BlakDance is a national industry organisation for First Nations
contemporary dancers and choreographers.
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Gary Lang NT Dance Company and BlakDance, proudly brings the East Coast Tour of The Other Side of Me – an extraordinary story of love, loss, and return.
Choreographed by acclaimed Larrakia artist Gary Lang, The Other Side of Me brings a true story of the Stolen Generations to the stage.
A sovereign act of gathering. A ceremony grounded in Country.
Taking its name from the Wiradjuri word for corroboree, Garabari is not a reinterpretation of the past. It is a continuation. It embodies community-led gathering, story-sharing, and resistance.
SYDNEY FESTIVAL
Friday 9th – Sunday 11th January | 8pm
Northern Broadwalk | Sydney Opera House
Martha Hincapié Charry is a Colombian BIPoC choreographer, performer, researcher and decolonial curator. She is the Artistic Director of Plataforma SurReal in Berlin and has collaborated with BlakDance through the First Nations Dialogues at Tanzmesse in Germany.
In her deep dive workshop EARTH BODIES, participants enter a ceremonial space where ancestral, somatic and environmental knowledge is activated to examine the impacts of climate change on our physical, mental and social wellbeing.
Expressions of Interest close 27th of November 2025
BlakDance is proud to stand alongside our sister organisations in launching the First Nations Performing Arts Workforce Development Framework 2025–2030.
Together, our companies represent a range of First Peoples’ Performing Arts disciplines, art forms and expertise. Offering a First Nations-led vision for real change – for us, by us.
What the world calls climate change, First Peoples call colonisation.
Preparing Ground, co-directed by Marilyn Miller, Jasmin Sheppard and Katina Olsen, is a powerful new dance work that speaks through movement and language - carrying the weight of history and the fire of resistance. Projections reveal a landscape both sacred and stolen, while sound and movement entwine to evoke a deep connection to Country. Audiences are invited to consider, what does it mean to belong to a land that remembers?
QUEENSLAND PREMIERE
5–7 September 2025 | Brisbane Festival & QPAC, Cremorne Theatre
The BlakDance First Nations Creative Pathways Program is a free 9-month professional development opportunity, including an immersive career experience from 29 September - 3 October 2025.
Whether you’re passionate about producing, stage management, creative project management, or arts leadership, this program is designed for you.
Expressions of Interest close on 24 August 2025.
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