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The Dance Project

Tasmanian Regional Arts (TRA) is proud to present The Dance Project in partnership with Mature Artists Dance Experience (MADE), Bust a Move and Tasdance. The Dance Project will develop and present three new contemporary and relevant dance works with, by and about community. Evolving from the heart of each community, these works will explore the sense of place, kinship and identity for the residents of the three regions.

Angie Abdilla, Creative Producer of the project says: "The Dance Project offers a platform for three divergent Tasmanian dance companies to create innovative dance works - discrete and interconnected - from the heart of regional Tasmanians".

The Dance Project is an initiative of the Australia Council for the Arts, aiming to develop a new model for connections between dance and communities and to allow more opportunities for Australians to both see and participate in dance across the country. It's jointly funded by the Australia Council's Dance Board and the Community Partnerships Committee.

Over the duration of the project through 2011 to mid 2012, the project partners will engage with very diverse communities from their regions ranging from Hospice workers in the South (Hobart) to local dance communities in the North West (Devonport, Burnie and Ulverstone) and primary school students in the North East (Winnaleah, Ringarooma, Scottsdale and Bridport). The Dance Project will offer a framework that will act as an open-ended stimulus to explore specific topics and issues that emerge as critical for the diverse communities. Participants will be enabled to select from an eclectic mix of media to form a performance mosaic (image, music, movement, text) they feel would best represent their ideas and responses.

To know more about the project log onto www.thedanceproject.com.au