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“I’ll never stop telling stories”
Gary Lang
Gary Lang is a Larrakia man; he trained at the National Aboriginal and Islander Dance School (NAISDA) and has toured nationally & internationally with some of Australia’s premier dance companies, the Aboriginal and Islander Dance Theatre, Bangarra, Dance North and Tracks Inc. We Cover
- Finding where you fit in the world of Australia as a dancer
- Making “Aboriginal Ballet”
- How to know what to do in the studio
- WA Ballet
- Finding and learning essence within gestures
- How do learnings filter into being a director
- Directing a festival and calling yourself a, “festival director”
- Teaching children how to be, “right”, in this country
- Having strong women within his life
- How to know if you’re perpetuating the cycle
- The, “divorce dance,” and shifting through music
- Making valid work to exist for certain people
- Choosing to work with adults not children
- How often to star something
- Shifting to, “knowing how to dance,”
- NASIDA and Paul Saliba
- How to know what to do to create good work
- Teaching dance to children
- Biggest hopes for running a company and being festival, “director,”
- Working in the dance scene in Darwin
- Always have manners
- When will you know you’re done with making dancing
- Feeling safe with people
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