TAP dance festival and Symposium 2009

APRIL 2 - 5, 2009

Tasdance, Ten Days and the University of Tasmania's School of Visual & Performing Arts presented Tasmania Asia Pacific Dance (TAP Dance), a showcase of contemporary choreographers who use traditional forms to create new work.

TAP Dance included 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

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)

Each Artist will make a short statement about their work and then respond to questions from the panel and the floor.