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Program Overview Program Overview February 2021 1 BlakForm is a BlakDance response to COVID-19 BlakForm is a development platform for established First Nations dance makers. BlakForm is a groundbreaking career development platform supporting established First Nations dance makers. BlakForm was created through over​ 120 sector consultations​ undertaken in 2020 and is BlakDance’s strategic response to both the adverse impacts, and opportunities to reimagine practice, presented by COVID-19. BlakForm is supported by the Federal Government’s RISE funding. BlakForm is an innovative First Nations led platform that enables eight of Australia’s leading First Nations dance makers with time and support to drive the development of their work – from their artistic practice, to building their profile, to embedding market development strategies in their work. This combined development will support these artists’ work to reach more audiences and communities locally, nationally and globally. BlakForm is made up of four distinct but interrelated components: 1. Online learning to build new skills and capacity in professional practice, co-designed and led by industry leaders Kirk Page and Paul McGill 2. A choreographic development lab, in partnership with Jasmine Gulash and Claire Hicks of Critical Path 3. Seed funding for the development of new work 4. A showcase of the works in development to market representatives 2 BLAKFORM 2021 FACILITATORS Kirk Page - CoDesigner and Facilitator Kirk’s is Mulandjali and Badu Island, Torres Strait. Formerly the Associate Artistic Director at the Northern Rivers Performing Arts (NORPA) Company, Lismore NSW, Kirk is now creative producer on a range of First Nations dance and physical theatre productions. Kirk trained at the National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association NAISDA and egan his professional career with Bangarra Dance Theatre in 1995. Kirk has worked in film, television and theatre. Kirk recently directed Djurra ( LORE ) a Bundjalung Dreaming Story ​“My artistic practice as a physical theatre performer, actor, dancer, singer, teacher has had me work in the professional industry - commercial and independent over the last 24 years. My practice has developed from the need to be employable, relevant and constantly evolving still. I am intrigued by the body and how it can tell story, its history and its future. As a movement based practitioner this project would have me extending on my physical skill set as an interpreter of ancestor and history.” Paul McGill - CoDesigner and Facilitator Paul has strong market development experience with both small to medium artistic companies, independent artists as well as a major performing arts companies as well as coaching and mentoring experience. Past roles include the first Director, International Market Development at Circus Oz (2002 – 2008) and overseeing a highly successful period for Circus Oz internationally as well as as an independent producer for a number of years. Qualifications: University of Melbourne – BSc (Majoring in Biotechnology, Economics, Finance and Accounting) and GAICD Paul leads the Maakan Advisory practice and is a highly experienced strategic advisor bringing in excess of 25 years of strategy, governance, financial and operational experience to all his roles. Jasmine Gulash - Jasmine is a descendant of the Kabi Kabi (Gubbi Gubbi) people in South-East Queensland. She has been working in the First Nations Contemporary and Cultural dance space for over 30 years as a dancer, educator, choreographer, tour manager, director and creative producer. Jasmine’s learnings and practises have been enriched by the opportunity of work alongside some of the most talented emerging and established First Nations artists on Country. Claire Hicks - In her role as Director of Critical Path, Claire has been working with artists, artform and audience development for over 20 years. As an independent producer and curator, her work includes dramaturgy, discourse & writing projects. She has programmed and produced theatre venues, international collaborations, touring work, international festivals, and a range of development programs. 