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Big Dance Melbourne
Photos by Sarah Walker
Big Dance Melbourne
Sunday 29 April 2018, 1 – 4pm
Federation Square
Held at Federation square on World Dance Day, Big Dance Melbourne was a true celebration of dance. The event saw participants from all walks of life coming together to perform the choreography. The event also featured exciting performances by Shiamak, E.motion21, Origins and Hip Hop workshop with Indigenous Hip Hop project.
The performance was led by Teaching Artists Ngioka Bunda-Heath, Chloe Dobson and Sofie Burgoyne
PERFORMERS
MC - Yung Philly
Yung Philly is an MC and is currently in his 14th professional year. Commencing MCing for dance events in 2007, he has hosted for events: World Supremacy Battlegrounds (previously Groove), Got Swagg?, UDO Australian National Dance Championships, Relink the Elements, City Sessions, RMIT Bust-A-Groove and Step Off!
Neil Morris
Neil Morris aka DRMNGNOW is yorta yorta, ancient in the now . Prolific performer in Naarm (Melbourne ) for a few years now, mc, instrumentalist, poet, keeper of song, evoking vibrations of lore into the now . Known for experimental beats driven sounds fusing indigneous singing, hip hop, soul, experimental beats and other things that emerge in his genre pushing sound.
Recently released track "Australia Does Not Exist " a potent political analysis of the state of nationhood in this land featuring Philly , Adrian Eagle, Culture Evolves and Pataphysics on co production. Track has sent enormous waves through the Melbourne music scene with unanimous critical praise locally and globally by hip hop legends included.
Within first month of release recieved Triple J play and play globally including in The USA , Canada and France.
DRMNGNW has shared stages with REMI , Sampa the Great, Joelistics, Nfa Jones , Thundamentals , Black Jesus Experience, and Barney McCall amongst many and is known in Naarm ( Melbourne) as a collaborator with a vision to empower and highlight unique voices of people of first nations and other people's of colour.
Indigenous Hip Hop Project
Indigenous Hip Hop Projects are a national multi-cultural arts company, specialising in going into regional, remote and urban Indigenous communities around Australia to conduct week long workshops as a means of connecting young people, encouraging self respect, re-engagement and creating linkages with traditional culture.
IHHP Dance Artists will perform for you and get you up and involved - a taste of how they work in Indigenous communities around Australia.
Origins Dance Company
Origins Dance Company is an exciting performance based company that provides developing young artists with professional level performance experience and exposure to leading Contemporary dance choreographers & artists. Origins is the youth sector of dance institution Transit Dance.
Shiamak
Living up to the renowned Bollywood choreographer Shiamak Davar’s motto “Have Feet. Will Dance”; SHIAMAK Dance Team continues his mission to spread the joy of dance and performing arts across the globe in India, USA, UK, Canada, UAE and Australia in Melbourne Sydney , Canberra and Brisbane.
Shiamak’s Dance Academy Team holds the Guinness World Record for teaching the largest Bollywood Dance Class in Melbourne with 1325 Dancers. The team has been associated with and performed at elite events across Australia including PM Narendra Modi’s Reception in Sydney All phones Arena, Launch of ICC World Cup 2015 Melbourne, AFL Multicultural Match in Etihad Stadium, Canberra Multicultural Festival, Indian Film Festival Melbourne 2011- 2015.
e.motion21
e.motion21 is a not-for-profit organisation that provides innovative dance and fitness programs for children and young adults with Down syndrome.
e.motion21 has specialised programs offered in eight Victorian locations with the vision of enhancing lives and changing perceptions of Down syndrome within society through dance fitness and performance.