The FLING Company in Shifting, presented at the Australian Youth Dance Festival, Melbourne, 2019, Image Shuttermain
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FLING  SHORTLISTED  FOR 
​AUSTRALIAN  DANCE  AWARDS


We are thrilled to announce that two of FLING’s recent major works, Body and Environment (2018) and My Black Dog (2019), and a significant partnership project Encounter South (2019), have all been shortlisted for the 2020 Australian Dance Awards. 
 
It is wonderful to be nominated for these three works! We are incredibly proud of all of these projects, and the teams of Artists and young people who created them. Being a regionally based arts organisation, having our work recognised on a national platform is wonderful and demonstrates that nationally relevant work can, and is, being made in regional centres across Australia.
 
These projects would not have been possible without the significant investment and support of local and national project partners, funding bodies and donors. These projects have a significant impact on the lives of young people living in the Bega Valley and our regional community at large, enabling local stories to be told and regional voices to be celebrated.
 
The Australian Dance Awards will be held as an online ceremony on Tuesday December 8, 2020.

Congratulations  to  All  our    
performers,  ARTISTS  and Project  partners

​Body and Environment (2018)
This immersive work was set within a unique transforming set installation, manipulated by the performers throughout the work.  
My Black Dog (2019)
Designed to support the mental health of young people living in regional and remote communities, this work brought people together to start an important conversation around mental health.
Encounter South (2019)
Led by FORM Dance Projects and Director Emma Saunders, in partnership with FLING and Sydney Youth Orchestras, this large-scale outdoor work was created for the Four Winds site and was later presented in the Sydney Festival in 2020. 

BEATS  -  POWER  WITHIN

In 2019 FLING’s BEATS program offered a series of workshops for Aboriginal young people living on Thaua Country in the Yuin Nation, offering the opportunity to collaborate with a team of professional artists to write and record an original song and create an accompanying dance/music video.

The workshops were held in Eden in partnership with Campbell Page over a six month period. Participants developed new skills in songwriting, recording, sound mixing, dance, film making and editing, with the support of mentoring and Cultural teaching from local Aboriginal Artists including Meaghan Holt, Warren Foster Jnr, Chelsy Atkins and Shaquille Aldridge.​

​The resulting video POWER WITHIN also includes interviews with participants and the local community in Eden, asking "What does Culture mean to you?" The Video was recently featured on NITV's Facebook page.

​Huge congratulations to the whole team and all the young artists involved!
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BEATS was produced by FLING Physical Theatre, led by Project Coordinator/ FLING Dance Development Officer Gabriela Green Olea, with support from Create NSW through the Aboriginal Regional Arts Fund, with key project partners Campbell Page Eden, Bega Valley Shire Council, Bega Valley Shire Library,  Allawah Ngindigaan - Indigenous Education Programs, and Merimbula School of Music.

Project Coordinator - Gabriela Green Olea
Cultural Advisor and Youth Mentoring - Meghan Holt
Music Director - Chelsy Atkins
Hip Hop Director - Warren Foster Jnr
Choreography and Youth Worker - Shaquille Aldridge
Didgeridoo - Nathan Lygon
Recording and Music Producer - Ricky Bloomfield
plus Guest workshops by Scott Baker & Gabrielle Jones

Watch POWER WITHIN - BEATS Project - right here right now! 

ANTON  JOINS  FLING

HIGH  PROFILE  ARTIST  JOINS  FLING  As  NEW  DANCE  DEVELOPMENT  OFFICER


We are super excited to announce the arrival of our new Dance Development Officer, Anton!

A high profile artist within the Australian Dance Community, Anton brings to the role a wealth of experience and knowledge as a performer, choreographer, project director, rehearsal director and dance teacher. We are thrilled to have him on board!
 
Most recently Anton worked as Rehearsal Director with Bangarra Dance Theatre. As a  performer he has worked with Dance North, Australian Dance Theatre, Legs On The Wall, TASDANCE, Shaun Parker Company, Sydney Theatre Company, and Opera Australia, and he has made commissioned dance works for arts festivals, dance companies, art centres, live commercial TV events, university institutions and youth companies. 
 
As Dance Development Officer, Anton will become one of the key trainers for our Youth Companies and will teach a range of new and existing Community Classes, whilst also seeking new opportunities for the community to get dancing across the Bega Valley region.

Anton said “I feel very lucky to be in the glorious Bega Valley with FLING Physical Theatre and I look forward to empowering young emerging dance artists whilst enjoying the exceptional nature of the Sapphire Coast.” 
 
You can see Anton’s work online https://antonprojects.com

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FLING Physical Theatre would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands and waters of the Bega Valley Shire - the people of the Yuin and Monaro Nations, and show our respect to elders past and present and emerging.