Strengthening the Aboriginal Community in Smith Street - The Dirty Mile
This presentation will feature ‘The Dirty Mile’ street theatre performance that took audiences on a journey of Indigenous history, highlighting places of social and community significance to past and present Indigenous communities around inner Melbourne’s Fitzroy. The discussion will highlight the positive outcomes of collaboration; particularly the role of the artistic collaborators and their approach to working with a community partner for each project which offers significant opportunities for local councils to assist in the development, implementation and local promotion of these events. The collaboration on this production has assisted in the continued strengthening of the relationship between this community and council.
Kylie Belling is Artistic Director of Ilbijerri Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Theatre Cooperative, the longest running Indigenous theatre organisation and the only one in Victoria. The cooperative is committed to producing innovative and challenging Indigenous works that speak to and reflect the lives, culture and history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.