Catapult Dance

Based in Newcastle NSW, Catapult dance Choreographic Hub is a ‘not for profit’ contemporary dance organisation for professional artists, emerging artists and young people.

Our mission is to strengthen the presence of contemporary dance in Newcastle, the Central Coast and Greater Hunter, by creating a hub for dance artists to develop their practice, gain skills and collaborate across disciplines: extending their networks and profile both in the professional arts and broader community – propelling dancers forward.

Catapult has a number of programs:

PROPEL: Professional Artist in Residence Program (supported by CreateNSW, Newcastle City Council & Force Majeure)
The FLIPSIDE PROJECT: Youth dance and multi- arts program and ensemble. Awarded 2017 an Australian Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Youth Dance, Recipient of 2015 & 2016 City of Newcastle Dramatic Arts Award for excellence in choreography (supported by CreateNSW and the NSW Department of Education and Communities)
MASTER-CLASS SERIES: Bringing the finest choreographers to Newcastle for Weekend Workshops (supported by the City of Newcastle)
COMMUNITY OPEN CLASSES: Evening classes for adults, pre professionals, young people – caters for all ages (supported by the City of Newcastle)
COMMUNITY AND SCHOOLS OUTREACH PROGRAM: Catapult will provide professional choreographers to come to you.

Our venue, has two large studios with sprung floors, the venue has the capacity to hold professional choreographic residencies, youth projects, showings and performances, as well as workshops

Catapult is supported by CreateNSW, the City of Newcastle, the NSW Department of Education & Training, and Ausdance NSW.

Catapult dance has been invited to be one of Ausdance NSW’s first Associate Companies (2016-2018). This program aims to build the capacity in the dance sector by supporting three companies to assist them to become more sustainable.

Our core aims and objectives are:

To Build a contemporary dance sector in Newcastle, and create a hub for emerging artists, young people and professional practitioners to create and develop as artists in Newcastle.
Lead, cultivate and champion professional contemporary dance practitioners, established NSW multi-disciplinary artists and regional emerging artists through long-term choreographic residencies and professional opportunities in regional NSW.
Provide Opportunities for the young people of the Newcastle, Hunter and Central Coast regions to access and participate in contemporary dance, and evolve into the next generation of Australia’s premier contemporary dance artists
To Foster an appreciative audience for contemporary dance work and build audience capacity in the Hunter region by broadening our profile, reach and reputation.

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Catapult Dance Studio at 880 Hunter St Newcastle West

PROPEL CATAPULT CHOREOGRAPHIC & MULTI-DISCIPLINARY RESIDENCY PROGRAM: 2018

TWELVE TALL TREES

PROPEL # 3 2018:

OMER BACKLEY-ASTRACHAN & ZACKARI WATT – A second stage Propel residency

May 7th – 25th 2018

HYSTERIA

PROPEL # 2 2018:

ANGELYN DIAZ, ALYSHA FEWSTER & NATASHA ROGERS – A seed residency

16th April – 5th May

A PACT BETWEEN STRANGERS

PROPEL # 1 2018 –

CRAIG BARY & DALE COLLIER – A second stage Propel residency

January 15th – February 3rd

SCI-FI JUNGLE

PROPEL #4 2017

TIMOTHY OHL & JEPTHAH FRANCIS

RESIDENCY DATES: November 20th – December 9th

T(w)o

RHIANNON NEWTON: choreographer in collaboration with performer ADELINA LARSSON & composer: JAMES HAZEL

https://vimeo.com/221363727

OMER & SHARON BACKLEY-ASTRACHAN present

TOHU

CRAIG BARY: choreographer in collaboration with experimental multi-media artists: DALE COLLIER

RESIDENCY DATES: January 9th – January 28th

SHOWING DATES: January 27th & 28th

OMER ASTRACHAN: choreographer in collaboration with composer: ZACKARI WATT

RESIDENCY DATES: May 1st 9th – May 13th

SHOWING DATES: May 12th & 13th

Head here for Realtime interview with Craig Bary on the upcoming residency.

Catapult Choreographic Hub Propel professional Artist residency 2015 reel from Jessica Coughlan on Vimeo.

