The Australian

Regional kinships unearthed in Asian-Indigenous contemporary dance

Indigenous contemporary dance producer BlakDance was pulling together an ensemble of acclaimed artists that mirrored his own sprawling ancestral roots, and wanted him to help steer it. The idea was to ...
The Castlegar Source

Red Sky Performance returns to The Bailey Theatre with a compelling, multisensory dance show inspired by Indigenous stories

The Trail & District Arts Council is excited to see the return of Red Sky Dance with their visually stunning “Miigis: ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

How contemporary pow wow is 'closing the gap' through dance

A collective of young dancers is reclaiming culture and healing trauma — one move at a time. 24-year-old Navajo man Kenneth Shirley started dancing at the age of 2 after attending a pow wow with his ...
The Courier-Mail

Group learns new dance

A GROUP of young Warwick people were treated to a lesson in traditional and contemporary indigenous dance recently and hope to showcase their skills during the Peace Festival. The workshop was ...
The Australian

US activist Carole Johnson recalls role in Aboriginal dance

Jenny was Jenny Isaacs, indigenous officer of the then Australian Council for the Arts. It was in her Glebe home that a young woman by the name of Carole Johnson first gleaned the idea for what would ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Daniel Riley announced as the first Indigenous artistic director to lead non-Indigenous dance company

While Daniel Riley first began dancing at nine years old, his love affair with the performing art form was sparked when he was invited to a youth dance workshop at age 12. Wiradjuri man Daniel Riley ...
SBS

Carriberrie brings Indigenous song & dance worldwide for NAIDOC week

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) has launched a world-first online production that gives viewers around the globe access to an experience of Indigenous dance like never before.
The Sydney Morning Herald

Indigenous dance school finds feet in face of COVID-19 crush

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. While the COVID-19 lockdown has been a disaster for so much of the arts industry, one woman was not ...
The Sydney Morning Herald

From the footy field to the stage for this Indigenous dancer

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. In his last year at Kingscliff High School on the NSW North Coast, it was all about rugby league for award-winning choreographer Thomas E.S Kelly.
SBS

Indigenous dance company celebrates three decades of storytelling

Bangarra Dance Theatre is gearing up to celebrate its landmark 30th anniversary with an ambitious Australian tour they are calling ’Bangarra: 30 Years of Sixty Five Thousand’. With a diverse triple ...
The Star

Taiwanese Indigenous dance troupe awakens the tribal spirit at KLPac

Following a successful appearance at the George Town Festival in Penang, the Formosa Indigenous Song and Dance Troupe continues its cultural journey at KLPac from Aug 14-16. — George Town Festival FOR ...