Nathan Leslie announced as LGI’s 2024 First Nations Resident, in partnership with BlakDance and Carriageworks.

The Residency will support Nathan with dedicated studio time at Carriageworks in Sydney and LGI’s home in North Melbourne, WXYZ Studios, production support and a fee.

In March, First Nations leaders of federal-funded Australian dance companies will meet for the first time in Adelaide for the two-day Blak Futures conference. It is being billed as “a revolutionary moment for Australian dance” which aims to “think, dream and plant the seeds of the future”. The conference has no formal agenda, but cross-cultural collaboration will likely be a priority, as will discussion about federal and state arts funding, which companies say falls short.

Dana Waranara Digital brings together artists, producers and presenters who are interested in supporting First Nations choreographers to create, present and tour more productions. BlakDance’s goal with this project is to create the conditions where strong, reciprocal and equitable relationships can form between artists and presenters, leading to long-term pathways for new work.

Lucy Guerin Inc (LGI) is delighted to announce Rachael Wallis as its First Nations Resident for 2023

Rachael Wallis announced as Lucy Guerin Inc’s 2023 First Nations Resident, in partnership with BlakDance and Carriageworks.

SILENCE is an urgent call for TREATY, highlighting the stories and struggles of Blak communities since colonisation. Through SILENCE, Karul Projects take their place in the lineage of fierce First Nations makers calling for Sovereignty.

Choreographed by Thomas E.S. Kelly, SILENCE is a powerful dance performance, featuring seven performers on a stage slowly engulfed in dirt, representing the call for Land Back.

Nathan Leslie announced as LGI’s 2024 First Nations Resident, in partnership with BlakDance and Carriageworks.

The Residency will support Nathan with dedicated studio time at Carriageworks in Sydney and LGI’s home in North Melbourne, WXYZ Studios, production support and a fee.

The SILENCE Queensland tour opens in a homecoming at HOTA Home of the Arts, Gold Coast 31 August 2022. The tour presents live and digital performances as well as workshops along Queensland’s east coast.

SILENCE is an entry point to First Nations human rights, our struggle, and call for Treaty.

Darug woman Peta Strachan announced as Lucy Guerin Inc’s 2022 First Nations Resident, in partnership with BlakDance and Carriageworks.

A new residency program for Senior First Nations dance artists has been announced by Lucy Guerin Inc and BlakDance, with Narangga and Kaurna artist Jacob Boehme appointed the inaugural First Nations Resident.