STILL Drompin

STILL DROMPIN was a dance camp the united the dancers of both Tasmanian youth dance companies, Stompin and DRILL, to celebrate, share and investigate youth dance practice in lutruwita/Tasmania - in the light of Stompin’s 30th Anniversary year. The two companies came together at the Tasdance studio in Launceston, for 3 days of workshops facilitated by professional artists from within the companies ‘families’ - engaging artists from the north and south of the island. Sessions for shared creative practice, supported by professional artists but devised by company members, gave space and time for the young people to share the different processes of the two companies and develop a new small work alongside new peers.

The young people participated in workshops with Adam Wheeler, Angela Barnard, Bec Jones, Gabriel Comerford, and Rikki Mace, as well as working with Artistic Directors Isabella Stone (DRILL) and Caitlin Comerford (Stompin), and developing their own material.

STOMPIN Performers: Amelia Glover, Amy Baillie, Belle Hilder, Cat Kerr, Delia Breen, Edith Bishop, Eliza Mott, Emilee Faulkner, Freyja Clark, Isabel Walsh, Jesper Harrison, Macey Badcock, Marley Dowde, Max Eastman, Sage Price, Sari Dixon

DRILL Performers: Curtis Thorpe, Evelyn Bryan, Isaac Driessen, JB Cyngler, Kyle Lamb, Leo Oakley, Sophie Coward.

Party Host: Trey L’Trash (HK Vermeulen)

Documentation: Gabriel Comeford

Sincere thanks to: Tasdance, City of Launceston, all the artists who have delivered the workshops and Belinda Cotton.

STILL DROMPIN is assisted through Arts Tasmania and RANT arts. This project was made possible by the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund, which supports the arts in regional and remote Australia.