MAV folioAugust – September 2005

m u s i c d a n c e t h e a t r e v i s u a l a r t s f i l m n e w m e d i a

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P.2 Editorial

P.3 Music – SusannahColeman-Brown – Dang KimHien – Deli Divas - Other Events

P. 4 Dance – RaymaJohnson– Remember Me –What’s On

P.5 Word – Bruce Pascoe – In Other Words – What’s On

P.6 Visual Arts– Luis Bayonas

– Ok-Hean Chang – What’s On

P.7 What Else

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Multicultural arts definitely provides avital ingredient in achieving a stronglevel of development inmulticulturalism for our community.While the importance and benefits ofmulticulturalism are often articulated,frequently the support and theinfrastructure does not necessarilyequate to the need or demand onmulticultural arts organisations likeMulticultural Arts Victoria. What doescontinue to happen is thatmulticultural arts attractsextraordinary people doingextraordinary things.

Melbourne City Council articulates theimportance of diversity and aresupporting the development of theinfrastructure. Recently, MAV receivedtriennial funding from Melbourne CityCouncil, who clearly support diversityin their Arts and Cultural Program.MAV is proud to work in partnershipwith the Melbourne City Council toensure diversity in the Arts isdeveloped and profiled in the City ofMelbourne.

In the next months coming activities we have a fine example ofextraordinary people creating extraordinary projects. We have aworld poetry festival commencing in the second weekend ofAugust, at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA). In Other Wordsis an event planned by Lella Carridi and Janna Hilbrink who arepassionate about words, poetry and translation. This is inauguralevent, will no doubt make a significant mark in the culturalcalendar of Melbourne. MAV congratulates Jana and Lella on theirvision, passion and dedication to the project.

Another inspiring individual is Wairangi Paki from Te RangatahiMaori Cultural Group in Perth. He was instrumental in the building ofTe Karangatahi, the first Australian built traditional Waka (canoe).The Waka has been brought to Melbourne through the generoussupport of the Victorian Multicultural Commission and theMelbourne City Council. The Waka will be launched on the YarraRiver on September the 3rd at 11:00 am with the blessing of theindigenous community. Multicultural Arts Victoria is working closelyin partnership with Te Roopu Ataawhai, the custodians of theCanoe, in Melbourne. The project Te Kotahitanga (Unity) isbringing the New Zealand and Maori communities together tocelebrate Maori & NZ culture with the wider community. The Wakais a spiritual entity and will acknowledge and celebrate NewZealand indigenous Maori culture. The New Zealand Consulate, NZBusiness Council, Federation Square, ArtsWA, Parks Victoria, JMAand Tenix are also supporting this important cultural project.

In September, Multicultural Arts Victoria, as part of kultour, thenetwork dedicated to touring quality multicultural arts, is presentingRemember Me in Lismore and Brisbane; a contemporary dancepiece. Unfortunately, Melbourne will have to wait to see this uniqueproduction. MAV will continue to seek funding to presentRemember Me and other contemporary, indigenous andmulticultural dance works in Victoria. Jane Carew Reid, kultourcoordinator, based at MAV has finalized a quality program fortouring in 2006, which will be announced later in the year, whichonce again will open up opportunities for touring qualitymulticultural arts which will include contemporary dance. AustraliaCouncil is to be congratulated on their vision and support for thedevelopment of multicultural arts.

MAV continues to create new opportunities for artists throughestablished and new partnerships. Multicultural Arts Victoria iscontinuing to present an exciting program. On 29 July Deli Divaswill be held, another high quality concert at the Iwaki Auditorium.supported by Music Deli Radio National. MAV is also workingclosely with the Spanish Consulate, Mr. Federico Palemero toexhibit the works of Spanish artist Luis Bayonas. Luis will exhibit aseries of works in Collingwood on 1 October.

Also to be congratulated, is Tony Yap and his creative team whoperformed in Malaysia at Malaysian Dance Festival 2005 throughthe generous support of the Australian High Commission and theRivergrass Dance Company in Malaysia and Arts Victoria. We alsocongratulate Unified Gecko on their successful Australia CouncilFunding to tour internationally to Turkey in June and July.Congratulations to artist and writer Xenia Hanusiak who hasreceived a three month funded Fellowship from the State library forGolden Threads, based on an opera on the gold fields in Bendigo.

