Tracks Dance

“True happiness is something that you don’t have by yourself, you have true happiness when it’s radiating from the people all around you.” - Tim Newth, thank you for these words during your Cushion Concert as we celebrated your 35 years working at Tracks. It was our pleasure to have successfully kept this one a secret right down to the last moment as you walked in the studio. Here are some pics from the wonderful time we had reflecting on all the joy that has come with your presence in our lives through community and movement. Huge thanks to everyone that was able to join us and to those who contributed words and thoughts from afar to make sure we sent him off right.

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Tracks family repping at Seabreeze- photo dump! Very proud of our fabulous Grey Panthers, Youth Dance Leaders and Dead Singers Dance Society members for their energy on the Seabreeze dance stage. A joyous time of celebration at the foreshore. 🌊
Nightcliff Seabreeze Festival

📷 Duane Preston

So very proud of our Grey Panthers, Youth Dance Leaders and Dead SIngers Dance Society members for representing on the Seabreeze dance stage. Such diversity of styles, ages, and choreography. Pics coming

Get your tickets now for more than 60 shows at the Darwin Fringe Festival, including our very own 1-hour show, Fresh Tracks! ✨

You'll see experimental dance works from artists drawn from our ongoing residencies, Choreolabs and masterclasses, and from our broad family of connected movers and makers.

🗓️ Sun 14th May
🕘 2 Shows - 3pm & 5pm
📍 Tracks Dance Studio

📷 Spillett and Jenelle Saunders, Fresh Tracks 2023. Photograph by Duane Preston.

Fresh Tracks » Darwin Fringe Fresh Tracks is a program of short, experimental dance works to expand your vision of the moving body; alive and vibrant.

Calling all young people aged between 10 - 17! Come join the fun at The SHAK Youth Hub in the after-school dance workshops with our Dance Animateur, Spillett, where you can jam out and unleash your dance moves. It's going to be a blast, so don't miss out! 🌟

Tune into ABC Darwin this afternoon from 4PM on the Drive with Lisa! She'll be joined by our Associate Artistic Director, Jess Devereux, in a chat about the vibrant and unique dance scene right here in our beloved Territory.

It's all in celebration of the joyous occasion that is International Dance Day! You can also join us with our celebrations this weekend:

✨ Dancers Picnic
🗓️ Sun 28 April
🕘 5-7pm
📍 Sunset Park, Nightcliff
🔗 https://bit.ly/4aHp1aU

📷: Mark Marcelis

Our Dead Singers Dance Society AC/DC series kicks off this afternoon!

We'll be celebrating the electrifying music of Bon Scott with outrageously fun and achievable dance moves over 4 weeks.

New and familiar faces are always welcome at the Dead Singers Dance Society! There's still a chance to book a spot and rock! 🤘🎸⚡️

Book here: https://bit.ly/3TxXhzW

A gentle, low key and languid afternoon of embodied practice, moving to music, stretching and putting pen to page.

Come chill in the aircon and spend a monsoonal knock’em down afternoon dancing and gathering in Tracks studio. Facilitated by Jess Devereux.

Light refreshments provided.

Book now: https://bit.ly/4cQrkdz

Join us for a delightful picnic for dancers as we celebrate International Dance Day! More info: https://bit.ly/4aHp1aU

📷 Mark Marcelis

Performance | Practice Practise meets ‘52 ACTIONS’
Dance artists from Darwin’s much loved dance company Tracks, flex their artistic and physical practice, incorporating diverse techniques, improvisation and movement enquiry as they interact with contemporary art works from the touring exhibition ‘52 ACTIONS’, curated by Artspace.

👏 Performance | Practice Practise meets ‘52 ACTIONS’
📆 Thursday 4 April | 10 – 11am
🎟 Suitable for all ages | Free
📌 In situ performance in Gallery 1
🔗 Link in BIO www.magnt.net.au/whatsondarwin
'52 ACTIONS' | Curated by Artspace.
Until 2 June 2024 | Entry is free.

