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16/11/2008
NAISDA Dreaming follows a group of young Indigenous dance students on an inspiring journey. Their classroom is moved from rehearsal rooms at NAISDA Dance College, near Sydney, to the bush and red earth of a remote homeland in Arnhem Land.
09/11/2008
Message Stick travels to American Samoa with Australia’s delegation to the Festival of the Pacific Arts. It’s a celebration of the creative talent that blooms out of 27 Pacific nations.
02/11/2008
Imagine getting away to a beautiful tropical paradise where you can be entertained by hundreds of the Pacific’s most talented artists and performers. Every four years that dream becomes a reality at the Festival of the Pacific Arts.
26/10/2008
Last week we featured singer songwriter Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu in concert at the Sydney Opera House. Gurrumul avoids the media spotlight, preferring to let his wonderful songs do the talking for him.
23/11/2008
NAISDA Dreaming Part 2
NAISDA Dreaming follows a group of young Indigenous dance students on an inspiring journey. Their classroom is moved from rehearsal rooms at NAISDA Dance College, near Sydney, to the bush and red earth of a remote homeland in Arnhem Land.
To learn the local dance they need to experience traditional Yolngu culture first hand. Some of them are originally from remote communities and are keen to return to the bush, while others have never been camping, let alone fishing or hunting before. Cut off from family, phones, the internet and tv, how will they handle adjusting to life in the bush, where the nearest shop is a plane ride away? There is great dancing and plenty of laughs along the way – but also some fascinating insights from this remarkable group of young dancers and their Yolngu tutors.
For more information about NAISDA go to www.naisda.com.au
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