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Finding a voice through art
Talented Gunditjmara man, Richard Frankland has just been awarded a fellowship in the 6th National Indigenous Arts Awards.
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Roeburn community tells its story
Hipbone Sticking Out is a new play by Big hART about an imagined spirit journey
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Blak premieres to rave reviews
Bangarra’s latest production Blak is making it’s way to Wollongong and Sydney.The exciting new creation, which is a choreographic collaboration between Stephen Page and young Bangarra dancer Daniel Riley McKinley, has been receiving great reviews from audiences and critics. Blak is divided into three performance parts all with the intertwining theme of identity, and […]
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Bangarra’s latest offering: Blak
The bangarra Dance Company has produced some stellar productions over the past three decades, from traditional creation myth stories, to contemporary collaborations with the Australian Ballet, but up until now none of them has been as personal, or revealing, as their latest offering. In our modern urban society, how do we know when we are […]
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New play reconnects women with country
Winyanboga Yurringa, the new play by Andrea James, was recently presented for the first time at the national play festival in Perth. With a theme of identity, it tells the powerful story of Aboriginal women going back to country. Winyanboga Yurringa translates as ‘Women of the Sun’ in Yorta Yorta language. Andrea James’ play was […]
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Tammy Anderson play is a hit
One of the highlights of this year’s Message Sticks Festival at the Sydney Opera House was the staging of Tammy Anderson’s one-woman play I Don’t Wanna Play House. After touring the world for 13 years, it was finally staged at ‘the big house’. I Don’t Wanna Play House debuted at Playbox (Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne) in […]
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Luke’s dance career is taking off
One of Bangarra Dance Theatre’s youngest members, Luke Currie-Richardson is busy rehearsing for the company’s new show Blak, which will tour nationally from May to July this year. Getting into Bangarra is a dream come true for Luke. He is certainly making the most of the opportunity and working hard to improve his dancing and […]
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Sean’s new show is all love and laughs
Comedian Sean Choolburra’s latest show, 50 shades of blackness, focuses on good relationships as one of the main ways to stay healthy and happy. But it’s not all serious. As you would expect, his self-written, one-man comedy fest has got plenty of jokes to keep audiences entertained. “When you think about being Aboriginal, our relationships […]
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Digi Youth Theatre
The Brisbane-based DigiYouth Theatre will workshop, write and produce an all-Indigenous youth play this year. The play will be about the challenges that face young people when they leave their communities to seek opportunities in the cities. Digi Youth Theatre’s director and producer, Alethea Beetson says Digi Youth Theatre will hold workshops to begin the production […]
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A leg-up
Acclaimed Indigenous dancer Gary Lang has just been named as the recipient of the Australia Council for the Arts’ Dance Board Fellowship – a prestigious $100,000, two-year grant. Gary says he will use the opportunity to continue working with communities in the Northern Territory, and develop his own dance works. It will also allow him […]
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Breaking the cycle
The queen of The Kimberley, Mary G, is bringing her own zany brand of music, comedy and family entertainment to the goldfields of Western Australia to help raise awareness about alcohol and substance abuse. The three-week tour will promote a healthy alcohol and drug message through workshops and concerts in six WA goldfield towns. Mary […]
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Artie honoured at Deadlys®
Members of the Ella family honoured the late Arthur Beetson at the 18th annual Deadlys in front of a packed Concert Hall crowd at the Sydney Opera House. Beetson, a rugby league legend who passed away in December 2011 at the age of 66, was posthumously presented with the Ella Award for Lifetime Contribution to […]
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Off to the circus
Have you ever thought of joining the circus? Maybe you are a great tumbler or have always wanted to be one of the flying stars, high up on the trapeze? Circus Oz is currently recruiting Indigenous artists for its Blakrobatics Masterclass and Blakrobatics Internship. Deadly Vibe caught up with Dale WoodBridge, a young man who […]
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Dale Woodbridge
How do you stay fit? You have to keep your fitness up in the circus. That said, working with apparatus like the trapeze is a workout all on its own, I can tell you. I was a dancer before this so I have always looked after myself, to be able to perform. Dancing is very […]
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Rarriwuy Hick
Rarriwuy Hick is a professional dancer and actor who has recently appeared in Move It Mob Style and the Bangarra Dance Theatre’s production of Bloodlands. Rarriwuy comes from North East Arnhem land and combines traditional Indigenous dance with contemporary styles How do you stay fit? Diet is important. Depending on where I am living, when […]
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Cheers for the sista girlz
They’re full of energy, perform amazing acro and are definitely black and deadly – the All Original Sista Girlz Cheers Squad complete with their cheerleading pom poms and costumes in Aboriginal colours are more than a sideline spectacle, they’re centre stage with audiences and a hit wherever they perform. The squad is the first Aboriginal […]
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