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Go On Tour With Tracks

With work stretching back to 1988 Tracks has created many dance performances and activities. With our unique Australian geographic positioning, we are renowned for our radically local approach to making our dance works. Our company members are drawn from our community, rich with diversity in age, cultures, beliefs and styles. Tracks Dance celebrates intercultural and intergenerational differences. As we do not tour our work, we invite you to take a virtual tour through this site.

The Dance of Belonging

Tracks Artistic Co-Directors David McMicken and Tim Newth have conceived and directed many iconic works over the past decades. This work celebrates the spirit of individuals and groups, and the place they live. Iconic Tracks Works

The Cook, the Queen and the Kelly - Katena Valastro, Ricky Borg, Nick Power, Kate Boyd and Elle Chandler. Photo Peter Eve

Everyone's Dance Story Starts Somewhere

Working with young Territorians, has developed a stronger dance community. Drawn from diverse backgrounds our youth participants bring to Tracks an array of dance styles and experience. Eras of Youth Dance

Zombies in the Banyan Tree - Lauren French, Mitchell Aldridge, Caleb Japanangka Patrick. Photo Jess Devereux

A Whole of Life Activity

We believe older adults hold valuable cultural information that only comes from age and experience. Their wisdom guides much of what we do, ensuring our focus on dance as a whole of life activity remains core to our thinking. Older Adults Home Page

Lipstick and Ochre - Myra Nungarrayi Herbert and Audrey Gorring. Photo Mark Marcelis

Culturally Diverse Voices

The Northern Territory is one of Australia’s most culturally diverse places, with over 100 nationalities and around 50 social, cultural and religious organisations. Our work is enriched by all that this has to offer. A Culturally Diverse Voice

Snakes Gods and Deities - Justine Maxwell, Julia Gray and Paia Ingram. Photo Rodney Laredo

Moving Forward Together Hand in Hand

Lajamanu is an Aboriginal community about 960 kilometres south-west of Darwin. Tracks artists have been working with this community since 1988.

Milpirri is a major bilingual, bicultural performance that has grown out of this creative collaboration. Lajamanu / Milpirri Home Page

Milpirri - Liam Jangala Patrick, Mazlen Jampijinpa Patrick. Photo Peter Eve.

Get on the Dance Floor

People dance for so many different reasons. We believe that everyone should have the chance to enjoy dancing, making dance, and to creatively participate in the development of their own local culture. Participation Projects

The Dead Singers Dance Society - Serena Pech and Gretchen Ennis. Photo Duane Preston

The Search for Innovation

Creating multiple pathways to engage with research and development processes; in a place where dance is culturally diverse and there is no available Tertiary dance training. This is our way of ensuring our cultural future by sourcing and supporting new and emerging dance artists. Research and Development Programs

Choreographic Program - Mim Ellen-Barwell, Sheila Rose and Kyle Walmsley. Photo Duane Preston

Professional Dance

Not only recognised for our community work but also adept at providing rich and robust dance experiences for our professional dance sector. Professional Dance

Global Positioning - Jess Devereux and Venaska Cheliah. Photo Duane Preston.

Windows into the Work

To help you explore the work of this diverse dance company we have created focussed windows into the work.

Iconic Tracks Works

Eras of Youth Dance

Older Adults Home Page

A Culturally Diverse Voice

Lajamanu / Milpirri (Indigenous)

Participation Projects

Research and Development

Professional Dance

Tracks Dance On Film

Company Partners

Tracks Inc is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body; and is proudly sponsored by the Northern Territory Government.