Leslie, Dorathea Randall, Cheryl Stone and Darryl Williams (who had participated in the workshop), and new students Richard Talonga and Roslyn Watson. Torres Strait Islander people were involved from the beginning, owing to strict rules that traditional dances could only be performed if a traditional owner of that dance was present. There was an emphasis on developing a unique style of contemporary Indigenous dancing. In 1976, Careers in Dance became a subsidiary of the Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Scheme (AISDS), which was established as the National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association in 1988, and is now NAISDA Dance College. NAISDA refers to 1976 as its foundation date, although some sources cite 1975. Founding members of NAISDA, apart from Johnson, were Lucy Jumawan from the Philippines, the principal teacher, and students Lillian Crombie, Wayne Nicol, Dorathea Randall, Cheryl Stone, Darryl Williams, Michael Leslie, Richard Talonga, Malcolm Cole, Kim Walker and Philip Langley. Over the years, Johnson engaged many other dancers and choreographers from around Australia and worldwide, and together they developed what is now known as Contemporary Indigenous Dance Technique. The Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre (AIDT), which arose out of NAISDA in 1976 and comprising NAISDA students, was the first contemporary Indigenous Australian dance company. It toured nationally and internationally, becoming known as the most toured dance company in Australia. AIDT remained a part of the NAISDA under the artistic direction from 1989 of Raymond D. Blanco, former student of NAISDA and the first Indigenous person to lead a dance company in Australia. It disbanded following the departure of Blanco in 1998. Johnson founded Bangarra Dance Theatre in 1989, with Stephen Page taking the reins in 1991. In 1997, NAISDA achieved the status of Registered Training Organisation, and became a founding member of the federal government's "Australian Roundtable for Arts Training Excellence" (ARTS8), comprising a number of "elite training institutions" directly funded by the Office for the Arts. It was intended that Johnson's vision of training style should persist. 2000–present Until 2007, NAISDA was located in the inner Sydney suburbs of Redfern, Glebe and then The Rocks, before moving to their present location in the Mt Penang Parklands, near Gosford. Shortly after the move, former student Kim Walker was appointed Executive Director and Head of Dance. the board appointed alumnus Kim Walker as Executive Director and Head of Dance. As of 2008, NAISDA was funded as an arts education "Centre of