Tracks Dance Studio, Harbour View Plaza, Darwin City

12 - 16 Apr 2021
NT Youth Week

Tracks Make a Dance In A Week (MADIAW) school holiday program is designed to create a supportive environment for young dancers, encouraging participants to train, learn, move and practice teamwork. 

Facilitated by Darwin-based professional dancer and choreographer Maddy Brown, the program involved daily classes in a range of styles including Bollywood, Hip Hop, Pop Commercial and Jazz, and a special focus on dance-making.

Program Leader

Dance Facilitator: Madeleine Brown

Madeleine is a professional commercial dancer with a Diploma of Elite Dance from Jason Coleman’s Ministry of Dance in Melbourne. In 2017 Maddy spent 6 months in Mumbai with a prestigious Bollywood Dance Company dancing in shows, large-scale events, music videos and movies, while working with India’s best Choreographers and Directors.
Maddy dance styles include Hip-hop, Commercial, Contemporary, Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Ballroom, Bollywood, Belly dance and Musical Theatre. This was combined with her studies of vocal and acting.  Whilst in Melbourne, Madeleine performed at the Half-Time Show for the College Football at ANZ Stadium, showcased with Hollabak Dance Crew at the UDO competition, was Dance Captain for the TV show ‘The Big Music Quiz’ channel 7, and danced in two shows directed by Masters of Choreography. More about Maddy

Youth Dance Assistant: Sophia Hodges

Participants: Amelia (Amy) Pearce, Asha O'Brien-Hartcher, Claudia Cucchiaro, Dominic Kelly, Gabrielle Egerton, Harmony Hodder, Harrison Hunt, Isaac Kelly, Isla Innes, Isobella Carson, Matilda (Tilly) Wilton, Sabina Graesslin, Scott Griffiths, Steven Griffiths

Company Partners

Tracks Inc is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body; and is proudly sponsored by the Northern Territory Government.

Make a Dance in a Week has been supported by the Northern Territory Government Office of Youth Affairs

Tracks 2021

Artistic Co-Directors: David McMicken and Tim Newth
Company Director: Adelaide Wood
Production Manager: Duane Preston
Dance Animateur: Jess Devereux
Administrator: Jo Shearn
Bookkeeper: It Figures

Committee Members: Venaska Cheliah (Chairperson), Andrea Wicking (Vice-Chairperson), Glenn Bernardin (Treasurer), David Taylor, Michael Grant, Ken Conway, Max Dewa Stretton, Rachael Wallis. David McMicken, Tim Newth, Adelaide Wood (Ex-Officio Members)

Public Fund Trustees: Maari Gray, Will Crawford and Lachlan Peattie

Patron: Her Honour the Honourable Vicki O’Halloran AM, Administrator of the Northern Territory