Catapult Dance Choreographic Hub

Catapult Dance Choreographic Hub, based in Newcastle is a professional arts organisation for mid-career choreographers, emerging choreographers, multi-disciplinary artist, young people and the community

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Choreographer: Omer Backley-Astrachan
Photo Credit: Ashley de Prazer HUMAN REMAINS A professional dance and choreographic hub for mid-career & emerging choreographers, professional dancers & multi-disciplinary artists with strong programs for young people & the community. CATAPULT CHOREOGRAPHIC HUB THAT PLACE IN BETWEEN photo credit: Alison Laird CATAPULT CHOREOGRAPHIC HUB Selectively Forgetful:
Alexandra Ford
Photo Credit: Paul Dear

CATAPULT

Catapult Company - a professional dance company with commissioned works by mid-career choreographers Human Remains:
Omer Backley-Astrachan
Photo Credit: Ashley de Prazer PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS are engaged in CATAPULT'S programs through dance contracts, residencies, commissions, choreographic opportunities and performances That Place In Between
Catapult Company
Photo Credit: Ashley de Prazer

PROPEL Residencies

PROPEL fosters experimentation, and artistic interchange, creating a platform for research, practice, and performance Twelve Tall Trees
Omer Backley-Astrachan
Zackari Watt
Photo Credit: Alison Laird

Hunter Seed Residencies

HUNTER SEED residencies provide time, space and resources for emerging artists to develop their choreographic voice. Boy Cries:
Daniel Mateo
Photo Credit: Paul Dear

INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

The Loneliness Project:
Rachel Erdos
Photo Credit: Ashley de Prazer

THE FLIPSIDE PROJECT

THE FLIPSIDE PROJECT: Catapult's youth initiative is focused on developing choreographic practice, professional development and performance opportunities for young people The Fragile Terrain
Senior Flipside Ensemble
Photo Credit: Ashley de Prazer

CATAPULT COMMUNITY

Catapult Community: incorporates school workshops, masterclasses, choreographic intensives, evening classes, Teacher professional development and more.......... Photo Credit: Alison Laird

FIRST NATIONS

Catapult's First Nations Youth Projects focus on providing quality and culturally appropriate dance, choreographic and performance programs in schools and community New Translations
Aboriginal Senior Ensemble
Photo Credit: Alison Laird SENIOR PROGRAMS: include choreographic intensives, technique classes, master-classes and performance opportunities The Fragile Terrain
Senior Flipside Ensemble
Photo Credit: Ashley de Prazer Junior Programs - include choreographic intensives, technique classes, master-classes and performance opportunities In Search of the Lost Things:
Junior Flipside Ensemble
Photo Credit: Jessica Coughlan

CATAPULT CLASSES

CATAPULT CLASSES: include Contemporary Technique for juniors, seniors & professionals, Adult classes, Yoga, Creative Kids and more....... The Fragile Terrain
Senior Flipside Ensemble
Photo Credit: Ashley de Prazer

CATAPULT DANCE CHOREOGRAPHIC HUB

Based in Newcastle NSW, Catapult Dance Choreographic Hub
is a multi-arts organisation that cultivates and champions
professional contemporary dance practice, choreography, and multidisciplinary creation, and dance program for young people and the community.

Catapult Company

A professional dance company commissioning national & international choreographers

Propel Residencies

Residencies for mid-career & emerging choreographers & multidisciplinary artists focused on cross-collaborative processes

International Programs

International Commissions, Exchanges & Residencies catapulting artists across the globe

The Flipside Project

A Choreographic and Performance youth initiative incorporating senior, junior, First Nations Ensembles

Catapult Community

Incorporating Schools Workshops, Master-Classes, Teacher Professional Development Programs & First Nations youth programs

Catapult Classes

Evening Classes in Contemporary Technique, Ballet, Adults, Yoga, Creative Kids and more. Learn from the top professionals in the field.

JOIN CATAPULT DANCE

For just $30 you can become a Catapult Member. You will receive discounts on Classes, Masterclasses, Open-Studio Events, Venue Hire and receive monthly newsletters. Sign up now to support contemporary dance practice and performance in your community!

STAY UP TO DATE

Professional Programs: Showreel

CATAPULT DANCE CHOREOGRAPHIC HUB

880 Hunter St, Newcastle West NSW
enquiries@catapultdance.com.au

“Coming to Catapult I always feel welcomed and encouraged to explore my boundaries. I have full creative freedom, which is so rare. The team at Catapult have no agenda, so I can really allow my work to form organically and honestly. Furthermore, myself and my dancers know that paid contemporary dance work is few and far between in the current Australian artistic climate, so I can sense that they really approach the rehearsal process with an eagerness to create and gratefulness to the development.”

Kristina Chan Mid-Career Choreographer

WHICH OF CATAPULT’S DIVERSE PROGRAMS ARE BEST SUITED TO YOU?

PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS

Catapult’s vision is to be an industry leader in the contemporary arts, simultaneously transforming Newcastle into a regional epicentre of professional dance, choreographic collaboration, and multi-disciplinary arts practice with regional, national and international recognition.

MID-CAREER & EMERGING CHOREOGRAPHERS

An incubator and producer of the highest quality professional dance practices, curating established national and international dance practitioners to collaborate with regionally based artists, championing choreographic development, and building new communities for contemporary practice.

YOUTH INITIATIVES

Catapult Dance’s youth initiative ‘The Flipside Project’ is a leader in youth dance. ‘The Flipside Project’ is committed to offering contemporary dance practice, choreographic development creative experiences for all young people.

CATAPULT COMMUNITY

Catapult Dance’s community initiative fosters community appreciation for contemporary dance through schools workshops, evening classes, community projects, participation and performances regionally, nationally and internationally.

As a regional composer, Catapult has given me valuable opportunities through all their programs that I would not have been granted elsewhere. These are absolutely fundamental to my development as a post tertiary composer. These experiences facilitated my creative portfolio, developed networks and further my compositional ability. As such, without the support, mentoring and encouragement of Catapult my passion for dance composition – would not have been a reality.”

James Hazel: COMPOSER

Catapult respectfully acknowledges the traditional custodians of the Country on which we Dance the Awabakal and Worimi peoples. We acknowledge the spiritual connections and relationships that traditional custodians have continued to maintain and strengthen since time began, which will continue well into the future. We acknowledge elders past, present and emerging. We extend this respect, acknowledge and appreciate the value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists contribute across our organisation, recognising their skills and experiences as a foundational asset to support the people of Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and the Lower Hunter region. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land

Catapult Dance Choreographic Hub

Acknowledges that we conduct our business on the
traditional lands of the Awabakal and Worimi people.
We offer our respect to the Elders, past, present & future, and through them to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.