Hunter Creative Alliance

15/01/2026

19/08/2025

OTEN
A Dance Film by The Samaya Wives in collaboration with High Tea with Mrs Woo. Created through a Catapult Propel Residency.

Impact Curates: Performance Program 2
Sunday 31st August @ 7pm
Warners Bay Theatre, baramayiba
Tickets Available:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/impact-dance-festival-sunday-night-performances-tickets-1413636347369

A stain on my perfect intention.
A blot spreading on the hand I use to control it all.
A crinkle in my perfect circle.
A pin prick glitch that leads to my unravelling.
A breath of wind that opens into a storm, rushing towards my ultimate surrender.

OTEN
• Choreographer / Performer: Tara Samaya
• Film Maker : Pippa Samaya
• Directed by the Samaya Wives
• Fashion Design: High Tea with Mrs Woo

WORK BY SATORU HOSHINO: BEGINNING FORM – SPIRAL ‘17 2017 SMOKED EARTHENWARE 850°C, BLACK STONEWARE ARTIST COLLECTION. SODEISHA: CONNECTED TO AUSTRALIA EXHIBITION NEWCASTLE ART GALLERY 2019

The Impact Festival is supported by Create NSW, Lake Macquarie City Council, Catapult Dance

17/08/2025

FREE EVENT

Sign Up for the Dance Makers Collective community workshop for Sunday Night Social as part of The Impact Dance Festival.
No Dance Experience Necessary

*Workshop Details*:
Sunday 31st August
9am - 11am
Catapult Dance Choreographic Hub
880 Hunter St, Newcastle West

Bring your friends, children, family and partners along. Absolutely no dance experience needed. This is about having fun to some great music.

Here is the link to register for the community work shop: https://forms.gle/PGsDqgiiGcWLqhACA

The workshop provides you with free access to Sunday Night Social event with live band Half Nelson. What's not to love!!!

Sunday Night Social:
Sunday 31st August
8.30pm
Warners Bay Theatre, baramayiba
Lake Macquarie

See you on the dance floor!!!!

REGISTER AS A COMMUNITY PARTICIPANT FOR DANCE MAKERS COLLECTIVE"S SUNDAY SOCIALS Dates: Sunday 31st August @ 9 - 11am Locations: Catapult Dance Choreogrphic Hub: 880 Hunter ST, Newcastle West Contact Omer Backley-Astrachan at [email protected] for any queries.

14/08/2025

Art and Insight
Friday 29th August
Warners Bay Theatre, baramayiba
Get your tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/impact-dance-festival-friday-workshops-and-evening-performance-tickets-1413585786139

I cannot wait to hear all these incredible speakers, artists, arts leaders and curious thinkers.

What a treat and incredible professional development for me as an artist and organisation director.

Looking forward to filling up with more knowledge and wisdom regarding First Nations Cultural Protocol, creating safe spaces for First Nations Artists within our organisations and practices, as well as the regional perspective from the Northern Rivers and our own Hunter region.

Hope to see you there, includes a networking event with a free drink and nibbles and a tickets to Catapult's professional show, Triple Bill.

What’s not to love!!!

A day of incredible artist talks, panel discussions and insights into the arts sector capped off with an unmissable Triple Bill performance.

14/08/2025

FREE EVENT
Saturday 30th August @ 4.15pm
MAP mima
Register Here!
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/impact-dance-festival-samaya-wives-a-call-to-arms-tickets-1584963581739

A CALL TO ARMS is both a statement and a literal call out to the public for action, made through the body and collective energy – to listen to and to protect these incredible places.

A Samaya Wives film created in collaboration between DRILL Performance Company Inc. and the Bob Brown Foundation.

A dance film that traverses the landscapes of Takayna; from rugged coastline to the deep ancient temperate rain forests, exploring through movement, the embodied effects of its landscapes and the sensation of its contrasting strength and fragility.

Takayna is Australia’s largest temperate rainforest and the second largest temperate rainforest in the world and has one of the highest concentrations of Aboriginal sites in the southern hemisphere. These magnificent forests and rivers are home to many rare and endangered species. The logging and mining of this precious region is sending many species to the brink of extinction.

One of Earth’s last great wild places, it deserves secure, permanent protection.

17/07/2025

One of Australia’s premier choreographers is coming to Lake Macquarie!

Join us for an intimate and inspiring afternoon with 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐞 - multi award-winning dancer, choreographer, and artistic director - at the 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥.

🩰 𝐈𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐞 offers a rare, behind-the-scenes look into her creative journey, choreographic process, and bold vision for the future of contemporary dance.

📅 Saturday 30 August
🕒 2:30 – 3:30pm
📍 Warners Bay Theatre, baramayiba
🎟️ Tickets & info: https://bit.ly/46aZyb3

Supported by Create NSW Creative Australia in partnership with Catapult Dance and Lake Macquarie City Council.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to get up close and personal with one of Australia’s most powerful artistic voices!