Tracks Inc

Tracks is a dance theatre company based in Darwin, Northern Territory.

History[edit]

Tracks dance company was founded in 1994, although its beginnings lie in a community dance program in 1988. It has completed residencies in Lajamanu (1989 and 1990) and continues to work with that community.^[1]

Description[edit]

The company is located at Harbour View Plaza in Darwin.^[2] 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 and their communities.^[1]^[3]

A seniors dance group, the "Grey Panthers", has also been formed.^[1]

Awards[edit]

Nominated, 2000 Northern Territory Human Rights Awards for work with refugees and migrants, Sticks ‘n’ Stones project.^{[citation needed]}

The Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards 2004 Group Award was awarded to Tracks Dance Theatre^[4] and Melbourne Workers Theatre.^[5]

Shortlisted 2007 Australian Dance Awards Services to Dance^{[citation needed]}

Winner Australian Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Youth or Community dance - 2008 for Struck^{[citation needed]}

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^{[citation needed]}

Shortlisted 2010 Australian Dance Award Outstanding Achievement in Youth or Community Dance. The Cook, The Queen and the Kelly^{[citation needed]}

Winner 2013 Australian Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Youth or Community Dance. Eight to Eighty - the Architecture of Age^{[citation needed]}

2014 David McMicken and Tim Newth made Members (AM) in the general division of the Order of Australia^[who?]^{[citation needed]}

Shortlisted 2014 Australian Dance Award Outstanding Achievement in Youth or Community Dance. Zombies in the Banyan Tree^{[citation needed]}

Winner 2015 Australian Dance Award Outstanding Achievement in Community Dance. Milpirri (jarda-warnpa)^{[citation needed]}

Shortlisted 2017 Australian Dance Award Outstanding Achievement in Community Dance. Landed^{[citation needed]}

Shortlisted 2017 Australian Dance Award Outstanding Achievement in Youth Dance. Milpirri - Kirdiji^{[citation needed]}

Finalist, 2017 Australian of the Year - Northern Territory. David McMicken and Tim Newth^{[citation needed]}

Winner 2018 Australian Dance Award, Outstanding Achievement in Community Dance. Man Made^{[citation needed]}

Works and performances[edit]

Tracks has toured interstate and regularly performs throughout the Northern Territory.^[3]^[6]^[7]

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)^[8]
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)^[9]
Arafura Game - Opening Ceremony (2007)
Lipstick and Ochre (2008)^[10]
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[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c O'Riordan, Maurice (29 April 2003). "The Space Performance Arts Feature: Tracks Theatre Company". ABC Arts Online. Archived from the original on 1 January 2006. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
^ "Contact Details". Tracks Dance. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b National Library of Australia (26 August 2004). "Australia Dancing - Tracks Dance Theatre (1994 - )". Archived from the original on 29 October 2004. Retrieved 7 October 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Gastin, Annie (22 February 2005). "Local Dance Company Takes Out Top Gong". ABC Northern Territory. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
^ "Previous winners Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards" (PDF). Myer Family Philanthropy.
^ Newth, Tim; David McMicken (12 August 2003). "Tracks going outback". ABC Rural: Bush Telegraph. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
^ REAL TIME (April/May 2003) David McMicken and Tim Newth Archived 2007-08-30 at the Wayback Machine 72kb
^ "Snakes, Gods and Deities". ABC Radio National: Sunday Morning. 22 August 2004. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
^ Humphris, Kate (2007). "You Dance Funny has everyone laughing" (item). ABC Darwin: Arts and Entertainment. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
^ "Revealing why it takes women so long to get ready". ABC Darwin: Arts and Entertainment. 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2008.

External links[edit]

Official website

Jaensch, Sarah (27 October 2006). "Tracks Dance Theatre Company". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Stateline. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012.

[ABC_O'Riordan-1] O'Riordan, Maurice (29 April 2003). "The Space Performance Arts Feature: Tracks Theatre Company". ABC Arts Online. Archived from the original on 1 January 2006. Retrieved 7 October 2008.

[2] "Contact Details". Tracks Dance. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.

[AD_Tracks-3] National Library of Australia (26 August 2004). "Australia Dancing - Tracks Dance Theatre (1994 - )". Archived from the original on 29 October 2004. Retrieved 7 October 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[4] Gastin, Annie (22 February 2005). "Local Dance Company Takes Out Top Gong". ABC Northern Territory. Retrieved 7 October 2008.

[5] "Previous winners Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards" (PDF). Myer Family Philanthropy.

[6] Newth, Tim; David McMicken (12 August 2003). "Tracks going outback". ABC Rural: Bush Telegraph. Retrieved 7 October 2008.

[7] REAL TIME (April/May 2003) David McMicken and Tim Newth Archived 2007-08-30 at the Wayback Machine 72kb

[8] "Snakes, Gods and Deities". ABC Radio National: Sunday Morning. 22 August 2004. Retrieved 7 October 2008.

[9] Humphris, Kate (2007). "You Dance Funny has everyone laughing" (item). ABC Darwin: Arts and Entertainment. Retrieved 7 October 2008.

[10] "Revealing why it takes women so long to get ready". ABC Darwin: Arts and Entertainment. 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2008.

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