We are excited to leap into the year by announcing the successful recipient of the Canberra Theatre Centre and Ausdance ACT 2025 New Works Program Dance Creative Development partnership!
YOLANDA LOWATTA WITH ABA BERO AND HARLISHA NEWIE JOE
Yolanda is a Geidei woman from Lama, ZENADTH KES (Torres Strait Islands) and is also of Papua New Guinea & Fijian heritage. A Helpmann Award winner for dance, she has performed with Ochre Contemporary Dance Company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, YT Dingo, Jannawi Dance Clan, Australian Dance Party, and Melanie Lane.
Yolanda is choreographing a new work called Karbai: a collection of stories drawing on physical theatre, ZENADTH KES, drama, comedy, dance and soul, and a celebration of her totem, her culture, and her people.
It is a priority for us to help create and support programs that deliver professional pathways and new work development for local dance artists. Congratulations Yolanda and team!
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For more information about Canberra Theatre Centre's New Works program visit HERE.
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Image credit: Gupi de Zavalia
We congratulate the other dance artist recipients supported by Canberra Theatre Centre's New Works Program: Emma Laverty who is undertaking an artist-led program for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander artist to work closely with the Canberra Theatre Centre, engaging in mentoring sessions, and developing a new work for presentation. As well as James Batchelor who undertook a creative development of Resonance in early January. Continuing his exploration of lineages of contemporary dance history with a focus on the legacy left by late choreographer Tanja Liedtke.
