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STRUCK
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Love struck, Star struck, Struck down. STRUCK is a romance set in unstable times of change set amongst the World War II ruins of Darwin. It is a meeting of difference utilising Break-Dance, Ballet, and Contemporary dance styles. |
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MILPIRRI 07
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The Warlpiri Elders and residents of Lajamanu presented the 2007 Milpirri Event, celebrating the Warlpiri Kurdiji Ceremony; a young man’s initiation ceremony, which tells the story of Mothers and Sons. |
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YOU DANCE FUNNY
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Roll up, roll up as the world’s whack-iest dance carnival to town!
Step into the ring for a mystical night of entertainment with this star-studded line up of freaks, misfits and has-beens. |
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ARAFURA GAMES
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‘Welcome to Darwin – Home of the Arafura Games’.
Following Tracks’ success in 2005, the Company will again direct the ‘main act’ of the 2007 Arafura Games Opening Ceremony. |
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2006 |
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WITHOUT SEA
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Remove the oceans from the world and you have a world without boundaries, without cultural divide. Darwin is our world without sea. |
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MR BIG
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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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BOWLS CLUB WEDDING
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Kitty and Jack are members of long-standing rival Darwin bowls clubs. Can they prove that love can conquer even the most virulent rivalry? |
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Australian Youth Dance Festival |
8 youth travel from Darwin to attend. Tracks Artistic Directors mentor key artists over 5 days and to create final performance with 250 youth participants in Horsham Victoria. |
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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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2005 |
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MILPIRRI 05
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Milpirri draws together the oldest and the most recent of Indigenous Warlpiri culture in promise of growth and rejuvenation. |
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ANGELS
OF GRAVITY
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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
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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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RUST
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Live art about the body, decline and reformation. |
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SNAKES
GODS & DEITIES
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Featuring the Sama Ballet Company from Sri Lanka and cultural dancers and musicians from Darwin: a journey into a freedom from fear. |
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FAST
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FAST paced, FAST music, FAST cast: driven by a desire to seize all that life offers. |
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Daly
River Residency
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Touring of Fast to this Aboriginal Community followed by a week long residence. |
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Seating Reserve |
A short work for Victoria Collage of the Arts dance students performed within the seating bank of the Gas Works Theatre, Melbourne. |
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Australian Youth Dance Festival |
Tracks Artistic Directors create a 60 min site specific performance with 250 youth participants in Armidale NSW. |
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2003 |
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LOCAL
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What does it means to be a true Territorian? And how long does it take? |
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JANGANPA
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Traditional elders of the central desert, in collaboration with the artistic directors of Tracks present epic stories of love, greed and desire. |
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BOWLS CLUB WEDDING
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Kitty and Jack are members of long-standing rival Darwin bowls clubs. Can they prove that love can conquer even the most virulent rivalry? |
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Between Foot and Voice |
Development project exploring the contemporary nature of ‘traditional’ Aboriginal dance. |
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2002 |
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FIERCE:
THE STORY OF OLIVE PINK
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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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RIVERS
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A reworking of the 2001 production – featuring a multicultural cast exploring our living behaviour in relationship to beliefs of the afterlife. |
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IGNITE
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Ignite explores these young dancers’ ups and downs, their dreams and desires to take on responsibilities and commitments. |
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Asia Link Residency |
Based in Sri Lanka Tim Newth spends three months gain knowledge of South East Asia Culture. |
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2001 |
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FIERCE:
THE STORY OF OLIVE PINK
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Miss Olive Muriel Pink, once labelled “the fiercest white woman in captivity”. |
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RIVERS
OF THE UNDERGROUND
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A young Hindu man confronts life’s greatest mystery. Has living in Darwin prepared him for his journey into the afterlife? |
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MOTHER DAUGHTER
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There is a wealth of knowledge, wisdom and affection that "mother", needs to pass on to "daughter". |
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Placement
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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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Dear
Auntie
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Featuring the Grey Panthers, this is a grab-bag of entertainment, song, dance and theatre. Find out why Auntie always knows best! |
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Multicultural artist in Residence |
Betchay Mondragon engages with the community in many programs and events throughout the year. Also linking artists to Tracks Program. |
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OUTSIDE
THE CAMP
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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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LOVE
Vs GRAVITY
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A multimedia performance negotiating the maze of love in a time of HIV/AIDS. |
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TWO FOLD JOURNEY
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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
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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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