Emma, Terry-Anne.
Amy, Wendy, Jasmine, Adriana, Antoinette, Nicole and
Tamara
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SISTER KATE
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Choreography
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Marita Smith
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Music
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No Strings Attached – Alex
and Richenda Bridge, Cathy Flint, Marianne Piercy, Jane
Carpenter, Tony Suttor
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Performers
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Stephanie, Vanya, Kim, Jenny,
Kirin, Nathalie (Lili Vita Students)
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LES PETITES SUCETTES
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Choreography
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Marita Smith
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Music
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On the Good Ship Lollypop – Shirley
Temple
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Performers
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Rachel, Bridget, Hannah,
Katinka, Susannah, Nathalie, Rikkaine, Anna (Lili Vita
Students)
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LAS SEVILLANAS
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A Popular dance from Seville in Southern
Spain.
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Music
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Los Romeros
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Performers
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Lisa, Danielle, Rebecca,
Jenny, Michaela, Helen (Lili Vita Students) with Sarah
Calver and Marita Smith
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CANTE JONDO
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The arms and footwork, which characterises
the Flamenco style.
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Music
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Los Romeros
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Performer
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Marita Smith
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INTERVAL
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CHA CHA
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The Cha Cha,
an old time favourite, is interwoven with modern dance
movements
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Choreography
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Sarah
Calver and cast
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Music
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The London Palais Dance
Orchestra
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Performers
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Willis, Elsie, Maree, Barbara,
Joe, Margaret, Joy, Lela, Audrey,
Glad
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SIMPLE PLEASURES
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Special thanks to the women of Nungalinya
College, who screen-printed the fabric
used in this piece.
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Choreography
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Marita Smith and cast
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Music
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Bobby McFerrin
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Performers
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Burnie, Angela, Babe, Kim,
Felicity, Leanne, Lena, Ingrid, Sarah, Morris, Frank,
John, Alistair
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NO STRINGS ATTACHED
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Songs
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Dilmano Dilmano, Blues Stay
Away From Me
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Performers
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No Strings Attached
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ON THE FRINGE
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Choreography
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Marita Smiths
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Music
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Kilamankou Denkou
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Performers
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Angela, Babe, Burnie, Marita,
Sarah
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FOLK DANCE
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Zemir Atik – This is a slow and graceful Yeminite dance, and the words
of the song say, ‘We will return again to ancient tunes.’
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Music
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Nigan Atic sung by No Strings
Attached and accompanied by Brendon Williams playing
whistle
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Ceresna – A Macedonian
wedding dance
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Boanopstekker – a
social dance of the Netherlands
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Performers
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Willis, Elsie, Maree, Barbara,
JKy, Margaret, Joe, Lela, Audrey,
Glad
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