Torres Strait Islands – A Celebration – Torres News
Torres Strait Islands - A Celebration Torres News ARTISTS, dancers, musicians and family members of Torres Strait heritage descended on Brisbane for the opening of The Torres Strait Islands: A Celebration on Friday, July 1. The celebrations, which began with a Coming of the Light commemoration at St ... |
TSI celebrate NAIDOC week in Brisbane – ABC Local
 ABC Online | TSI celebrate NAIDOC week in Brisbane ABC Local Not only the exhibition but traditional dance and music has been performed to showcase the TSI culture. And a choir called Voices for the Light has been performing traditional hymns and music from the islands. Luke Captain is the assistant director ... Naidoc Week |
Bangarra, Belong – ABC Online
Bangarra, Belong ABC Online Bangarra Dance Theatre's new season and tour starts this Friday, in Brisbane. Its two new works, ID by artistic director Stephen Page and About by choreographer and dancer Elma Kris. Belong has its premiere at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in ... Identities blowing in the winds |
The state capital hosts a significant cultural exhibition from Torres Strait – ABC Online
The state capital hosts a significant cultural exhibition from Torres Strait ABC Online The history and lives of the peoples of the Torres Strait is told through their dance, their music and their art. JESSICA van VONDEREN: Brisbane's cultural precinct is hosting the largest ever gathering of Torres Strait Islander art and dance. ... |
Torres Strait dance flies high – Torres News
Torres Strait dance flieshigh Torres News lma Kris (left) with Waangenga Blanco and Daniel Riley McKinley in the dance performance Belong. The new work by the Bangarra Theatre Company premiered at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Brisbane on July 1 as part of The Torres ... |
Award-winning dance troupe perform for Bray Park Primary School ahead of … – Courier Mail
Award-winning dance troupe perform for Bray Park Primary School ahead of ... Courier Mail The troupe won the inaugural indigenous dance section at the recent Brisbane Dance Eisteddfod. Year 11 student Tayla Mogg choreographed the reconciliation piece that won the award. Lead dancers in the piece are Allira Fisher and Tayla Mogg, ... |
Starlet shines on city stage – Central Queensland news
Starlet shines on city stage Central Queensland news EMERALD student Khadesia Cora's passion for dance led her to perform with 39 members of her dance school at the Brisbane Performing Arts Challenge last week. The nine-year-old Emerald Christian College student was in Brisbane from June 9 to 14 to ... |
Bangarra’s main man Stephen Page celebrates 20 year at helm – The Australian
Bangarra's main man Stephen Page celebrates 20 year at helm The Australian He immersed himself in the black legal, cultural and political scenes of the time, but in 1982 he left Brisbane for Sydney after seeing posters for auditions at the Aboriginal and Islander Dance Theatre (AIDT, later known as NAISDA). ... |
From Sth Brisbane to Palm Island – The Westender
 The Westender | From Sth Brisbane to Palm Island The Westender Among other activities, they'll join the Palm Island students and teachers in kayaking, fishing and snorkelling, eating traditional food, learning the history of the island and participating in traditional dance. St Laurence's organiser, Liam Herbert ... |
The Land, Sea and Sky show – Brisbane Times
The Land, Sea and Sky show Brisbane Times From July till October, Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art will play host to Land, Sea and Sky: Contemporary art from the Torres Strait Islands. The elaborate display of Islander culture will form part of the South Bank Cultural Centre's major ... |
A dance for the winds – Australian Geographic
 Australian Geographic | A dance for the winds Australian Geographic So she welcomes the opportunity to widen that knowledge. "People ask me in the street if I'm from Africa and I say, 'no I'm from a place that is part of Australia'. I say, 'you can Google it'." Belong opens in Brisbane on July 1 before a national tour ... |
Dancing duo step it up – Muswellbrook Chronicle
Dancing duo step it up Muswellbrook Chronicle Tamara and Tara Knox auditioned for and were accepted into the Aboriginal Centre for Performing Arts in Brisbane. They headed up to Brisbane to settle in and get ready for their new lifestyles in January. Both sisters, Tamara, 18, and Tara, 17, ... |
Dreamtime dance a reality – Gladstone Observer
Dreamtime dance a reality Gladstone Observer Jasmyne has just graduated from two years study at the Queensland Dance School of Excellence in Brisbane and wants to be a dancer with the Bangara Dance ... |