Mirramu Dance Company

ABOUT THE TOUR (The Project)

Mirramu Dance Company (MDC) has been invited to participate in the Ocean International Dance Festival 2026 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, at the end of November. This Festival will feature a selection of dance companies from the Asia Pacific region. MDC has been invited to represent Australia and will create a 15 minute new contemporary dance work with 8 performers (5 from Australia and 3 from Dancecology, a Taiwanese dance company that MDC has a 14 year collaborative relationship with). 

The importance of MDC being able to attend this festival extends beyond the Festival itself as Elizabeth Cameron Dalman, Artistic Director of MDC and an Australian modern dance pioneer, has a longstanding and deep creative connection to Taiwan spanning 6 decades. In the early 1970’s Elizabeth took Australian Dance Theatre to Taiwan to perform and in that time she met one of Taiwan's modern dance pioneers, Madam Tsai.  From this initial meeting of two powerful and passionate dance artists have come many cross-cultural collaborations both in Taiwan and in Australia. Elizabeth describes Taiwan as her 2nd creative home and has worked with many companies, institutions and individuals over those 6 decades. 

This project needs to happen now as Elizabeth, now in her 90’s, needs to be supported to continue, and pass on, her legacy of cultural diplomacy and collaboration as a vibrant creator of dance and mentor of artists. 

We hope you can support the company to be part of this project but perhaps more importantly support the full and continuing creative life and legacy of Elizabeth Cameron Dalman. 

Mirramu Creative Arts Centre - A short video that shows Mirramu Creative Arts Centre. 

Dr Elizabeth Cameron Dalman, AM, CdOAL, PhD Founder and first Artistic Director of Australian Dance Theatre, a company that celebrated its 60th Anniversary in 2025. Elizabeth continues to forge new pathways in Dance. She has performed and taught throughout Australia, New Zealand, Europe, the UK, the US, Canada, Africa and South East Asia, particularly in Taiwan. As Director of Mirramu Creative Arts Centre, which she founded in 1990, she hosts local, national and international artists from all art forms often producing special site-specific and studio events at the Centre. As Artistic Director of Mirramu Dance Company Elizabeth mentors and collaborates with other dance artists from different cultures and generations sharing her knowledge and experience. In recent years she has been writing about her lifelong experiences in the Performing Arts. Her recent publication about her dance practice in nature, Nature Moves, was launched in 2025. Recently awarded an AM for significant services to contemporary dance in Australia, Elizabeth continues as a practising dance artist, teaching, choreographing, mentoring and performing.

About the Budget

Primarily this funding campaign is to supplement fees for the artists involved. If we are super successful then funds will go towards additional accommodation and studio hire costs for our rehearsals in Taipei before the festival. 

Starter Goal: $6000

Our starter goal will go towards paying minimum professional dancer fees for our rehearsal period. We have 8 performers in the work. 

Primary Goal: $10000

Our primary fundraising goal - will enable us to pay our dancers fees and travel insurance as well. 

Stretch Goal: $12,000

With our first stretch goal we can do everything above and pay for studio hire while in Taipei rehearsing with the full company. 

The 'WOW our community are incredible' Goal: $15,000

If we can hit this goal we can pay for accommodation costs for our rehearsal time in Taipei in addition to all the above mentioned costs.

The ‘ Is this really happening?" Goal: $20,000
This would be beyond our wildest dreams and we would This will enable us to do all of the above and bring in an amazing visual artist from Taiwan to collaborate on set pieces and costumes.