There's still time to join this next series of the Dead Singers Dance Society and Rock-N-Roll to Bon Scott of ACDC when classes kick off next Wednesday! 🤘🎸✨

Participants who in this series will be part of a thrilling Tracks Dance performance at Nightcliff Seabreeze Festival. Don't miss out the chance to be a part of the excitement!

Book your tickets: https://tracksdance.com.au/landing/dead-singers-dance-society-2024

📷 Duane Preston

Retiring

After a period of extended leave, Tim Newth AM has formally stepped down as the Co-Artistic Director of Tracks.

"It is wonderful to know that because nothing stays the same, anything is possible.

Tracks for me is a community of people who share the same values, we often call ourselves the ‘Tracks family’. It’s not that we all come from the same training, cultures, ancestry, or life experience, it’s the company's values that bind us.

We value each person, their stories, and their diverse heritage. We acknowledge our interconnectedness to the land we live and work. And our spirits are fed by the vitality of our combined living cultures, informed by our traditions and contemporary lives.

It has been my job to hold this for over three decades. I have not held it alone, we have worked collaboratively and refined this process. Understanding that together, we can create something far greater than any one of us can on our own. It has been these people, ‘you, the Tracks family’ and this place that has fired my imagination and kept my creativity alive over this time. Many lifelong friendships have been formed. What a rich life you have given me. I thank you and am grateful to each one of you.

So therefore I have not been the sole Artistic Director of this company, I have been the Co Artistic Director. From the beginning, it’s been David who has been there with me; when the vehicle gets its third flat tire, or the road is flooded and we are stranded, or when I totally lose the plot. You have taught me, amongst other things, to take small steps toward my dreams and not to take any one of those steps for granted. You have enabled me to be the quiet nest maker, while you draw together the masses with your good humor and skill. We have both had to actively learn to listen deeply to each other, even when we found this difficult. It’s been this listening to each other and the people around us that has enabled us to be authentic and to build the company we have. I thank you for your patience and for a friendship that I couldn’t have imagined was possible within one’s lifetime."

Tim is currently focusing on being a Zen Buddhist practitioner in the Plum Village tradition as founded by Thich Nhat Hanh.

📷Peter Eve, Milpirri 2007

Click link below to read Tim's Exit Interview with Artshub 🫖

https://www.artshub.com.au/news/features/exit-interview-tim-newth-am-tracks-dance-company-2711673/

Performance | Practice Practise meets ‘52 ACTIONS’
Dance artists from Darwin’s much loved dance company Tracks, flex their artistic and physical practice, incorporating diverse techniques, improvisation and movement enquiry as they interact with contemporary art works from the touring exhibition ‘52 ACTIONS’, curated by Artspace.
👏 Performance | Practice Practise meets ‘52 ACTIONS’
📆 Thursday 4 April | 10 – 11am
🎟 Suitable for all ages | Free
📌 In situ performance in Gallery 1
🔗 https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/performance-practice-practise-meets-52-actions-tickets-859917033997?aff=oddtdtcreator
'52 ACTIONS' | Curated by Artspace.
Until 2 June 2024 | Entry is free.

Artspace Sydney 52 Actions Museums & Galleries of NSW Copyright Agency Create NSW Tracks Dance

Join the Dead Singers Dance Society and get ready to Rock-N-Roll! 🤘🎸✨

We're shaking it up at Dead Singers this series, and jumping on the Rock-N-Roll train to celebrate the music of Aussie singer and songwriter Bon Scott.

As frontman of legendary hard rock band AC/DC, Scott was known for "so much style for such little wardrobe" and is remembered for his undeniable influence on rock lyrics, singing and performance.

New and familiar faces are always welcome at the Dead Singers Dance Society, so book a spot, come for a dance, and... Let There Be Rock!

Class info:
4 Week Course
Every Wednesday from 10th April - 1st May
5:30-6:45pm
📍 Tracks Dance Studio
$45.00 (plus booking fee)

Book your spot: https://bit.ly/3TxXhzW

Tracks family portrait 2024 🌱

Although Choreolab 101 Explore won't be happening this year, we invite you to experience the magic of last year's cohort as they brought their creativity to life in a captivating short film during the choreographic development program.

