Fundraising Launch Party for Falling into Weighted Time: A New Dance About Narcolepsy

Name: Fundraising Launch Party for Falling into Weighted Time: A New Dance About Narcolepsy
Start: 2024-02-12T18:00:00+1100
End: 2024-02-12T19:30:00+1100
Location: 15 Hickson Rd

Mon, 12 Feb 2024, 6pm - 7:30pm AEDT

15 Hickson Rd

Dawes Point NSW, Australia

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Dr Laura (Amara Dances) Osweiler

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I cordially invite you to the Matchlab Fundraising Campaign Launch Party for my new dance, Falling into Weighted Time.

Monday 12 February 2024, from 6 to 7.30pm.

The event will be held at Sydney Dance Company's beautiful heritage building in Studio 6 and online via Zoom.

Enjoy complimentary drinks and light snacks while I speak about ‘Falling into Weighted Time,’ a new captivating dance centred around my experiences of Narcolepsy, a neurological sleep condition and my tour-ready piece, ‘Shifting Lines’.

I’ll also lead two audience participation activities based on the dances. Participation is of course optional.

There will be an auction as well. With items graciously donated by Accessible Arts, Neuroqueero, BJC Health and Sydney Dance Company.

Learn more about Falling into Weighted Time and donate here.

The campaign launch party is free, but please note that onsite tickets are limited, so please book now to secure your spot.

I was so moved and inspired by how Laura has taken her personal experience and challenges to her well-being, and have not only embraced everything as part of who she is, but have graciously, proudly, and bravely invited us all in by creating this dance piece. – Rena Orenstein | Pubic Health Professor @ UCLA

I acknowledge the Cammeraygal and Gadigal on the lands that I live and work. I pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging and celebrate the diversity of Aboriginal peoples and their ongoing cultures and connections to the lands and waters of NSW.

Tickets for good, not greed Humanitix dedicates 100% of profits from booking fees to charity

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Dr Laura (Amara Dances) Osweiler

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Dr. Laura (Amara) Osweiler is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, producer and scholar from the USA now in Sydney, Cammeraygal country.

As a Classic American belly dance and MENAHT folk dancer, Laura has performed as a soloist and in dance companies in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Austin and Sydney. For fifteen years, Laura was the Director of Ya Helewa! Dance Company and regularly collaborates with dancers, dance/theatre companies, musicians and artists.

As a leading innovator in Contemporary Middle Eastern dance, Laura’s works have been presented at international events and on video. Many of her dances explore the identity of Middle Eastern dance. Her current works interweave dance, movement, film, music, audio description and health and employs communication technologies to support access and engage with audiences in different locations.

Laura is contracted by organisations as an access advocate to audit and implement disability plans. She also works with artists with disability as a mentor and to develop their project management tools and infrastructure.

Laura has taught accredited university courses and regularly teaches workshops at festivals and online. She has produced numerous dance concerts and festivals including An Evening of Experimental Middle Eastern Dance (LA), X-MED (LA and Austin) and The Austin Belly Dance Convention. She was also Assistant Producer of Dance for Parramasala Festival and General Manager at Critical Path.

Laura holds a PhD in Dance History and Theory from UC Riverside and a BA in Music History and Literature and a certificate in Ethnomusicology from The Florida State University and worked on an MA in Dance Ethnography and MFA in Dance Performance at UCLA.

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Mon, 12 Feb 2024, 6pm - 7:30pm AEDT

15 Hickson Rd

Dawes Point NSW, Australia

Hosted by Dr Laura (Amara Dances) Osweiler