Karla Hart is a writer, film-maker, dancer, actress and director and has been the event coordinator for Wardarnji Festival 2011- 2015. [1] She is currently the drive time presenter for Noongar Radio, which broadcasts in Perth, Western Australia. [2]
Karla Hart is a writer, film-maker, dancer, actress and director and has been the event coordinator for Wardarnji Festival 2011- 2015. [1] She is currently the drive time presenter for Noongar Radio, which broadcasts in Perth, Western Australia. [2]
Hart learnt traditional dance from Noongar elders; she also studied Aboriginal Theatre at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts before completing a Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Performance at Edith Cowan University. [2]
Hart is currently co executive producer and shooter/director on new NITV series in the making "Family Rules".[ timeframe? ] Hart has acted in acted[ clarification needed ], danced in a number of productions both on stage and in film and television; she has also written plays and coordinated major events, including the Wararnji Festival. She was a drive-time presenter for Noongar Radio for which she won a national award. [2] Hart is also a board member of Yirra Yaakin Aboriginal Theatre Company, an independent theatre company in Western Australia. [1]
In 2004 Hart started the Kwarbah Djookian Dance Group, of which she is also a performer. The group has performed at many major event both locally and internationally and hundreds of events such as festivals, schools, concerts and corporate events. [2] [3]
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