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Come and witness some of the deadliest music & dance talents from all over Australia at Stylin' UP 2014. Check out www.stylinup.com.au for more info!! Stylin’ UP is an Indigenous owned Hip Hop and R’n’B music and dance skills development workshop and event program. Stylin’ UP is developed with and for young people from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds in Brisbane’s South West communities.
Over the past 13 years Stylin’ UP has grown to become Australia’s largest Indigenous Hip-Hop and R&B music and dance event and a nationally significant contemporary Indigenous creative arts development program. Stylin’ UP originated as an initiative of Brisbane City Council and the Indigenous Community of Inala, and has been nurtured and developed by the Stylin’ UP Community Crew, made up of elders, community leaders and government representatives.
In 2009 the event drew over 15,000 attendees and participants from Inala, Brisbane and surrounding regions and from all across the country as well as official visitors and community members from Logan, Hopevale, Cherbourg, and Woorabinda through the Stylin’ UP Regional Program.
Stylin’ UP is a multifaceted process, which engages the entire community from Elders through to children. Alongside the high profile public event exists a lengthy workshop program, aimed at engaging indigenous youth. In 2008 the workshop programs engaged 1500 young people from Brisbane’s South West corridor and a further 300 from regional communities.
Community ownership of Stylin’UP is an essential element as it has built local community cultural capacity and empowerment across all levels. Since its inception, Stylin’ UP has been guided by three themes that the community valued as important to their young people:
Over the past 13 years Stylin’ UP has grown to become Australia’s largest Indigenous Hip-Hop and R&B music and dance event and a nationally significant contemporary Indigenous creative arts development program. Stylin’ UP originated as an initiative of Brisbane City Council and the Indigenous Community of Inala, and has been nurtured and developed by the Stylin' UP Community Crew, made up of elders, community leaders and government representatives.
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