Our extraordinary staff at MAV, are also doing extraordinary things.Miriam Abud is currently in Senegal, getting married; wecongratulate Miriam and Hadim. Anita Larkin, our refugee festivalcoordinator is touring Turkey with Unified Gecko on a well earnedrest after a very successful Refugee & Asylum Seekers Festival.Anita who was supported by Khaled Abdul Wahab did a fantasticjob. Also, Elda Koro has returned to her homeland Bosnia. We arevery lucky to have the expertise of Kris Wong and Rosie (Geek Girl)while staff are overseas.

At board level Stefan Romaniw has been invited to the Ukraine forseveral months; during this period Natalia Moravski will be ActingChair. Marcello, our long standing Board Member, is in Canada asa guest lecturer at the Ottowa School of Art and Ruth Rentschler,our Deputy Chair, is presenting papers at conferences in Irelandand Canada. So the work of MAV continues at a local, national andinternational level. Thanks to everyone in making multicultural artsdynamic and for contributing to the vital ingredient that makesmulticulturalism strong.

Jill MorganExecutive Officer

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Susannah Coleman-BrownA recent graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, Susannah has beenthe recipient of awards such as the Mabel Kent Singing Award and theprestigious Gwen Nisbet Music Scholarship. She is currently collaboratingwith vocalist Christine Sullivan and Nichaud Fitzgibbon. Susannah is asinger/songwriter/guitarist from Tasmania now living and performing inMelbourne. Her performances are intimate yet full of energy and sincerity.Susannah started writing songs at sixteen (now 25) and now has a Bachelorof Music Performance (Voice/Improvisation) from the Victorian College of theArts.

The VCA has provided her a base for many musical opportunities. Some ofthese include performances with other Australian singer/songwriters; LouBennett (of contemporary indigenous ensemble TIDDAS), Shane Howard,Kutcha Edwards and lessons with folk artist Kavisha Mazzella and Jazz stylistNichaud Fitzgibbon.

Recently Susannah released an EP (‘Fall…’) featuring her original material inthe folk/alternative genre. Her vocal improvisations appear in an electronicdance track by ‘Euroboy’ titled ‘Sleepwalking’ for Australian film ‘One PerfectDay’.

She released her first EP ‘Being Present’ in 2001 and made manyappearances on ABC Tasmania Regional Radio (1998-2004). One soloperformance was included in a National Christmas Day breakfast broadcastpresented by Anne Fitzgerald in 2001.

Dang Kim HienDang Kim Hien is a composer, performer and educator. She is regarded asone of the leading master-performers of the Vietnamese zither dan tranh inthe world. In 1983, the Ministry of Culture of Vietnam awarded her aNational Gold Medal for Excellence in Dan Tranh Performance. She alsoholds a National Award on Performance of Vietnamese Traditional VocalMusic. Ms. Dang taught at the Department of Traditional music of theConservatorium of Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) between 1980 and 1994.She had been a principal juror at many national dan tranh competitions inVietnam. Apart from teaching and performing, Ms. Dang has alsoestablished herself as a well-known composer in Vietnam, where her workswere frequently featured on national radio and television.

Since migrating to Australia in late 1994, Ms. Dang has not only been activein performing Vietnamese music, but also participated in creating cross-cultural music. She has collaborated with Ros Bandt, Anne Norman and LeTuan Hung in creating various Australian cross-cultural works. She hasperformed extensively in Australian and America, presenting her originalworks on international platforms. She was the artist-in-residence at manyorganisations, including American Composers’ Forum (Minnesota, US),Whitney Museum of American Arts (New York), and Australia Asia Foundation(Melbourne). She is currently the Asia-Pacific Coordinator of the US-basedInstitute of Vietnamese Music (Ohio).

Her compositions and performances have been released on five AustralianCDs: Echoes of Ancestral Voices (Move Record, 1996), Landscapes of Time(Move Records, 1997), Scent of Time (Move Records, 2002), Flight (TheBoite, 2002), and For Motherland (MH, 2003). She was also the co-producer for a 16-part documentary on Vietnamese traditional music andAustralian cross-cultural music for SBS Radio in 1999. Her vocalperformance was also featured in the 5000 Calls installation by DavidChesworth & Sonia Leber at Sydney Olympic Park (2000, on-going), Cardiff(2002) and Ljubljana, Slovania (2003).

