Eleo pomare biography
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“Eleo Pomare – Finding Aid,” The History Makers, April 18, 2007, https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/eleo-pomare-41. Accessed April 19, 2022.
Rachel Fensham, “’Breakin' the Rules’: Eleo Pomare and the Transcultural Choreographies of Black Modernity,” in Dance Research Journal, Vol. 45, No. 1 April 2013, p. 41-63. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23524725. Accessed April 19, 2022.
Anna Kisselgoff, “Eleo Pomare, Dancer and Rebel, Dies at 70,” The New York Times, August 13, 2008. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/arts/dance/14pomare.html. Accessed April 19, 2022.
Terry Monagham, “Eleo Pomare – Choreographer and dancer fired by a sense of social justice,” The Guardian, November 11, 2008. https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/nov/12/dance. Accessed April 19, 2022.
Kathryn Williams, “Choreographer Eleo Pomare: Truth, Not Anger, Powers His Work,” The Morning Call, February 15, 1985. https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1985-02-15-2458119-story.html. Accessed April 19, 2022.
Jacqueline Wright, “Keepers of the Legacy: Eleo Pomare’s map of artistic social justice and protest,” Newcastle University News, May 31, 2021. https://www.newcastle.edu.au/newsroom/research-and-innovation/keepers-of-the-legacy-eleo-pomares-map-of-artistic-social-justice-and-protest. Accessed April 19, 2022.
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Keepers of the Legacy: Eleo Pomare’s map of artistic social justice and protest
When Newcastle University’s HDR student, Carole Y Johnson first came to Australia 49 years ago to perform at the Adelaide Festival as part of Eleo Pomare’s Dance Company, she did not know she would stay and become an integral part of Indigenous Australia’s protest movement.
Six weeks prior to their tour, the Tent Embassy had been established at Parliament House, Canberra as a protest against successive governments’ approach to Indigenous issues – it was a powerful symbol of First Nation sovereignty and an acknowledgement of an Indigenous right to self-determination.
“At that stage Indigenous people hadn’t thought about dance as a vehicle of social comment yet,” Ms Johnson told an international virtual audience in her presentation that championed the work of dancer, choreographer, and teacher, Eleo Pomare.
Hosted by New York City’s Clarke Center, Ms Johnson spoke alongside other international presenters showcasing photographs, quotes, a film clip, poster, and programme.
Joining Ms Johnson were biographer, John Perpener, editor, Rashidah Ismali and dancer and choreographer, Martial Roumain, who is responsible for preservin