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American Australian Association 60^th Anniversary Benefit Dinner

November 12^th 2008

@ Cipriani,

55 Wall Street

New York NY

Cocktails at 6:30, Dinner at

7:30. Black Tie

In recognition of our 60th Anniversary Benefit Dinner, Mayor Bloomberg is to proclaim Nov 12, 2008, in honour of the Association.

We are planning an extraordinary evening and have invited special guests to celebrate this landmark anniversary. We are pleased to announce that Director Baz Luhrmann, Nicole Kidman, and Hugh Jackman from the upcoming movie "Australia", which is premiering in New York in November, will be among our special guests.

Proceeds from the Dinner support the American Australian Association and its Education Fund. The Education Fund is devoted to providing educational fellowships in the United States and Australia. To date, sixty three outstanding Fellows have received awards totalling over $1.5 million.

For more information, contact Diane Sinclair at

1-212-338-6860 ext 217 or benefitdinner@aaanyc.org or check the press release here.

BANGARRA: NYC PREMIERE OF AWAKENINGS

7:30pm
Oct 21, 23 & 25
Brooklyn Academy of Music

Harvey Theatre
651 Fulton Street
Tickets: $20, $35, $45

Bridging mythic narratives and modern forms, Australia 's Bangarra Dance Theatre has forged an international reputation for their inimitable and imaginative dances, drawing from the rites and spirituality of Aboriginal culture to tell stories for the new century. Following the success of Bush (2004 Next Wave Festival) and Corroboree (2001 Next Wave Festival), Bangarra returns to BAM with the extraordinary, two-part Awakenings (Boomerang and Brolga).

With Boomerang, Bangarra returns to the mesmerizing rituals of Aboriginal heritage, remembering through movement and song the age-old wisdom of elders and their spiritual connections to the earth. In Brolga, the dancers recount a young girl's initiation into womanhood, revisiting her vivid transformation at a sacred site where the river meets the sea. Foreign yet familiar and always deeply affecting, Awakenings offers an arresting vision of the world seen through the eyes of a vital indigenous culture.

See their web site for more information

www.bangarra.com.au

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