Welcome to Inspire
In this workshop, you’ll explore the creative process of Luke Currie-Richardson, through movement, interviews, and curriculum-ready resources designed to support respectful engagement with contemporary First Peoples dance in your classroom.
About Luke Currie-Richardson
Luke Currie-Richardson, a proud descendant of the Kuku Yalanji, Djabugay, Mununjali, Butchulla, and Meriam peoples, has dedicated over 14 years to sharing powerful Indigenous stories through dance, film, photography, spoken word, and fashion. Touring with Bangarra Dance Theatre and Marrugeku, he’s collaborated with artists like Ghenoa Gela and Wesley Enoch. In 2023, Luke debuted his choreography GEDOVAIT in the Stephanie Lake Escalator program. His photography, featured in Vogue and Marie Claire, won the People’s Choice Award in the 2024 National Photographic Portrait Prize. In 2022, he made his theatre acting debut in Kalanga Atu at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. As a poet, his work has been showcased at Sydney Festival’s The Vigil and published by Red Room Poetry. Through his multidisciplinary practice, Luke amplifies Indigenous culture, challenging perceptions of identity and belonging in contemporary Australia.
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Big Heart Story introduction
Embedding First Nations Perspectives in Dance Education
About the Big Heart Story Education Resource
The Big Heart Story Education Resource offers students unique insight into Contemporary First Peoples dance and culture. Developed by Ausdance VIC/NSW in 2018 and updated in 2024, the education resource builds on the themes, stories and issues that lay within the choreography of Big Dance [BIG HEART STORY], choreographed by renowned choreographers Frances Rings and Craig Bary.
The comprehensive education package includes:
- An introduction and general advice
- Detailed unit plan aligned to the Curriculum
- 8-10 lesson plans per unit
- Teaching tips on inclusion and access, safe spaces, warming up and down, working to the strengths of your students, and protocols for Indigenous dance
Acknowledgements
This program was presented in partnership with Dancehouse with the supported of the Department of Education, Victoria, through the Strategic Partnerships Program.
