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Stillness in movement

Tara James shares the joy of dance and its power to connect in the National Portrait Gallery’s touring exhibition Dancer.

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Tara Gower and Baden Hitchcock, Chicago, 2019 Lisa Tomasetti
Tara Gower and Baden Hitchcock, Chicago, 2019 Lisa Tomasetti
Frankie Frank and The Melbourne Salsa Group, n.d. Sanjeev Singh
Frankie Frank and The Melbourne Salsa Group, n.d. Sanjeev Singh
Dancenorth Australia (Gideon Obarzanek & Lucy Guerin) Samantha Hines, Mason Kelly, Jenni Large, Ashley McLellan, Josh Mu, Georgia Rudd and Jack Ziesing, n.d. Gregory Lorenzutti
Dancenorth Australia (Gideon Obarzanek & Lucy Guerin) Samantha Hines, Mason Kelly, Jenni Large, Ashley McLellan, Josh Mu, Georgia Rudd and Jack Ziesing, n.d. Gregory Lorenzutti
Collaboration – Sam Goraya, Santosh Ram and Samir Kumar Panigrahi backstage before a performance of Kundalini: The Awakening!, n.d. Zlatko Varenina
Collaboration – Sam Goraya,
Santosh Ram and Samir Kumar Panigrahi backstage before a performance of Kundalini: The Awakening!, n.d. Zlatko Varenina
Tanja Liedtke, n.d. Tobin Lush
Tanja Liedtke, n.d. Tobin Lush
Maatha by Karma Dance, n.d. Sanjeev Singh
Maatha by Karma Dance, n.d. Sanjeev Singh
Ghenoa Gela in ‘Winds of Woerr', n.d. Gregory Lorenzutti
Ghenoa Gela in ‘Winds of Woerr', n.d. Gregory Lorenzutti
Graeme Murphy's Swan Lake: Ella Havelka, Beijing, 2015 Lisa Tomasetti
Graeme Murphy's Swan Lake: Ella Havelka, Beijing, 2015 Lisa Tomasetti
Wandangula Dancers & the Song People Perform Ngabaya (Spirit People) at the 2014 Malandarri Festival, Yanyuwa Country 2014, n.d. Benjamin Warlngundu Ellis Bayliss
Wandangula Dancers & the Song People Perform Ngabaya (Spirit People) at the 2014 Malandarri Festival, Yanyuwa Country 2014, n.d. Benjamin Warlngundu Ellis Bayliss
Jianna Georgiou, 2020 Shane Reid
Jianna Georgiou, 2020 Shane Reid
Tara Jade Samaya, n.d. Pippa Samaya
Tara Jade Samaya, n.d. Pippa Samaya
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Dancer

Touring exhibition, 2024

From letting loose in the lounge room to enthralling audiences on stage, this exhibition captures the experience of lives lived through dance.
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