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2004: FAST
– Mitchell Centre Carpark, Darwin |
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Work
: Directors' Notes : Media
Response : Audience : Creative
Personnel : Performers |
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Work |
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The Mitchell
Centre presented a Tracks Dance Production. |
PHOTO: Mark Marcelis
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Always cutting edge, FASTwill
challenged your senses and accelerated you into a future… |
Featuring 30 dynamic performers
FAST took you right to the edge on the rooftop
carpark at Darwin’s newest address, the Mitchell
Centre. |
FAST paced, FAST
music, FAST cast: driven by a desire to seize
all that life offers. |
Funky and full-on FAST
featured dance influenced by hip-hop, contemporary Western,
Indigenous and South East Asian cultures, performed
with a breathtaking energy that ricocheted off the ground
stricking you between the eyes. |
The audience was blown
away by their power and pace as the cast delivered a
blast of real life from the street to the stage. |
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| Directors’
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Youth subcultures have
emerged at a stunning pace in recent years, a complex
face of alternatives fuelled by the fast paced electronic
age. More choices than ever are being made available
and these new oceans have to be navigated.
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In Darwin we have a unique
and rich cultural diversity. For our young people this
informs them and adds to what they will become.
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FAST is their
first performance experience for some of the cast, for
others they have been dancing since they were four years
of age. Some are doing it for the joy of moving while
others wish to make dance their career. Regardless of
their different motivations FAST is a launching
pad for them all, accelerating them into a future. |
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FAST continues
Tracks commitment to developing the future of Territory
performance. |
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Message
from the Honourable Clare Martin, Chief Minister of
the Northern Territory
‘FAST…accelerate into the future’
the poster urges. These young dancers driven by energy
and enthusiasm, tempered by the discipline and rigours
of dance are doing just that. Thanks to Tracks, that
future is brighter, better and bolder.
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As the Northern Territory’s
premier contemporary dance company, Tracks reflects
the Territory in all its diversity and complexity through
performances inspired by the people and place of their
creation. My Government is very proud to support Tracks
as a Key Organisation through the Arts Sponsorship Program
and to provide office and rehearsal space at the Frog
Hollow Centre for the Arts. I congratulate the company
and their major commercial sponsor for the production,
the Mitchell Centre, on their enterprising partnership,
which offers us the experience of this unique product
and venue. |
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The Territory’s future
is our young people. The future is here. Enjoy!
CLARE MARTIN |
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The Telstra Foundation
has been established as a giving program devoted to
enriching the lives of Australian children and young
people and the communities in which they live. |
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Message
from Telstra Foundation
"It's wonderful to see such talented young
Indigenous dancers working alongside other young performers
to create an innovative work that communicates our diverse
histories and shared future. The Telstra Foundation
is proud to have supported this home-grown contemporary
dance production. This is one of the many important
projects that the Telstra Foundation has funded to develop
young Indigenous talent."
Jackie Huggins AM, Telstra Foundation Board Member and
Co-chair of Reconciliation Australia |
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Scenario
Fast does not follow a single story line but delves
into the complex relationships between the cast and
the world that they inhabit. Keep up as they accelerate
into a future, fitting as much into their lives as possible,
before their ‘use by date’. |
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The following sections
will guide you through the 70 minutes of FAST Action. |
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Arrival & Shanghais. Taking Off. |
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Dance Histories: Where Have We Come
From? |
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I Know What I Want, and I Want It
All. |
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Star Qualities. Reaching For The Stars. |
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Finding Strength Inside. |
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Hey Mama. |
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Is The Grass Always Greener? |
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Firestarter. |
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Coming Out Of The Jungle. |
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Breaking Loose. |
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Fusion. Finding Partners. |
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Ballet Versus Hip Hop. |
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Gossip Folk. |
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Finale: FAST. |
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| Media
Response |
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“One hell of
a show, It seemed the audience might rush the stage
and join in its live mix of upbeat music FAST was a
Tracks signature performance … reminding us of
the great power, and accessibility of dance and music.”
Maurice O’Riordan - Fresh, Northern Territory
News |
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| Audience
Response |
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Commitment of every dancer
is impressive. There was nobody who wasn’t fully
participating both body and facially. |
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I thought it was absolutely brilliant.
I can’t believe the talent in the NT. I could
see this 10 times!! Innovative, inspiring, supportive
of young people of every kind. Inspirational to old
people of every kind like me. |
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FANTASTIC! GREAT VENUE, GREAT MUSIC! |
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Great venue, fantastic talent, what
energy and commitment. |
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A very high standard of stage craft
and dance. Very well rehearsed and great choreography. |
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