BlakDance is a national industry organisation for First Nations
contemporary dancers and choreographers.
Announcements
Narungga-led contemporary multidisciplinary performance work GUURANDA started as a commission for Adelaide Festival 2024. Now in its third iteration – GUURANDA X RISE at RISE Festival 2026 in Findhorn, Scotland – it is modelling a different approach to ecological touring, cultural exchange and community gathering.
On National Sorry Day, we recognise the Stolen Generations, we celebrate their strength and resilience and we acknowledge the ongoing impacts of the forced removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children on Indigenous peoples, families and communities. The Other Side of Me by Gary Lang NT Dance Company sits directly within this context.
BlakDance, the Blak Futures Collective and the First Nations Performing Arts Companies Network (FNPAC) have collectively written a major suite of submissions responding to the Australian Government’s consultation on the next National Cultural Policy.
BlakDance brings two major First Nations works to the United Kingdom in May 2026, with presentations at RISE Festival in Findhorn, Scotland.
Celebrating Kate Eltham's Contribution and Announcing Strong Leadership Transition.
A new chapter for First Nations contemporary dance - built on a strong foundation, anchored in clear leadership and focused on strategic growth.
Creative Development undertaken in November 2025 on Bundjalung Country.
SMOKE is a First Nations, intercultural dance theatre work in-development, responding to themes of survival, fire, the body, home and ceremony.
SMOKE is co-created by Kirk Page and Jade Dewi Tyas Tunggal.
By Joel Bray Dance
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.
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.
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