Utp in Bankstown, New South Wales | Performance art theatre

Utp

Locality: Bankstown, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 9707 2111

Address: 5 Olympic Parade 2200 Bankstown, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.utp.org.au

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19.01.2022 "I was saying, very directly, we need to create a show that is 100 per cent POC [person of colour]-produced without compromise," Check out this amazing article on ABC News by Lee Tran Lam about Sex, Drugs & Pork Rolls. We're super excited to have worked with SWEATSHOP and Sydney Festival on this 100 per cent POC produced show. Thanks to everyone who was able to attend and share in this important work.

19.01.2022 Did you score tickets to Sex, Drugs & Pork Rolls? Just a reminder to bring your mask along to the show

10.01.2022 Watch this week's conversation between Utp Rising member, Hope Lee, and journalist and Blak Box Curator, Daniel Browning. Daniel shares how Utp has supported the growth of his practice and why we hold a place in his heart. Only a fortnight left to shower us with your love! Donate now https://www.givenow.com.au/loveutpmore

09.01.2022 Utp recognises today as a day of mourning, not as a day of celebration. We stand in solidarity with the First Nations Peoples of Australia. You can show your support by showing up in person (or over live stream, and by donating money or buying merchandise from organisations such as Yabun Festival - https://yabun.org.au/ #alwayswasalwayswillbe #invasionday

08.01.2022 "In doing so, this new wave of Australian storytellers not only reflects this country more faithfully than the white-dominated arts traditionally have: they expose to the harsh but cleansing sunlight all those cumulative scars that come with being brown in a country that believes it is white but has always been Black." Check out this amazing piece by Ruby Hamad on Witness Performance about Sex, Drugs & Pork Rolls. We're super excited to have worked with SWEATSHOP and Sydney Festival on this 100 per cent POC produced show.

08.01.2022 Our friends at Pari are currently calling out for artists, creatives, organisers and curators to be part of their program between June 2021 and May 2022. You can apply as an individual artist to be curated into a group show, or propose a show as a curator or group. Applications are due 11:59pm AEST, Friday 26th February.

07.01.2022 Our friends at Blacktown Arts are hosting a workshop with Junkyard Beats as part of their Winter school holiday program! Join them for an interactive, high energy music and dance workshop where ordinary household objects are transformed into musical instruments. Discover new sounds, dance moves and ways to make music in this unique journey into rhythm and sound. The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre... $15 per person Ages 7+ Tuesday 6 July 2021 11 am 12 pm Book now: https://creative-holidays-junkyard-beats.eventbrite.com.au Image: Courtesy of Junkyard Beats #blacktownarts @blacktownarts @junkyard_beats

06.01.2022 Artist Riana Head-Toussaint held free movement workshops last week at our home in Bankstown and met new movers interested in performing in her new work, ‘Animate Loading’ Above is a series of shots from choreographic exercises that took place during the workshop! Artists involved in the workshops:... Savannah Stimson Tom Kentta Bedelia Lowrencev Jeremy Lowrencev Romain Hassanin Tammy Bouman Natalie Tso Animate Loading begins development in September at Pari, with performances in October at Pari and Firstdraft. Keep an eye out for dates! by Imogen Yang @riana.ht @pari_ari_ @firstdraft_ @bankstownartscentre Image descriptions: 1. Three movers outdoors on a garden bed in a car park. One mover stands with her hands in the air while looking downwards, knees slightly bent. Another mover sits on the edge of the garden bed, he is holding a phone camera up to the mover who is standing. The third mover stands in the garden bed, also holding a phone camera up to the first mover. 2. Three movers outdoors in a car park. One mover stands balancing a ball on his foot, while the two other movers follow his movement with their phone cameras. There is a UTP sign painted on the car spot they are standing on, and there is a straw mat on the ground next to them. 3. Movers indoors in a rehearsal space. Riana is looking on from the left side of the image as four movers perform circular movements towards the floor. #Utp #Utp2021 #Utprojects #ContemporaryPerformance #PerformanceArt #ArtResearch #SocialImpact #WesternSydney #RewriteTheRules

02.01.2022 Our friends at FORM Dance Projects and Riverside Theatres present the first Dance Bites of 2021! TWO RAGHAV HANDA, produced by Performing Lines, subverts the conventional wisdom that underpins traditional Indian Kathak. Central to the form is the hierarchy between musician and dancer. For as long as Kathak has existed, the musician leads and the dancer follows. But now with the help of Maestro Tabla player Maharshi Raval, Raghav asks what happens if the roles are reversed; what happens if the dancer takes control? Using a highly physical and playful dance vocabulary, TWO demonstrates the creative potential in respectfully challenging tradition. Happening at Riverside Theatres (tag @riversideparra) 18 20 February, 2021 Book Now: https://riversideparramatta.com.au/show/dancebites-two/

01.01.2022 "We were there in the heart of Turkish and Arab community. The first of the Gulf Wars was going on and we were witnessing a kind of rise of racism... we decided we needed to do a show about the war at home." Fiona Winning Watch as former Artistic Director Fiona Winning (she/her) shares memories of community collaboration in the 90s as she sits down with Utp Rising Member, Rory Moy (they/them) as part of our end of financial year fundraising campaign. ... We're 5k away from target with just nine days remaining! We need your help. Support now www.givenow.com.au/loveutpmore