CATAPULT CHOREOGRAPHIC RESIDENCY PROGRAM: 2015/2016

ADAM BLANCH in collaboration with Film – Maker: NEIL MANSFIELD & dancer: RAEGAN ASHLEY WILLIAMS

RESIDENCY DATES: AUGUST 3RD – 22ND

KRISTINA CHAN in collaboration with Film – Maker: NEIL MANSFIELD

RESIDENCY DATES: AUGUST 3RD – SEPTEMBER 5TH

MARNIE PALOMARES in collaboration with Textile Designers: HIGH TEA WITH MRS WOO

RESIDENCY DATES: OCTOBER 5TH – OCTOBER 24TH

MIRANDA WHEEN in collaboration with Visual Designer: JESSICA COUGHLAN

RESIDENCY DATES: NOVEMBER 23RD – DECEMBER 12TH

JOSHUA THOMSON in collaboration with Composer: Zackari Watt

FEATURING: CRAIG BARY with Angie Diaz, Raegan Ashley Williams and Emily-Kate Watts

RESIDENCY DATES: JANUARY 4th 2016 – JANUARY 30th 2016

Catapult Choreographic Hub would like to extend sincere thanks to our sponsors for the Propel Artist in Residence program

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NEW TRANSLATIONS

NEW TRANSLATIONS Catapult dance’s Youth Iniative: The Flipside Project (recipient: 2017 Australian Dance Award) in partnership with The Lock-Up responding to the exhibition Transmission curated by Cherie Johnson. Junior and Senior ensembles working with choreographers Cadi McCarthy, Jo Clancy (Wagana Dancers), Natasha Rogers (NAISDA) , Omer Astrachan (Israel) and Skip Willcox (Tanzcompagnie Giessen) looked at […]

THE EDGE

THE EDGE – MAITLAND REGIONAL ART GALLERY – 2017 An Installation based contemporary dance choreographic performance program that runs parallel with DAVID CAPRA’s exhibition at the Maitland Regional Art Gallery, April 2017

The Flipside Project 2016: Pushing Boundaries

Pushing Boundaries an original contemporary dance work created over three Flipside Project intensives in 2016 .The Flipside Project 2016 engages young dancers from across the Hunter to work with professional contemporary choreographers . composers and visual designers: Brandon Atoui Kristina Chan Harrison Elliot Yukino McHugh Marnie Palomares Rhiannon Newton and Catapult Dance Artistic Director […]

In Search of the Lost Things: Maitland Regional Art Gallery

The First Flipside Intensive in 2016 was choreographed by Cadi McCarthy, Marnie Palomares, Emily-Kate Watts and Casey Horner. The Project engaged young people from across the Hunter, to create original contemporary dance for a site specific performance at Maitland Region Art Gallery within the Shaun Tan Exhibition “The Lost Thing” DANCE PERFORMANCES: FRIDAY 8 […]

About Flipside

The Flipside Project: Is a contemporary dance and collaborative choreographic program for young people (aged 7 – 18) and emerging artists (18 – 26) based in Newcastle, the Central Coast and Greater Hunter. The Flipside Project provides opportunities for young people and emerging artists to collaborate with some of Australia’s most esteemed professional contemporary and […]

The Flipside Project: Senior Ensemble

“The Flipside Project ” is a collaborative contemporary dance and multi arts project for young people and emerging artists living in Newcastle, the Central Coast and Greater Hunter supported by the NSW Department of Education & Communities, CreateNSW, the City of Newcastle. This project is unique for the region, providing dance and arts experiences that […]

The Flipside Project: Junior Ensemble

“The Flipside Project ” is a collaborative contemporary dance and multi arts project for young people and emerging artists living in Newcastle, the Central Coast and Greater Hunter supported by the NSW Department of Education & Communities, CreateNSW and Ausdance NSW. This project is unique for the region, providing dance and arts experiences that […]

School Workshops

IN SCHOOL WORKSHOPS Catapult Dance & the Flipside Project provide classes, workshops and intensive programs in schools, for community groups, young people and teachers. We have qualified dance specialist teachers that can provide a program that will suit your needs. Secondary Workshops Contemporary and Composition based workshops are tailored to your needs in the secondary […]

Teacher and Professional Learning

Teacher Professional Learning Workshops Flipside Dance Inc provides classes, workshops and intensive programs in schools, for community groups, young people and primary and secondary teachers. We have qualified dance specialist teachers that can provide a program that will suit your needs. Secondary Teacher Professional Learning These workshops adopt a practical approach to Professional Learning for […]

Catapult dance Membership

Catapult dance is a contemporary dance and multi-arts organisation for professional dancers, multi- disciplinary artists, young people and emerging artists from Newcastle, the Central Coast and Greater Hunter. Catapult dance is a not for profit organization, not a private dance school, but an arts organisation that offers a range of professional arts programs and extraordinary dance experiences for […]

Riptide (Flipside Inaugural Program 2014)

Flipside Dance Company RIPTIDE was Flipside’s Pilot project in Newcastle 2014, at the Playhouse Theatre in November 2014. Students from across the Hunter, Central Coast and Greater Hunter collaborated with Professional contemporary choreographers and emerging visual designers from the University of Newcastle to create Riptide, a full length contemporary dance piece negotiating the terrain between […]

The Flipside Project Showreels

Cadi McCarthy has been creating professional dance theatre works since 2002. Below is a snapshot of the works she created with Buzz Dance Theatre (2009 – 2013) and Cadi McCarthy & Company (2005 – 2009).