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Tasmania Asia Pacific (TAP) Dance Festival and Symposium
Tasdance, Ten Days and the University of Tasmania's School of Visual & Performing Arts presented Tasmania Asia Pacific Dance (TAP Dance) Symposium.
APRIL 2 - 5, 2009
Tasdance, Ten Days and the University of Tasmania's School of Visual & Performing Arts present Tasmania Asia Pacific Dance (TAP Dance), a showcase of contemporary choreographers who use traditional forms to create new work.
TAP Dance will include a symposium in Launceston at the University of Tasmania's (UTAS) Performing Arts Space with live performance elements at the Earl Arts Centre and UTAS.
Produced and presented by Ten Days on the Island and Tasdance in association with partners the Asia Pacific Performing Arts Network (APPAN) and World Dance Alliance (WDA) Asia Pacific.
Symposium details:
Where: University studio, UTAS School of visual and Performing Arts, Inveresk, Invermay Rd, Launceston
When: Friday April 3 10am - 1:30pm
Cost: Free
Registration: 10am
Numbers limited so please register early to avoid dissapointment.
Download registration form here...
Please send registration forms to:
Tasdance, 197 Wellington St, Launceston, 7250
or by fax to: 03 6331 5522
Opening Address
10:30am
Convenor: Annie Greig
Asia Pacific Performing Arts Network Chair: Shanta Serbjeet Singh
World Dance Alliance Co-Chair
Asia Pacific Research and Documentation Network: Dr Stephanie Burridge
Morning Tea
11:30am - 12:00
Artists'Panel discussion
12:00 - 1:30pm
Island dance in the new millennium - choreographing within and without tradition
Facilitator: Stephanie Burridge
Provocateurs: Annie Greig and Shanta Serbjeet Singh
Choreographic Artists: Gail Mabo (Murray Island, Australia), Sthan Kabar-Louet (New Caldonia), Raka Maitra (Indian, Singapore), Daniel Yeung (Hong Kong), Louise Potiki Bryant (Atamira, NZ), Wu Hsing-Kuo (Taiwan), Gwendolyn Arbaugh (Hawaii), Efosa Fa'anana, Leah Shelton and Lisa Fa'alafi (Samoa), Dennis Nuie (TSI, Australia)
TAP Dance Performance program:
Thursday April 2
5pm Breakaway The Annex, UTAS (2 Hours) $20/$18
6pm Polytoxic - Teuila Postcards Earl Arts Centre $30/$20
8pm King Lear Princess Theatre $23-$65
Friday April 3
5pm Breakaway The Annex, UTAS (2 Hours) $20/$18
6pm Tasdance & Kabar-Louet Earl Arts Centre $20/$18
8pm Ngai Tahu, Atamira Dance Earl Arts Centre $30/$20
Saturday April 4
11am Tasdance & Kabar-Louet Earl Arts Centre $20/$18
1pm Ngai Tahu, Atamira Dance Earl Arts Centre $30/$20
4pm Breakaway The Annex, UTAS (2 Hours) $20/$18
6pm Daniel Yeung & Raka Maitra Earl Arts Centre $20/$18
8pm Blessing The Earth, Taikoz Princess Theatre $38/$32
Sunday April 5
1pm Daniel Yeung & Raka Maitra Earl Arts Centre $20/$18
2pm Breakaway The Annex, UTAS (2 Hours) $20/$18
6pm Ngai Tahu, Atamira Dance Earl Arts Centre $30/$20
Tickets to all shows can be booked at Service Tasmania or online at www.tendaysontheisland.com
Visit www.tendaysontheisland.com for further information
Posted Monday, 12 October 2009, 10:55 AM