Tracks is a

dance theatre Concert dance (also known as performance dance or theatre dance in the United Kingdom) is dance performed for an audience. It is frequently performed in a theatre setting, though this is not a requirement, and it is usually choreographed and perf ...

company based in Darwin,

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History

Tracks

dance company A dance troupe or dance company is a group of dancers and associated personnel who work together to perform dances as a sport, spectacle or entertainment. There are many different types of dance companies, often working in different styles of dan ...

was founded in 1994, although its beginnings lie in a community dance program in 1988. It has completed residencies in

Lajamanu Lajamanu, formerly known as Hooker Creek Native Settlement or just Hooker Creek, is a small town of the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located around from Katherine and approximately from Darwin. At the 2016 Australian census, Lajama ...

(1989 and 1990) and continues to work with that community.

Description

The company is located at Harbour View Plaza in Darwin. It seeks to engage community members in its productions, applying community cultural development practice in their work over many years. It focuses on engaging with

Indigenous Australians Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples ...

and their communities. A seniors dance group, the "Grey Panthers", has also been formed.

Awards

* Nominated, 2000 Northern Territory Human Rights Awards for work with refugees and migrants, Sticks ‘n’ Stones project. * The

Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards The Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards were created in 1984 by the trustees of the Sidney Myer Fund to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Sidney Myer Sidney Myer (born Simcha Myer Baevski (); 8 February 18785 September 1934) was a Ru ...

2004 Group Award was awarded to Tracks Dance Theatre and

Melbourne Workers Theatre Melbourne Workers Theatre (MWT) was an Australian theatre company based in Melbourne, Australia. The company was founded in 1987 by Patricia Cornelius, Steve Payne and Michael White. It specialised in producing work from a left-wing stance, se ...

. * Shortlisted 2007 Australian Dance Awards Services to Dance * Winner

Australian Dance Award The Australian Dance Awards recognise excellence and promote dance in Australia. They are awarded under the auspices of the Australian Dance Council (Ausdance) for performance, choreography, design, dance writing, teaching and related professions. ...

for Outstanding Achievement in Youth or Community dance - 2008 for Struck * Winner 2009 Australian Business Arts Foundation Giving Award: SA and NT Australian business and the arts Giving Award for Milpirri 2008 with the Milpirri Management Committee and Rio Tinto Aboriginal Fund * Shortlisted 2010 Australian Dance Award Outstanding Achievement in Youth or Community Dance. The Cook, The Queen and the Kelly * Winner 2013 Australian Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Youth or Community Dance. Eight to Eighty - the Architecture of Age * 2014 David McMicken and Tim Newth made Members (AM) in the general division of the

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* Shortlisted 2014 Australian Dance Award Outstanding Achievement in Youth or Community Dance. Zombies in the Banyan Tree * Winner 2015 Australian Dance Award Outstanding Achievement in Community Dance. Milpirri (jarda-warnpa) * Shortlisted 2017 Australian Dance Award Outstanding Achievement in Community Dance. Landed * Shortlisted 2017 Australian Dance Award Outstanding Achievement in Youth Dance. Milpirri - Kirdiji * Finalist, 2017

Australian of the Year The Australian of the Year is a national award conferred on an Australian citizen by the National Australia Day Council, a not-for-profit Australian Governmentowned social enterprise. Similar awards are also conferred at the State and Territo ...

- Northern Territory. David McMicken and Tim Newth * Winner 2018 Australian Dance Award, Outstanding Achievement in Community Dance. Man Made

Works and performances

Tracks has toured interstate and regularly performs throughout the Northern Territory. *Flying off the Edge (1992) *Tracks and Clusters (1992) *Lajamanu Kurra Karna Yani (1992) *From Little Things Big Things Grow (1992) *Old Spice Club Cabaret (1992) *Land (1993) *Silent Thought (1993) *Sacred Space (1994) *My House (1994) *Sacred Space (1994) *Yawalyu, Lajamanu Ceremonial Dances *Open House 2 (1994) *Healthy Wealthy and Wise (1995) *Yipirinya - After the Rain (1995) *Boundaries and Beyond (1995) *Ngapa - Two Cultures One Country (1996) *The Opportunity of Distance – Tour (1996) *Six Feet Over or Under (1996) *Angurugu Residency - Wild Things (1997) *Bodies of Light (1997) *4WD Sweat Dust and Romance (1997) *The Land the Cross and the Lotus (1998) *Kukanarri Show – Tiwi Islands (1998) *Walking on Water (1999) *Reluctant Retirees (1999) *Shades of Pink (1999) *Top of the Tower (1999) *Recollections (1999) *Emergence (1999) *Love vs Gravity (2000) *Outside the Camp (2000) *Sticks n Stones (2000) *Two Fold Journey (2000) *Dear Auntie (2001) *Mother Daughter (2001) *Fierce - The Story of Olive Pink (2001) *Rivers of the Underground (2001) *Fierce - The Meeting of Olive Pink (2002) *Rivers of the Underground (return season) (2002) *Ignite (2002) *Local (2003) *Janganpa (2003) *A Bowls Club Wedding (2003) *Rust (2004) *Fast (2004) *Snakes Gods and Deities (2004) *Milpirri - Jarda-Warnpa (2005) *Angels of Gravity (2005) *Arafura Games 05 (Opening Ceremony) (2005) *A Bowls Club Wedding (return season) (2006) *Mr BIG (2006) *Without Sea (2006) *You Dance funny (2007) *Arafura Game - Opening Ceremony (2007) *Lipstick and Ochre (2008) *Struck (2008) *Milpirri – Jurntu (2009) *Endurance (2009) *Allure of Paradise (2010) *The Cook the Queen and the Kelly (2010) *Milpirri Showing – Yinapaka (2011) *Crocodile Man Pineapple Woman (2011) *Milpirri – Pulyaranyi (2012) *Eight to Eighty - The Architecture of Age (2012) *Zombies in the Banyan Tree (2013) *Future Age (2013) *Milpirri - Jarda-Warnpa (2014) *You Dance Funny - The Sequalé (2014) *Last Light (2015) *Hidden Meaning (2015) *Milpirri – Kurdiji (2016) *Landed (2016) *Caravan (2017) *Man Made (2017) *Tracktivation (2018) *In Your Blood (2018) *Milpirri – Jurntu (2018) *En Masse (2019) *Global Positioning (2019)

References

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