Tracks is a dance theatre

Contemporary dance

Contemporary dance is a genre of concert dance that employs compositional philosophy, rather than choreography, to guide unchoreographed movement...

 company

Dance company

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 based in Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

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, Northern Territory

Northern Territory

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 founded in 1994, although its beginnings lie in a community dance program in 1988. It is collocated with the Darwin Theatre Company, Corrugated Iron Youth Theatre and Brown’s Mart Community Arts. Tracks seeks to engage community members in its productions, applying community cultural development

Community development

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 practice in their work over many years. It focuses on engaging with Indigenous Australians

Indigenous Australians

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 and their communities.

The company has completed residencies in Lajamanu

Lajamanu, Northern Territory

Lajamanu is a small town of the Northern Territory in Australia. It has a population of 669 , of which a significant amount are of Aboriginal origin...

 (1989 and 1990) and continues to work with that community. A seniors dance group the "Grey Panthers" has also been formed.

Awards

The Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards

Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards

The Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards honour Sidney Myer a Jewish Australian businessman and philanthropist who established what is now the Myer Foundation. These awards seek to enhance the status of the performing arts in Australia and recognise outstanding achievement in drama, comedy, dance,...

2004 Group Award was awarded to Tracks Dance Theatre and Melbourne Workers Theatre.

Australian Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Youth or Community dance - 2008 for Struck

SA and NT Australian business and the arts Giving Award for Milpirri 2008 with the Milpirri Management Committee and Rio Tinto Aboriginal Fund

Works and performances

Tracks has toured interstate and regularly performs throughout the Northern Territory.

• Silent Thought (1993)
• Sacred Space (1994)
• Yawalyu, Lajamanu Ceremonial Dances
• Open House 2 (1994)
• Six Feet Over or Under (1996)
• Bodies of Light (1997)
• 4WD Sweat Dust and Romance (1997)
• The Land the Cross and the Lotus (1998)
• Walking on Water (1999)
• Love Vs Gravity (2000)
• Mother Daughter (2001)
• Ignite (2002)
• Local (2003)
• A Bowls Club Wedding (2003)
• Fast (2004)
• Snakes Gods and Deities (2004)
• Rust (2004)
• Angels of Gravity (2005)
• Mr BIG (2006)
• Without Sea (2006)
• You Dance funny (2007)
• Lipstick and Ochre (2008)

External links

• Tracks Dance Theatre
• Tracks Dance Theatre at Australia Dancing accessed 23 June 2007
• Transcript: Tracks Dance Theatre Company ABC TV Northern Territory Broadcast: 27/10/2006 accessed 23 June 2007