BlakDance Residency Program
alinta Mcgrady
Birth of Mother is an exploration of navigating motherhood as a young First Nations woman, looking at peri and postnatal depression, traditional birthing practices and the clinical intervention around birth. Throughout June 2022, Alinta spent time on Country with family and in the studio, developing the contextual and choreographic aspects of the project.
Alinta McGrady, Githabul, Migunberri-Yugumbeh woman, is a movement based artist who will be exploring her work through contemporary and commercial dance in conjunction with her original funk, soul, reggae music and spoken word. Alinta is collaborating with Yuwi Burra and South Sea Islander musician, Waveney Yasso, and choreographic mentor, Kate Harman, (The Farm). She’s also working with Girrimay midwife Marianne Wobcke, whose perinatal dreaming workshop, which is central to her doctoral research, formed a significant scaffolding from which this project thrived.,
Find out more through this the work-in-development trailer from June 2022 and this excerpt of a conversation between Alinta and Marianne from December 2022.
June 2022
Studio 1
Image and Video Credit: Jade Ellis Photography
as part of the BlakDance Residency Program
The 2021/22 BlakDance Residency Program has received financial assistance from the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland QASP, with additional support from Access Arts, Brisbane Powerhouse and Studio1.