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Dang Kim Hien Susannah Coleman-Brown

Deli DivasFollowing on from the very successful Global Voice and Musica Del Mundo concertsheld at the Iwaki auditorium, Multicultural Arts Victoria presents Deli Divas on 29 July2005, 7:30pm - 10.00 pm at the Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank Centre GroundFloor, Southbank Blvd, Southbank, Melbourne.This unique concert features fiveoutstanding culturally diverse performances by local talented multicultural divas andis a rare opportunity for the people of Melbourne to experience, in optimum acousticconditions, the traditional and contemporary music of the Indonesia, Vietnam, ElSalvador and a fusion of Italy and Greece. Be transported by the evocative power ofworld music.

Deli Divas will be recorded by ABC Radio National Music Deli. The MC for the eveningwill be Ms Sian Prior who will introduce the Divas to you.

Sussanah Coleman-Brown, Ria Soemardjo, Dang Kim Hien, Ileana Posas, KavishaMazzella and Irini Vela will be performing on the night

Other EventsSunwrae Ensemble, Fri 5 Aug & Fri 23 Sep 8pm, St Stephens Church, 360Church Street, Richmond. $15/$20

Kavisha Mazzella, Sat 6 Aug 8pm, Geelong Folk Club, Alcoa Theatre, GeelongPerforming Arts Centre

Jenny Thomas, Glen Kniebeiss and Chris Sprague, Sat 6 Aug 8pm,Northcote Uniting Church, 251 High Street, Northcote

Melbourne Millennium Chorus & others: Azadi, Sun 7 Aug 2.30pm,Hamer Hall, Arts Centre

Ernie Gruner Klezmer workshops & sessions, 9 Aug, CERES Ecopark,Brunswick www.erniegruner.com

Assamptions, Stephen Magnusson, Will Guthrie and JulienWilson Trio, Thu 11 Aug 8.30pm, Czech House, 497 Queensberry Street, NorthMelbourne. $16/14

Armenian Heritage Concert, 28 Aug 5pm, Wyndham Cultural Centre,Werribbee

Yalla!: Sufi Concert, Sat 10 Sep 6pm, Northcote Uniting Church, High Street,Northcote

Cafe Brazil: Doug de Vries and Diana Clark, Fri 28 Oct 8pm, TheSurrey Music Cafe, Box Hill Community Arts Centre, 470 Station Street, Box Hill (CnrCombarton Street)

Feel the Pulse of India – India Day 2005Melbourne Town Hall, Sun 14 Aug 10am-7pmPresented by Federation of Indian Association of VictoriaFor further info www.fiav.org.au Tsunami Relief Fund Raising Event

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Rayma JohnsonRayma is from Griffith NSW, she is a Descendant of the Wiradjuri Nation. Shebegan her Dance Training with Redfern Dance Theatre in 1987 and later withAIDT which in later years became NAISDA. At current Rayma is a FreelancePerformer/Choreographer based in Sydney.

Rayma’s Dance peformances include, Atanta Olympic Games Flag HandoverCeremony in USA, Bangarra Dance Theatre “Fish” performing Nationally andInternationally, Albert David’s New Dance Works “Bipotim” performed as part ofBangarra Dance Theatre and “GIZ” performed at the Performance Space. TheOpening Ceremony and “Wiridjirribin the Lyrebird” for the Festival Of TheDreaming, ”Spinafex Geko” Choreographed by Bernadette Waylong to launch theCentenary Federation and The Centenary Federation performance at Centenialpark Choreographed by Bill Pengelly, “Scars” Chorographed by Jason Pitt andSydney Dreaming Choreographed by Raymond Blanco at Bicentenial Park. Oneof Rayma’s Career Highlights was in 1998 when she performed the duet “Catch”with (her then Partner and Father to her Three Children Rhimi, Rikarli & Rininya)Russell Page in Bangarra’s production of “Fish”.

Rayma has Performed and Assisted in many Workshops across Sydney and inJapan with Mathew Doyle. She has also worked with many Choreographers suchas, Jason Pitt, Raymond Blanco, Albert David, Bill Pengelly, Marilyn Miller,Bernadette Waylong and Stephen Page.

Rayma has also developed a keen interest in Acting for Film and Television shehas appeared in the Channel 9 series of “Farscape” and “Water Rats, a series ofShort Films “One born every minute” for the Tropfest “Dare to Dream” and“Inasmuch” for Indigenous Short Films.

Rayma will be performing for Remember Me as part of Kultour in September.

