Barkly Regional Arts

Ali- Curung Dance Festival
3-4 July 2010
Ali Curung

This year’s Traditional Indigenous Dance Festival is jam-packed with talented Indigenous performers from musicians and dancers to visual artists and artefact makers. Throughout the weekend there will be talks on bush medicine and bush tucker as well as demonstrations on painting, and making aretfacts and jewellery. There will also be a spear throwing contest using a traditional woomera and fire-making competitions with boomerangs. Please phone Judy Grieve at Arlpwe Art Gallery on 8964 1640.

Youth Performance Holiday Workshops
June 21 - July 16
Tennant Creek
Over the school holidays there are a variety of exciting workshops for youngsters in Tennant Creek. In partnership with Barkly Regional Arts, the mob from the Australian Theatre for Young People (atyp), Beyond Empathy and The Song Room are in town offering skills ranging from dance to drama. The four weeks are jam-packed with a mixture of workshops for dance, music, drama, puppeteering and film/video, youth drama, physical theatre and drumming/percussion. All sessions are either at the Winanjjikari Music Centre, Drovers’ Hall, YouthLinx or in rooms at the Tennant Creek Training Centre, 65 Staunton Street. Call the Youth Performing Arts Coordinator Kate Lee on 8962 2799 or email kate@barklyarts.com.au for details.

Desert Harmony Arts & Cultural Festival
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August 28 - September 5
Tennant Creek
Barkly Regional Arts proudly presents the Desert Harmony Art & Culture Festival in Tennant Creek, which is celebrating its 21st year in 2010. The festival is an annual event celebrating the region's thriving and vibrant cultural mix of Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists, musicians, dancers and writers. For further details check out the Desert Harmony page or contact Jacqui Dawborn, Desert Harmony Festival Coordinator, on (08) 8962 2799 or email desert.harmony@barklyarts.com.au