School: Backbone Youth Arts

Backbone is about the 21st century! Backbone is about creativity! It is the place where the creative and artistic aspirations of a young generation of performers, theatre makers and cultural producers are expressed and realized. As the 21st century unfolds with its myriad of challenges and possibilities we aim to be an arts organisation that fully captures the imagination of young people as they engage with and create the world around them and consequently the world of the future. We are inspired by the new ways in which young people engage with the idea of performance and theatre, the cutting edge ideas and reimagining of the potential of theatre in the 21st century.
Art and specifically performance is a potent vehicle for the creative intelligence and identity not only of an individual but of a community. Backbone has a vision of Brisbane as the preeminent arts city in Australia, a place where the energy of creativity drives ambition, expression and innovation. We aim to be a generator of arts processes and experiences that inspires the nation and unleashes the creative capital of young people.