Remember MeA woman with a hidden past arrives in the city. What will happen when a loveropens her suitcase and discovers her past? Bodies collide and cultures clash astwo lovers try to understand their personal pasts in the first step toward creatinga future together. Remember Me revolves around four lovers; two from the pastand two from the present. It explores the pains and difficulties involved inlearning to step beyond the constraints of one’s past, this cathartic processbeing necessary to move productively into the future. Choreographed by GerardVeltre, this electrifying and highly physical production fuses multimedia designswith theatre and dance to create an awesome visual experience. Gerard will beaccompanied by dancers Rayma Johnson, Natalija Alavuk & Christian Kabamba.Jeanette Fabila specialising in Indigenous contemporary dance will be a guestchoreographer for Remember Me.

LismoreStar Court Theatre, NORPAThu Sep 15 11am, Fri, Sept 16. 8pm

BrisbaneJudith Wright Centre of Contemporary ArtsSep 21-23, Thur, Sep 22 Fri, Sep 23. 8pmAusdance Workshop Tue 20 Sep 6-10pm

Produced by Multicultural Arts Victoria & supported by kultour -a networkdedicated to touring Australian multicultural arts and is an initiative of the Arts ina Multicultural Australia Policy of the Australia Council for the Arts.

What’s On

Yanagai! Yanagai! 18 Oct, Westside Performing Arts Centre,Mooroopna/Shepparton

3D Week 3 – Elevations (viewed from the front)Preview Wed 3 August at 8pmThurs 4 - Sat 6 August at 8pmSun 7 August at 5pm

The long little little little long wayAn engaging mix of appealing idiosyncracies and morphing visual imagery.Choreography Paul Romano. Performers Elissa Lee, Michaela Pegum and PaulRomano. Composer David Corbet.

ImprintA place of memory traps and psychological mappings. Imprint traces the strandsof narrative that lead to a particular moment in this woman’s life.

Performance-maker Tamara Saulwick. Performers Penny Baron, Laura Sheedy,Fiona Roake. Videographer Simon Ellis. Design Santha Press. Lighting DesignNiklas Pajanti.

Single ticket $20/15 Dancehouse 9347 2860

Melbourne International Tap Festival 2005Finally some of the world’s foremost tap artists will be unleashed on Australiaduring the inaugural Melbourne International Tap Festival, 13-18 October 2005.Headlined by Emmy Award winner and tap treasure Jason Samuels Smith, thisweek long exhilarating and inspiring festival of radical rhythms will bring thetradition of tap festivals all over the world “Down Under”. The festival is seen asan important stepping stone in raising tap’s profile in Australasia and educatingAustralians about tap’s Afro-American roots. It will explore tap’s rich and vibranthistory, showcase the latest cutting edge techniques from local and internationalhoofers, unite and strengthen the international tap family and give Aussie tappersthe chance to celebrate the pure joy that is tap.

The action packed week will be loaded with workshops, masterclasses, films,lectures and jam sessions, and will be highlighted with three performance shows.

www.mitf.com.au Contact us: enquiries@mitf.com.au

Opportunities

Dance Flicks, recent works up to 15 minutes that experiment with thechoreo-cinematic form in VHS or DVD format. Dance Flicks Selection Panel atDancehouse 9347 2860. Application close 15 Aug

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Bruce PascoeBruce Pascoe was born in Richmond, Victoria, 1947. He has worked as aschoolteacher, deck hand, barman, farmer, Director of Commonwealth AustralianStudies project, editor, and publisher, and on indigenous language retrieval. Forsixteen years, he published and edited Australian Short Stories, which was aquarterly magazine. He won the Australian Literature Award (jointly with DavidFoster) in 1999 and the Radio National Short Story Competition 1998. He is theauthor of the following books: Night Animals, Fox, Ruby Eyed Coucal, Shark, Earth,Ocean, Nightjar (stories), Ribcage, Cape Otway (history). Penguin, McPhee Gribble,Transworld, Magabala, Bruce Sims Books and Seaglass have published thesebooks. Currently, he is working on the retrieval and teaching of the Wathauronglanguage of southwestern Victoria. He is a member of Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative. He is married to Lyn Harwood and has two children. He lives at GipsyPoint, Far East Gippsland.

