Michael Leslie is an Indigenous Australian dancer and choreographer.[1]
In 1979 Leslie was awarded the Churchill Fellowship to further his studies[2] which he used in 1981.[3] Leslie was part of team which created the following organisations:[4] the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts;[5] The Black Swan Theatre Company;[6] Marrugeku Physical Theatre and the NAISDA Dance College. He created the Michael Leslie Pilbara Performing Arts Program to expose local children to the performing arts.[7] In 1993, he choreographed the first Aboriginal Australian musical, Bran Nue Dae.[8]
In 2010[9] he received the Red Ochre Award from the Australia Council for the Arts, receiving A$50,000.[10]
In 2018, he performed at the Ochre Contemporary Dance Company's Australian Premiere Season of 3 point 3.[11]
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