We Won!

Congratulations to the 2018 cast of In Your Blood.

Last night in a virtual Award Ceremony we won an Australian Dance Award for this incredible show.

The show recognised for Outstanding Achievement in Community Dance was a sellout season in the 2018 Darwin Festival as well as being listed by Arts Hub as one of the top ten Australian performances of the year.

In Your Blood had a large local cast with 7 choreographers and 31 cast members and took an astonishing 2,700 hours of combined cast rehearsal time before playing to full houses at an open-air theatre created in the George Brown Botanic Garden. Set to a stunning original sound track by Darwin producer James Mangohig, the show was a uniquely Territorian cross-cultural and intergenerational dance work.

Tim Newth AM Tracks Artistic Co Director said ‘We are extremely honoured to receive this award.. it feels great to know that exceptional community dance is alive and well right across this country.”

The annual Australian Dance Awards are designed to recognise and honour professional Australian dance artists and to celebrate outstanding dance work in the sector.  The virtual Awards ceremony were held via Facebook and Instagram and covered two years of works (2018 and 2019).

While David McMicken AM Artistic Co Director added “Darwin is a long way from Australia’s metropolitan centers and that makes it even more potent when we win on the national stage. The diverse dance languages of In Your Blood were drawn from across generations, cultures and sporting codes. Thanks to the Tracks team, and also to Putu Desak Warti and Chandrika Munasinghe for bringing their artistry and communities into this production”

Congratulations to all nominees and winners from the National Dance Awards.

Tracks is currently developing the next major new work Seasons of Skin and Bark, which will premiere in August 2021.