Excerpt from Poetic Essay: Arnhem SandDid I see Australia saved?A crucial moral victory for the land or the fruit on the tree ignored?I’m not certain what it means but I can tell you what I saw and I’ll try to tell itwith peeled eyes, because you are my countrymen and women and I knowthat enough of you admire decency and honour, reverence and love.I saw babies and children and youths enthralled and involved in theintellectual and spiritual processes of their parents and extended family. Notgoing through the motions, not with sardonic reluctance, but fully there, inthe moment, committed.……..I saw a community grappling with the massive spiritual and social problemsof our age, struggling to bridge all generations with a faith so profound thatall could believe, to plan a way forward of such sophistication that anyeventuality could be met and accommodated.Oh, I was proud of my countrymen, relieved to see that my country could stillsucceed in the business of including all in life’s richness, life’s rewards.………It doesn’t matter that this ground was the sand of Gulkula, more shifty thanDocklands, this was the Garma Festival, and the Yolngu community, despiteall the strife they have endured, were on the Bunggul ground and united in away I’d never seen a people united before. It is inspirational that a spiritualidea, that an intellectual concept, that art, that family can be so fused withone heart, one blood.……..Bruce Pascoe will be presenting a paper on indigenous writing on Sun, 14Aug as part of the in other words festival of poetry in translation.

in other words – a festival of poetry in translation

World Poetry and MAV present a three day event featuring a diversity of languagesand cultures – including Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Arabic, Greek, Spanish andmany more – indigenous poets and songwriters, and poets and translators fromAustralia and overseas – including Arjen Duinker (Netherlands), Ania Walwicz, AnnaMaria Dell’Oso and Peter Lysiotis.

Fri, Sat and Sun, 12, 13 and 14 Aug 2005Federation Hall, Victorian College of the Arts234 St Kilda Road, Southbank, MelbourneBookings Hotline: (03) 9417 6777Enquiries: (03) 9486 8483 jhilbrink@mail2me.com.auWebsite: www.worldpoetrymelbourne.orgwww.multiculturalarts.com.au

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Book Launch The Sun and the World by Arjen DuinkerSun 21 Aug 2 pm @ The Bagging Room, CUB Malthouse, 113 Sturt Street,Southbank as part of the The Age Melbourne Writers’ Festival

Netherlands-based poet, Arjen Duinker is in Melbourne during August to launchhis book, which is published by collective effort press. He has just been awardedthe prestigious Netherlands 2005 VSB Poetry Prize for this recent collection ofpoetry. Lyn Gallacher, presenter of Radio Eye (ABC Radio National) will launch thecollection, accompanied by performances by Arjen Duinker, his translator, jeltje,and the poet, Lauren Williams.

Magazine Launch Unusual Work No.1 Sun 31 Jul 4 pm @ Bar 303, 303 High Street, Northcote

This first issue of the quarterly magazine Unusual Work which is edited by thewell known poet, π.?., and published by collective effort press, has over fivelanguages presented, including Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese and Greek. Itcontains the writing of Vicky Tsaconas, Ouyang Yu, d.j. huppatz. Thalia and manyothers. The launch will entail the delivery of a presentation about the magazine’spremise by π.?. and performances by ‘famous poets, artists and writers’. Themagazine costs $10.00. Subscriptions and contributions are encouraged byposting monies and/or submissions to collective effort press, PO Box 2430 GPOMelbourne, Vic 3001.

Overload Poetry Festival 2004 – Workshops and Performances5 – 20 Aug 2005 @ throughout Melbourne and regional Victoria

Featuring established and emerging poets from Australia and abroad, inparticular, an excellent line up of workshops, including workshops in associationwith the Victorian Writers’ Centre. These workshops cover the craft of puttingpoetry to music, translating poetry, understanding various forms of poetry suchas haiku, and getting poetry published. The opening night of the festival is at theFitzroy Town Hall and the keynote speech is by Dr. Ali Alizadeh on ‘Poetry andRevolution’.

Programs for Festival can be picked up at Collected Works Bookshop and theVictorian Writers Centre, both situated on the First Floor, Nicholas Building, 37Swanston Street, Melbourne.Enquiries: Steve Smart, Director of the Festival overload_inc@yahoo.com.au

Seminar on Studying Creative Writing & Choosing a School,Mon 22 Aug 6.30 – 8.30 pm, Victorian Writer’s Centre $7 www.writers-centre.orgWriters at Liberty – Kate Grenville, Mon 29 Aug 12.30 – 1.30pm, TheSpace, Victorian Writer’s Centre $12

Sunday Soapbox, Every Sun until 2 Oct, from 2pm, The Arts Centre, 100 StKilda Road

Other Opportunities

2005 National Mentorship Program presented by ExpressMediaApplications are now open from writers under 30. The program will pair fouryoung writers with four established writers for a six-month period, and will runfrom October 2005 to March 2006. Applications are particularly sort from youngpeople from cultural

