FIRST NATIONS ENSEMBLE

FIRST NATIONS ENSEMBLE

CATAPULT IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL DANCE EXPERIENCES  FOR ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER YOUNG PEOPLE 

OUR  PROGRAMMING, HAS BEEN DEVELOPED WITH A COMMITMENT TO ABORIGINAL CHOREOGRAPHERS, COMPOSERS, MULTI-DISCIPLINARY & YOUNG ARTISTS: ACKNOWLEDGING & RESPECTING CULTURAL LEADERSHIP & PROTOCOLS.

Catapult’s partnerships with NAISDA Dance College & Jo Clancy, WAGANA Aboriginal Dancers assists with cultural resources, protocols & support in the development & implementation of our professional & First Nations school’s/outreach programs.

CATAPULT’S ABORIGINAL YOUTH ENSEMBLE AND PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS/COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE HUNTER, DESIGNED WITH BEST PRACTICE CULTURAL PROTOCOL,  AND ALIGNED WITH THE NSW ABORIGINAL EDUCATION POLICY.

CATAPULT ONLY ENGAGES/EMPLOYS ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER ARTISTS TO LEAD/TEACH & CHOREOGRAPH THESE WORKSHOPS & INTENSIVE PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS/COMMUNITY GUIDING & MENTORING PARTICIPANTS ON:

• RESPECTING CULTURAL TRADITIONS & CUSTOMS IN REGARDS TO: DANCE, SONG, MATERIALS, & LANGUAGE.
• THE APPROPRIATE USE OF TERMINOLOGY TO REPRESENT ABORIGINAL PEOPLE & THEIR COMMUNITIES.
• ACKNOWLEDGING THE DIVERSITY OF ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES ENGAGED IN PROJECTS.

THROUGH THIS, WE ENSURE THAT ALL ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLE, ENGAGED IN CATAPULT’S PROGRAMS, HAVE THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION IN THEIR CULTURAL AFFAIRS & EXPRESSION OF CULTURAL MATERIAL.

CATAPULT WORKS DIRECTLY WITH ABORIGINAL YOUTH (10- 18), BUILDING SKILLS IN ABORIGINAL/CONTEMPORARY DANCE FORMS, CREATING & COLLABORATING WITH FIRST NATIONS CHOREOGRAPHERS AND COMPOSERS, WHO MENTOR YOUNG PEOPLE ON CULTURAL PROTOCOL, STORIES AND IDENTITY.

CONTACT US TO DISCUSS YOUR PROGRAM: ENQUIRIES@CATAPULTDANCE.COM.AU