BlakDance Residency Program

Keia Mcgrady

Charcoal is a new project from Githabul, Migunberri - Yugumbeh artist/choreographer Keia McGrady, examining the essence and impacts of fire through the material it creates. The project was supported in 2022 across two residency periods - February 2022 at Brisbane Powerhouse and August 2022 at Studio 1.

Using charcoal from wood collected on Migunberri country, this project considers the layers of personal and cultural significance contained within the material and the process that forms it. Located at the intersection of Keia’s visual art and dance practices, Charcoal is a collaboration with Githabul, Gaangalu artist/dancer Amarina Toby, Githabul, Migunberri - Yugumbeh artist/dancer Alinta McGrady. Keia has also received mentoring support from Bidjara, Ghungalu and Garingbal visual artist, D Harding, and choreographer Courtney Scheu, as well as cultural support from family.

Find out more through this work-in-development trailer, created following the initial residency in February 2022. You can also view a short edit of footage from the development showing in August here.

7 - 11 February 2022

Brisbane Powerhouse, Turbine Studio

15 - 26 August 2022

Studio1

Image 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.