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Luis BayonasBorn in Spain during the Civil War, Luis studied art and music and he laterworked in a film studio doing backdrops. Luis’ life shifted gear and heended up making films by accident. He worked in many differentcapacities, mainly as first Artistic Director, then he started writing scripts.Luis has worked in more than thirty feature films, writing five of themincluding “Cauldron of Blood” with Boris Karloff, “Madigan’s Millions” withDustin Hoffman and the music score for the comedy thriller, “OperationDelilah”., three teleplays and more than a hundred episodes for variousAustralian TV dramas. In the early 1970s Hector Crawford invitedBayonas to Australia to write for “Homicide”, where he introduced comedyinto the show. Luis married an Australian, then spent the next 30 yearswriting for many iconic Australian television series. During the mid 90’she stopped writing for TV, he drove taxis and did ‘real’ jobs for a fewyears. Now Luis is painting again, making films, writing and playingmusic. Luis is exhibiting, Cows and Bayonets in October. Proudlysupported by The Spanish Consulate and Multicultural Arts Victoria

Cows and Bayonets. Collingwood Gallery, 292 Smith St, CollingwoodOpening: 1 October at 6:00 pm Gallery hours: 10 am to 9 pm. 30 Sep- 13 Oct

Ok-Hean ChangThrough the use of familiar symbols, Ok-Hean Chang’s paintings invitesthe viewer to contemplate and connect with their own associations andemotions. Imbued with optimism, her paintings explore the transitionalquality of nature.

23 Jul – 24 Aug, Argyle Studio Gallery, 19 Salmon Street, Port MelbourneOpening hours: Fri - Sun 2 - 5 pm

What’s On

Haruo Tomiyama (1960 - 2004) prints, until 12 Aug, Miwa CybeleGallery, 31 Macquarie St, Prahran. www.miwacybele.com

The photographs of Diane Arbus (1923 – 1971), until 28 Aug, LotoSmorgon Gallery, Jewish Museum of Australia www.jewishmuseum.com.au

Photographs of East Melbourne Synagogue by AngelaLynkushka, until 23 Feb, Gross Gallery, La Trobe University ExhibitionProgram.

Exhibition “Lance de France” galerie AFM by Ruppert Porter, 4-28 Aug

A Second Simplicity – Sculptural by Domenico de Clario, 5Aug – 25 Sep, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.www.accaonline.org.au

Truth Universally Acknowledge, Group exibition, 5 Aug – 25Sep, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. www.accaonline.org.au

National Launch documentary “Mondovino”, Palace Cinama incollaboration with French Chamber of commerce & Industry of Victoria, 25Aug

Headhunter – A school holidays season of Ilbijerri and Polyglot’s newIndigenous Puppet show for 6 - 12 year olds. Artplay, Birrarung Marr 22Sep to October. $10/$5 Bookings: 9664 7900

An Armenian Journey - Commemorating 1600 Years of TheArmenian Alphabet, 90th Anniversary of The Armenian Genocide byAustralian/Armenian Artists. 1–13 Oct, Highway Gallery, Cnr. The Highway &Gallery Place, Mount Waverley. Gallery Hours: Tue-Sat: 11-5pm. Sun:1-5pm.9807 7261

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OpportunitiesArts2go provides performances and workshops - including drama, dance,puppetry, poetry, music, media and many more – that can be integrated acrossmost Key Learning Areas. We also provide works that deal with importanthealth and welfare issues, such as substance abuse, self-esteem, studentmotivation and cultural diversity Further information www.rav.net.au

2005/06 Community Grants Program City of Yarra, For moreinformation, application kits and grant guidelines www.yarracity.vic.gov.au orcontact Jay Rogan on 9205 5555. Applications close 4pm Fri 12 Aug.

Cygnet Folk Festival inviting applications from would-be performers forthe 2006 Festival, 13 Jan – 15 Jan.http://www.cygnetfolkfestival.org/perform.shtml

Arts Victoria Funding Programs 2005-06http://www.arts.vic.gov.au/arts/funding/funding.htm Closing Date Wed 10 Aug

The Immigration Museum invites community groups and associationsfrom across Victoria to express interest in developing exhibitions for itsCommunity Gallery for 2007. Information session Thu 22 Sep at 6pm at theImmigration Museum (400 Flinders St, Melbourne) RSVP. Applications close 28Oct kmeehan@museum.vic.gov.au

Vision of Australia - Department of Communications, InformationTechnology and the Arts (DCITA) Closes 1 Septemberhttp://www.dcita.gov.au/arts/arts

