Tracks Dance

Tracks Dance needs you! Yes you!

Tracks Dance Company, the Northern Territory’s premier performing arts company and key arts organisation for the Australia Council is seeking funding in order to bring Dewa Soma - gamelan player and musician from the Bina Remaja Troupe -  to Darwin to be part of the creative development and performance of Zombies in the Banyan Tree. Zombies is a youth focused, outdoor site specific performance where traditional Balinese, break and contemporary western dance and music forms collide. Zombies explores our fast changing cultural landscape and the excitement and fear that comes when popular culture and long held traditions clash and merge.

Our aims for the project are to:

• Forge new relationships with Balinese cultural workers which will lead to the

creation of choreography, cultural content and music for the Zombies in the

Banyan Tree performance

• Build long-term collaborative relationships with cultural institutions in Bali to

encourage and support future exchanges

• Engage with the local Indonesian community and ensure that Tracks staff and

the company in general are more informed about the cultural life of

contemporary Bali through a series of workshops and masterclasses.

This project will strengthen the relationships between performance practitioners in both Bali and Darwin and showcase the music and dance created as a result of these new connections. We aim to bring together a mix of traditional and contemporary dancers, choreographers and musicians, as well as filmmakers and cultural leaders to guide this project and ensure that it has cultural integrity and relevance both in the Australian and Balinese context.

Dewa Soma Artist’s Fees = $4,050

Flights Bali - Darwin return x 1 @ $950 / flight = $950

Total; $5,000

For more information about our Company please go to: www.tracksdance.com.au