Jason Campbell

Indigenous Break-Dancer extraordinaire from the Gulf of Carpenteria of the Wannji people has been teaching Break Dancing and Hip Hop, Mentoring, and Facilitating around Australia. Began dancing in the mid 1980's in Nth West Queensland with an Aboriginal team called the Mean Machines touring the East coast of Australia and the Northern Territory.

With a teaching style that involves animals, diverse cultures, acrobatic skills and physical theatre, this allows students to express and perform in a environment to the best of their chosen ability.

Now living in New South Wales being involved in projects such as:-

• Indigenous Hip Hop Projects (beyondblue)
• Northern Rivers Performing Arts (Norpa Lismore) - mentoring, workshops and performing
• Woodford Folk Festival - Performance (Murri Stage)
• Tandanya Art and Culture Centre, Adelaide SA (performance and workshops)
• Adelaide. Kurrarru Performing Arts Centre. (workshops and acrobats)
• Ausdance Northern Territory - Workshops, Performing, and Break Dancing Competitions.
• Arts Katherine Northern Territory - Workshops, Facilitating in isolated Communities
• Mt Theo Yeundumeu Youth Centre - Facilitating and Workshops.
• Beyond Empathy, (Message in a Bottle Project) - Workshops and Facilitating.
• Jilkmingeen Community School (prepare students for Croc festival)
• USRB (Urban Street Rural Beat) Road show project Norpa Lismore.
  

Employment History

• Aussie Battle Break Dancing Competition 2008
• Exodus Festival Live - Opening and Closing Ceremony 2008
• Indigenous Hip Hop Project (beyondblue) 2007
• Kurraru Performing Arts Centre 2007
• Tandanya Art and Culture Centre (Adelaide) 2007
• Woodford Folk Festival 2007
• Young Dancers Dance School 2007
• Northern Rivers Performing Arts 2006
• Mt Theo Youth Project 2006
• Arts Northern Rivers, Road show 2005
• Beyond Empathy Project 2005
• Nyinkka Nyunyu Arts and Culture Centre 2004
• Alicurung Community School 2004
• Ausdance Northern Territory 2004

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