Inaugural Choreographic Competition, 10th annual StampingGround Dance Festival, Bellingen NSW, 1 -16 Jan 2006. Closing date 30 Novhttp://www.stampingground.com.au

Other EventsVictorian College of the Arts - Open Day - 21 Augwww.vca.unimelb.edu.au

Short & Sweet - The biggest 10-minute playwriting competition in theworld. The competition is open to all budding and experienced playwrights. Norestrictions on style, theme or content. Shortlisted plays will be assigned adirector and cast and performed at the Short & Sweet festival.More info www.theartscentre.net.au/short&sweet Close 12 Aug

Russian Film Festival 14 – 18 Sep, Nova Theatrewww.cinemanova.com.au

The Troubadour Central Coast is involved in a new festival this year.

CoastFest will be an annual multicultural and multi-arts festival celebratingAustralia's cultural diversity. To be held at Gosford Showground on the weekend of21 to 23 October, 2005, the festival will feature a special all weekend atmospherecreated by a wide variety of music and dance as well as environmental and artisticendeavour.

Performers applications are due August 5 The website is www.coastfest.com.au

10th annual Stamping Ground Dance FestivalBellingen NSW, Australia 1-16 January 2006

Tutoring & Choreographic OpportunitiesExperienced tutors and choreographers are invited to apply for a number of posts at theforthcoming festival.

Tap, Hip Hop, Bollywood, Broadway Jazz

Body-Mind Centering or specialist in any movement-based experiential form -5 days @ 4 hours daily. Motivation Specialist/Performance Enhancement To lead amotivational/enrichment course for movement instructors/studio teachers /danceworkers.

Conditions of EngagementGenerally about 30 tutors are engaged over the duration at $150 per day (3 hrs tutoringand/or performance project creation daily - any additional tutoring/rehearsing pro-rata @$50 per hr). The agreement can be flexible - some people prefer a lighter tutoring load- 1 or 2 sessions daily, others elect 4 hrs daily - tho' this can be taxing in summerweather. Fees paid daily. Petrol money reimbursed (or return airfare ex Melb /Sydney/Brisbane only). Daily light lunch provided and some restaurant vouchers. Billetaccommodation

About WorkshopsSessions usually 1 hr duration. Experiential and specialist courses, such as Body MindCentering, might run for 5 days @ 3 or 4 hours daily. Most classes have low-keyperformance outcomes.

Event participants range from kids to mature participants at beginners/inter/advancedlevels. Participant Groups are:

New Enthusiasts - Men, Boys, Women, Kool Kids, Jumping Juniors (7yrs & U)Advanced Dancers - Men & Women, Men/YouthsMovement Instructors/Tutors/Studio TeachersTeen Dancers (M/F), Junior Dancers (M/F), Boy DancersBreakers - Guys, Gals, Pre-Teen Boys, Junior Boys

Choreographic Commissions for Performance ProjectsMore than Steps Some modest commissions for six short works to be performedbetween 7 & 10 January 2006 are offered for experienced and rookie choreographers.Each project to be about 5 mins. duration, taking 10 hours preparation over 7-10 days.Remuneration $500 each project. Conditions: return air travel from Sydney, Brisbane orMelbourne, billet accommodation & daily light lunch inc. Choreographers may apply formore than one project after considering the suggested themes or blend thereof, orpropose a different subject linked to the festival's objective of showcasing male danceand ideas about it.

Choreographic and Production Proposals also invited for 2 keyperformance projects

Fisher King Inc. Monday 9 Jan - a main space project linking bboys & bgals withcontemporary & junior dancers - reworking the Fisher King myth, in a corporate vs.communities scenario - several choreographers, each developing a separate and/orcollaborative segment of the work.

Labyrinth Wed 11 Jan - annual fire show ritual - Journeys to Manhood. Futuristicchannelling of some Minoan myths - partridge, minotaur, some gods and goddesses,boards and bladers- integrating with a women's project facilitated by Sally Campbell anda bull-jumping team of traceurs, directed by le Parkour guide,Tony Wolf.