3 BlakForm Online Learning Course Guest Speakers Nancy Bamaga - Nancy Bamaga ​is a Torres Strait Islander woman with extensive knowledge and experience in Indigenous community cultural development, and the retailing of Indigenous art and craft. She has been involved in the arts industry since 1992, promoting arts industry development in Queensland. Carla McGrath - Carla McGrath is a proud Indigenous Australian woman whose family comes from Thursday Island in the Torres Strait. Raised on the Australian mainland, Carla retains strong family and community ties to the Torres Strait. Carla is a consultant specialising in community engagement and consultation, facilitation, for-purpose organisational sustainability, and program design, development and facilitation. Lydia Miller - A Kuku Yalanji woman from Far North Queensland, Ms Miller has a wealth of experience in the arts and cultural sector spanning some 30 years as a performer, artistic director, producer, administrator, senior executive and advocate. Her professional performing arts career spans theatre, film, television and radio. She combines this artistic background with public policy and administration experience in the health, community services and criminal justice sectors. Carolyn Tate - Carolyn Tate & Co. is an education and publishing company dedicated to unearthing a higher purpose in people and organisations. Carolyn believes that the purpose of business is to serve the greater good and that profit should be the by-product, not the single-minded goal. Jacob Boehme - Jacob Boehme is a Melbourne born and based artist of Aboriginal heritage, from the Narangga and Kaurna nations of South Australia. With a 20 year history working in Cultural Maintenance, Research & Revival of traditional dance with Elders and youth from urban to remote Indigenous communities across Australia, Jacob combines dance (Diploma in Dance, NAISDA 2000) and playwriting (Masters in Writing for Performance, VCA 2014) to create multi-disciplinary theatre, dance, ceremony for stage, screen, large-scale public events / festivals. Kath Melbourne - Kath works across the creative industries, government and not for profit sectors. She provides high level strategic, business and operational advice and brokers collaborations, partnerships and stakeholder relationships. She is particularly skilled in industries which have high levels of emotional investment and those in which innovation and creative thinking are essential for success. Margo Kane - Cree-Saulteaux performing artist, Margo Kane is the Founder and Artistic Managing Director of Full Circle: First Nations Performance. For over 40 years she has been active as a performing artist and community cultural worker. Moonlodge, her acclaimed one-woman show, an Aboriginal Canadian classic, has toured for over 10 years nationally and internationally. The Sydney Press (AU) during The Festival of the Dreaming praised it as being ‘in the top echelon of solo performance.’ She developed and runs the annual Talking Stick Festival and an Aboriginal Ensemble Performing Arts Program in Vancouver. 4 Keith Barker - Keith Barker is an Algonquin Métis playwright, actor, and theatre director from Northwestern Ontario, and the current Artistic Director at Native Earth Performing Arts. He was a finalist for the Governor General’s Award for English Drama in 2018 for his play, ​This Is How We Got Here​. Keith received a Saskatchewan and Area Theatre Award for Excellence in Playwriting and a Yukon Arts Award for Best Art for Social Change for his play, ​The Hours That Remain​. Prior to taking the job at Native Earth, Keith served as a Theatre Program Officer for the Canada Council for the Arts. Ed Bourgeois - Mohawk-descendant performer/playwright and arts administrator, Ed has served as Managing Director of PAʻI Foundation (Honolulu, HI), General Director of Anchorage Opera, and Director of Programs at the Alaska Native Heritage Center. He established the Alaska Native Playwrights Project, which trained emerging Native playwrights in Alaska and on Pine Ridge Reservation (SD), and produced ʻAu I Ke Kai (Crossing the Distant Seas), bringing together Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian performers for the Talking Stick Festival (Vancouver, BC) and Moʻolelo Storytelling Festival (Honolulu). Dolina Wehipeihana - Ngāti Raukawa, Ngati Tūkorehe, Dolina works at PANNZ and Kia Maru. Dolina is also an independent producer through her company Betsy & Mana Productions. She has produced for artists White Face Crew, co-produced the national tour of Mei-Lin Te Puea Hansen’s ​The Mooncake and the Kumara​ (co-produced with The Oryza Foundation for Asian Performing Arts), and Kirk Torrance’s ​Flintlock Musket. ​As a producer she has also worked with Indian Ink, NZ Dance Company and was Creative Producer for Atamira Dance Company from 2002 – 2010. Catherine Jones - Catherine Jones is the Director of the APAM Office. Prior to taking up the role at APAM Catherine was the General Manager of Arts House, Melbourne’s centre for contemporary and experimental performance for three years. Before joining the City of Melbourne Catherine held Executive positions in some of Melbourne’s leading contemporary performance companies including Chunky Move, Malthouse Theatre and Arena Theatre Company. Kath Papas - Kath is a creative producer and arts consultant. With special passions for dance and for fostering diversity,
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