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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

Dancer

From letting loose in the lounge room to enthralling audiences on stage, this exhibition captures the experience of lives lived through dance.

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Meryl Tankard
Meryl Tankard, 2005 Ingvar Kenne. © Ingvar Kenne
Steven Heathcote
Steven Heathcote, 2007 Julian Kingma. © Julian Kingma
Ningali Lawford-Wolf
Ningali Lawford-Wolf, 1996 (printed 2016) Stuart Spence. © Stuart Spence
Marilyn Rowe
Marilyn Rowe, c. 1975 (printed 2017) Robert McFarlane. © Robert McFarlane/Copyright Agency, 2024
Telphia
Telphia, 1990 (printed 2013) Michael Riley. © Michael Riley/Copyright Agency, 2024
Tamara Tchinarova
Tamara Tchinarova, 1938 Max Dupain OBE
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Tara Gower and Baden Hitchcock, Chicago, 2019 Lisa Tomasetti
Tara Gower and Baden Hitchcock, Chicago, 2019 Lisa Tomasetti
Tara Gower and Baden Hitchcock, Chicago, 2019 Lisa Tomasetti
Tara Gower and Baden Hitchcock, Chicago, 2019 Lisa Tomasetti

Stillness in movement

Magazine article by Tara James, 2024

Tara James shares the joy of dance and its power to connect in the National Portrait Gallery’s touring exhibition Dancer.
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