At the earliest opportunity call Peter Stock tel: 02 6655 2472 or send a short bio andnote to: peter@stampingground.com.au www.stampingground.com.au

800+ guys, gals, teens, adults, kids attend Australia's biggest dance event10h Annual Stamping Ground Dance FestivalShowcasing Male Dance - and new ideas about itOn the spectacular Mid North Holiday Coast1-16th January 2006Bellingen NSW AUSTRALIA

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Folio Editorial TeamEditor-in-Chief Jill MorganSub-EditorsMusic Jill MorganDance Tony YapVisual Arts Kris WongWord Angela Costi

Multicultural Arts Victoria StaffExecutive Officer Jill MorganFinance Officer Anna LuzzaAdmin Officer Kris Wong / Elda Koro /

Miriam AbudProject Officer Anita Larkinkultour SW/C Jane Carew-Reid

Graphic Design Tony Yap

Multicultural Arts VictoriaFitzroy Town Hall201 Napier St FitzroyPO Box 2179 Fitzroy DC 3065P 9417 6777F 9416 3342E office@multiculturalarts.com.auW www.multiculturalarts.com.au

Te Kotahitanga & New Zealand DayBirrung Marr, Fed Square & ACMI Sep 3

Haere mai, Haere mai, Haere mai, Welcome to New Zealand-the land of the long white cloud

Te Kotahitanga (unity) is a unique cultural project presented byTe Roopu Ataawhai Inc. (Melbourne) and Te Rangatahi Inc(Perth) in partnership with Multicultural Arts Victoria. Kaupapais the founding principle of Maori cultural life. It is theuniversal, underlying spiritual force that promotes unity.Melbourne will be able to experience the kaupapa of the Maoripeople of Victoria in September. A traditional hand carvedWAKA TAUA (war canoe) is now in Melbourne for a two yearperiod.

Te Roopu Ataawhai are custodians of Te Karangtahi, the 40foot WAKA that has come from Perth. Nga Hoe Waka, rowersfrom Melbourne’s Maori community, will row the WAKA on theYarra River near Birrung Marr on September 3rd at 11.00 am– 12.00 noon. Nga Hoe Waka will perform a traditional saluteas a mark of respect to the elders of both the Aboriginal andMaori communities and guests.

The aim of Te Kotahitanga is to foster unity, Maori culture andto pass on the culture to the young in the community. TheWaka will be pivotal in Maori community cultural celebrationsto be held at Federation Square and Birrung Marr on 3September.

Wai Paki from Te Rangatahi was instrumental in the building ofthe canoe in Perth. “We the Maori people see the Waka Tauaand carvings as a living entity, physically linked to ourancestors. It provides pride, respect and understandingtowards one another in the wider community,” says Wai.

The Taonga (sacred carvings) of the Waka are made of Totaratimber that was brought from New Zealand. The Taurapa (rearcarving),Tauihu (front carving) and Rauawa (side carving) arevery beautiful and were hand carved by the community inPerth led by a team of master carvers from New Zealand .

Te Roopu Ataawhai and the New Zealand community feels

strongly that this knowledge should be maintained and passedonto the children. Bringing the Waka from Perth has enabledthe Maori community to do this and as a community to learnmore about their culture and to develop cultural pride withintheir youth. The Waka will sail on the waters with the blessingof the Koori community.

Pat Taipari Te Roopu Ataawhai explains, “The Waka displaysskills and craftsmanship created by the carvers from NewZealand and Perth. The detailed carving represents ourancestors, the different tribes, community, the differentcountries of the world and the creation of heaven and earth –thus making this magnificent work of art very sacred becauseof its spiritual significance.”

To see the Waka on the water will be a spell bindingexperience and to hear the raw energy of the warriors (rowers)do the haka and hear the traditional Maori calling will be spinetingling. The Waka, with its intricate carvings, shell inserts andfeathers to attract good spirits, will then be brought back toFederation Square where it will be on display for all to see.

The Waka and Te Kotahitanga will be part of a New ZealandDay. Federation Square will come alive with Maori kapahakaand Polynesian cultural groups from 12.00 onwards. At5.30pm the Bledisloe Cup will be screened LIVE at FederationSquare. There you will be able to learn the Haka and join theAll Blacks for a simultaneous Haka. Then the award winningfilm, the Whale Rider, will be shown at ACMI . To top thisremarkable day off the grandfather in the Whale Rider film,Rawiri Paratene, will be here in person as a guest of the NewZealand Consulate and community

Te Kotahitanga will provide a special insight into the uniqueand spiritual world of the Maori people. A day of indigenousculture from the Tangata Whenua the indigenous people ournearest neighbour is not to be missed.

The Te Kotahitanga project and the NZ day is supported by theNew Zealand Consulate and Business Council, Melbourne CityCouncil, Victorian Multicultural Commission, FederationSquare, Parks Victoria, JMA, ArtsWA, Tenix and the manyMaori and Kiwi families who have given their time generouslyto make this happen. For further info check outwww.multiculturalarts.com.au