Watch here: https://bit.ly/49SJ9qq

🎥 Duane Preston

Explore our calendar of events, featuring dance classes, performances, new works, and residencies, conveniently available on our website! As Artistic Director David suggests, "Print it out and whack it on your fridge!".

View here: https://tracksdance.com.au/landing/getinvolved

Join us this Saturday for an exciting pop-up performance by the Dead Singers Dance Society and the Grey Panthers, as part of the City of Darwin's International Women's Day Walk and Celebrations at Civic Park!

The march kicks off at 8:30 am, followed by captivating performances from 9:00 am. We'll see you there!

📷 George F Photography

🎶 Get ready to dive into the beats and unleash your inner dancer as Spillett brings the heat to the studio floor. 🔥✨ With Spillett's infectious energy and passion for dance, you'll be busting moves like never before! Tickets now on sale: https://www.stickytickets.com.au/U1XWK

📷 Duane Preston

Welcome Grey Panthers '24! 🐾 We love seeing you all in the studio having fun dancing and striking a pose for our first class of the year.

If you're over 60 years young and want to join a fun dance troupe, come join our Grey Panthers! Classes are on in Darwin and Coomalie.

Visit our website for more info: https://tracksdance.com.au/join-grey-panthers

📷 Debbie Jane Micairan

We acknowledge that today can be a difficult for Indigenous people and we are committed to their storytelling and holding a space for their truth-telling.

See our Indigenoius focused works here: https://tracksdance.com.au/indigenous-focused-works

Always was, always will be.

Try something new in the new year and join our Dead Singers Dance Society!

In the lead up to International Women's Day our first edition will be a celebration of 4 international artists where you'll learn fun and energising dance routine to a medley including Aretha Franklin, Chrissy Amphlett, Marie Fredriksson, and Sridevi!

There's one week left to join before classes kick off next Wednesday.

To register: https://bit.ly/3S4VlN8

📷 Duane Preston

Our office is back open and our 2024 program has already kicked off! Here's how you can at Tracks Dance right now:

⭐️ Choreolab 101 Explore
⭐️ Youth Dance Leadership Program
⭐️ Dead Singers Dance Society
⭐️ Grey Panthers

ℹ️ For more info visit our website: https://bit.ly/tracksgetinvolved

🗞️ Subscribe to our mailing list for the latest: https://bit.ly/3tzDh5D

Applications are now OPEN for Choreolab 101 Explore!

A professional development opportunity for emerging movement artists and makers to explore the mechanics and creative scope of choreography in an artistically rich environment.

This 10 week program is aimed at people with some level of experience in dance / movement (in any style) or with a current artistic practice, and a curiosity about the choreographic craft.

📝 Start your application here: https://bit.ly/3twF77h

ℹ️ For info on the program: https://bit.ly/3NvmaIT

For enquiries, please contact Spillett:
📧 [email protected]

📷 Duane Preston

Join the Dead Singers Dance Society for this epic edition!

What better way to start 2024 than dancing your heart out to a medley of fabulous songs from four awesome female artists. In the lead up to International Women's Day, the Dead Singers Dance Society is returning to previous artists Marie Fredriksson, Chrissy Amphlett, Aretha Franklin and Sridevi with a fun and energising dance routine. Come along and unite in joyous movement and a celebration of feminine power!

Society Meetings (dance classes) are held in an inclusive and supportive dance space led by our experienced teacher, Kelly Beneforti. At the end of the course, there will be an optional opportunity to show off the dance in front of an audience, or just bust out your new moves, anytime, anywhere.

Don't miss this, it'll be so much fun!

Class Info:
🗓️ Every Wednesday from
31st January 2024 - 28 February 2024
🕠 5:30 - 6:45pm
📍 Tracks Dance Studio

Register here: https://www.stickytickets.com.au/YNWVI