We acknowledge the Bunurong / Boon Wurrung Peoples, Traditional Custodians of the land on which Koolin-ik ba Kirrip-buluk (family and friends) event is held and pay our respects to Elders, past, present and future. SPONSORED: […]
Dance. It has the power to improve memory and mood. To this effect, it’s being utilised as part of a project to engage young people in custody in Juvenile Justice Centres across Sydney. The project’s […]
Bangarra Dance Theatre has appointed Indigenous dancer and choreographer Frances Rings as its inaugural Associate Artistic Director. Ms Rings is a Kokatha woman from South Australia and joined Bangarra in 1993 after graduating from NAISDA […]
An invitation has been extended for Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area dance teams to submit applications for funding to perform at the 2019 Darwin Festival and Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF). DAAF is an […]
Some of Australia’s most talented First Nations dancers and performers are heading to New York. Sixteen artists will join those from the United States and Canada in an eight-day celebration of Indigenous performance, talk, workshops […]
Internationally acclaimed dance troupe, the Nunukul Yuggera, has won this year’s Dance Rites competition at the Sydney Opera House. The dancers from Queensland took out first prize of $20,000 in the two-day competition held on […]
The two newest dancers to join the celebrated Bangarra Dance Theatre in Sydney come from opposite ends of the country. Lillian Banks is a Yawuru woman from Broome, while Brad Smith is a Gumbaynggirr man […]
Australia’s biggest Indigenous dance competition, the Sydney Opera House’s Dance Rites, is looking for entrants as it enters its third year. Registrations are now open for the competition, which will be held in Sydney on […]
Elite dance college NAISDA is accepting registrations from young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people interested in auditioning for its 2018 performing arts intake. Auditions will be held on December 4-8 at the college’s campus […]
Children from two remote communities in Western Australia’s north-west put the hip and the hop into the annual Kimberley Moon concert, warming up the crowd for rock legends Jimmy Barnes and Daryl Braithwaite. The children, […]
NATIONAL INDIGENOUS TIMES 2018