NAISDA’s sold-out performance showcased talent and creativity
NAISDA has concluded a sold-out Sydney season of “the trees have voices, the feet have ears” at Carriageworks, reaffirming its role as a leader in First Nations performing arts training…
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NAISDA performance has environmental theme
NAISDA will give its end of year performance on November 21-23 at Carriageworks in Sydney. Based at Kariong, NAISDA is Australia’s leading performing arts training organisation for Aboriginal and Torres…
NAISDA graduate discovers a new passion
Production was not an area of the professional performing arts industry that Peta-Louise Rixom initially considered pursuing, but the Advanced Diploma NAISDA graduate is finding her behind-the-scenes role and on-the-job…
NAISDA welcomes $13M budget funding uplift
NAISDA has welcomed the Federal Government’s Budget commitment towards the eight national arts training organisations, commonly known as the Arts8. The announcement included $13M operational funding over four years for…
NAISDA winds up year with stunning performance
As the year comes to an end, NAISDA will present its end-of-year performance yana galuring on Friday, December 8. The performance will be held at the Central Coast campus of…
NAISDA graduate’s latest success
Proud Kalkadoon woman Lacey Bilger recently graduated from NAISDA with an Advanced Diploma of Professional Dance Performance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. The arts training organisation was delighted…
NAISDA welcomes almost $1M in extra funding
NAISDA Dance College has welcomed Federal Government’s funding of $957,025 announced in the recent federal budget as part of its $9M commitment to eight national training organisations for next financial…
Envoy’s visit a boost for arts sector
The Special Envoy for the Arts, Susan Templeman, joined Federal Member for Robertson Gordon Reid to meet with stakeholders from the arts and live music industries on the Central Coast…
Sunrise bungul for NAISDA students
Alarms were set early on Monday morning, March 27, as students and staff from the Central Coast’s NAISDA Dance College headed to Umina Beach for a special sunrise bungul on…
NAISDA dancers collaborate with NIDA
A weeklong collaboration between the Central Coast’s own NAISDA Dance College and the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) recently brought together aspiring designers, directors, dancers and choreographers for an…
Revive-ing arts and culture on the Coast
Arts, culture and entertainment on the Central Coast is set to benefit from the Federal Government’s new National Cultural Policy, Revive, with a raft of administrative changes on the way…
NAISDA end of year performance to be live streamed
NAISDA Dance College, Australia’s national performing arts training organisation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, will present its end of year performance yadhaba ngura on November 19 from 7pm…
$530,000 committed for NAISDA creative learning centre
The National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA) has welcomed a $530,000 commitment from the State Government for a Final Business Case to establish Naya Wa Yugali, Australia’s Centre…
NAISDA graduates celebrate the end of a very difficult year
Celebrations for the NAISDA Graduating Class of 2020 on June 23 was expected to be full of emotion, following a year of learning unlike any other in the College’s 45-year…
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The Weekly News 5@5 is the essential news stories from across the Central Coast. This week: Nurses and Midwives rally over staffing ratios, New research institute to open at the…
Applications open for NAISDA Dance College
NAISDA Dance College is seeking its next intake of standout dance and performing arts students and invites First Nations applicants aged 16-26 with a passion for dance and culture to…
Virtual submissions for NAISDA 2021 intake
Kariong based dance college, NAISDA, is encouraging students aged 16 to 26 to virtually submit applications for its 2021 intake, a first in the college’s 44 year-long history. NAISDA is…
NAISDA Dance College to cease onsite operations for now
NAISDA Dance College was the Coast’s first educational facility to cease onsite operations as a Coronavirus precautionary measure. College CEO, Kim Walker, announced on March 18, that NAISDA had taken…
Three NAISDA 2019 graduates are already accomplishing great things
It’s been an exciting few months for three NAISDA Dance College 2019 Diploma Developing Artists who are already accomplishing great things since graduating in December. NAISDA CEO, Kim Walker, said…
New International Centre for Indigenous learning and study funded
Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, visited NAISDA Dance College at Kariong, following the College’s recent success in securing $117,164, as part of the first round of the NSW Government’s $100m…