BlakDance is a national industry organisation for First Nations
contemporary dancers and choreographers.
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Thrumming with dance, body percussion, syncopated rhythms, and stunning visuals, the performance unites Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and Indonesian artists in a powerful rebuke of colonial amnesia. Co-directed by raymond d. blanco and Priya Srinivasan and co-devised with Waangenga Blanco, Alfira O’Sullivan, Murtala and Tyrel Dulvarie, featuring visual design by Vernon Ah Kee, this contemporary work uses immersive choreography to celebrate the interconnectedness of cultures.
STRUT & BlakDance Fellowship Announcement
Announcing the recipients of the BlakDance × STRUT Fellowships for Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Manifest at Perth Festival
First Nations Dialogues tanzmesse - Düsseldorf, Germany is a curated experience of global Indigenous performances, discussions, workshops, and protocols across internationale tanzmesse nrw 28 - 31 August 2024.
It is for us, by us* and at times, we invite the broader tanzmesse delegates to join us for insights into our collective experience.
Led in Australia by BlakDance, in partnership with TAIWAN MOVE!, The Dance Centre Vancouver, Canadian Association for the Performing Arts (CAPACOA), Creative Australia and tanzmesse.
BlakDance is pleased to announce Platform, an initiative of Abbotsford Convent and BlakDance, a First Nations-led creative development program for multi-generational choreographers and contemporary dance artists.
Australasian Dance Collective (ADC) and BlakDance are thrilled to launch First Collective Residencies for established and emerging First Nations choreographers and dancers over the next two years.
In a revolutionary moment for dance in this country, Blak Futures is an unprecedented two day event that sees some of our fiercest Blak artists converge on Kaurna Yerta to plant the seeds of the future of blak dance.
A collaboration between Australian Dance Theatre, BlakDance and Adelaide Festival’s Time to Talk series, Blak Futures sees First Nations Artistic Directors from funded dance companies gather on Kaurna Yerta to plant the seeds of the future of blak dance and artistry in this country.
Facilitated by Marilyn Miller and Wesley Enoch AM, Blak Futures will see artists Gary Lang (NT Dance Company), Frances Rings (Bangarra Dance Theatre), Jacob Boehme (Idja Dance Theatre), Dalisa Pigram (Marrugeku), Daniel Riley (Australian Dance Theatre), Joel Bray (Joel Bray Dance) and Thomas E.S Kelly and Taree Sansbury (Karul Projects) reimagine what dance can be in this country.
The self-determined First Nations Performing Arts Companies ILBIJERRI Theatre Company, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company, Marrugeku, Moogahlin Performing Arts and BlakDance invite you to the First Nations Performing Arts Workforce Development Roundtable.
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