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All posts tagged "Aboriginal dance"
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534Australian Dance ReviewsUnwrapped ‘SILENCE’: Karul Projects at Sydney Opera House
Studio Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Sydney.8 May 2024. Gold Coast based Karul Projects presented SILENCE, created by Thomas E.S. Kelly (Minjungbal-Yugambeh, Wiradjuri...
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823FeaturedBangarra announces world premiere of ‘Horizon’ in 2024
Australia’s leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, is delighted to announce the world-premiere of its first...
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1.1KFeaturedDanceRites returns with largest on-site competition to date
Australia’s only national dance competition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups, DanceRites, returns to the Sydney Opera House Forecourt this November. The...
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2.7KFeaturedOther space/Same place: NAISDA’s ‘StoryPlace’
As another year moves to a close, it’s time once more for a batch of EOY productions. For multi-award-winning dancer/choreographer (and now...
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5.1KFeaturedHomeground First Nations festival at the Sydney Opera House
Are you in Sydney? Get down to Sydney Opera House in November for Homeground on 25-26 November 2017. It’s a free event...
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4.3KAustralian Dance Reviews‘From Sand to Stage’ honors 40th anniversary of NAISDA
Carriageworks, Sydney. November 19, 2016. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA), From Sand to Stage also examined...
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7.9KFeaturedIndigenous dance knowledge protected under new law
The era of instant global communication, like most mass consumption cultural phenomena, has its benefits, its costs and its sometimes surprising fall...
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6.4KFeaturedCelebrating Bangarra’s David Page
This week, the art world lost a treasured ally. Celebrated musician and composer David Page passed away on April 28. David was...
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10.1KAustralian Dance ReviewsBangarra Dance Theatre resurrects ‘Ochres’
Carriageworks, Sydney. November 2015. Haunting, mesmerizing and incredibly powerful, Bangarra Dance Theatre’s Ochres sinuously slithers, stamps and jumps across the stage at...
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6.1KFeaturedI Am the Colours: Bangarra Dance Theatre Presents ‘Ochres’
Bangarra Dance Theatre dancer Tara Gower says it like this: “For myself, and for indigenous people generally, the landscape is within me....
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5.7KInterviewsFolk It! Meet Young Dancers Performing Cultural Dance Styles – Creedence Blanco
In this series on culturally specific dance styles, Dance Informa interviews young dancers about what makes them move in the way they do,...
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6.1KAustralian Dance ReviewsBangarra Dance Theatre presents ‘Lore’
Sydney Opera House. July 4, 2015. Two visually stunning, marvellously danced works—both world premieres—were presented in the latest thrilling programme by Bangarra...
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4.5KAustralian Dance ReviewsBangarra – Dance Clan 3
Bangarra Studio Theatre November 19, 2013 By Lynne Lancaster. There were four very strong, excellent works in this sensational programme; a searing...
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4.2KAustralian Dance ReviewsBlak – Bangarra Dance Theatre
Arts Centre Melbourne May 3, 2013 By Paul Ransom. Despite the fact that Bangarra Dance Theatre is often judged by measures others...
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4.3KTop StoriesRobert Curran joins Bangarra
Former Australian Ballet principal Robert Curran has moved from centre stage to the wings; but don’t for a moment think he doesn’t mean it...
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5.5KFeaturesStoking the fire – Bangarra Dance Theatre
Bangarra Dance Theatre goes back to country to pass on the secrets of the flame to the young. By Paul Ransom. Bangarra...
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12.3KAustralian Dance ReviewsBangarra Dance Theatre’s Terrain
Sydney Opera House August 3 2012 By Renata Ogayar. Terrain, created by resident choreographer Francis Rings for Bangarra Dance Theatre, truly was...
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4.6KAustralian Dance ReviewsBriwyant by Vicki Van Hout
Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne July 5 2012 By Paul Ransom. It is obvious that Briwyant has been thought about long and hard. The...
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5.4K1InterviewsThe Brilliantly Painted Dancer
Inspired by traditional painting, indigenous choreographer Vicki Van Hout brings ancient brush strokes to life in Briwyant. By Paul Ransom. Dance, like...
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5.1KTop StoriesBangarra farewells Patrick Thaiday
After ten years with Bangarra Dance Theatre, Patrick Thaiday is moving on from the company. Patrick’s performance of Stephen Page’s Warumuk-in the...
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9.4KAustralian Dance ReviewsBangarra – Belong
Sydney Opera House July 2011 By Lynne Lancaster Belong gives us two very strong, exciting and powerful works from Bangarra in a...
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12.0K1Top StoriesBangarra – The Spirit of Belonging in the 21st century
By Elizabeth Ashley. Bangarra Dance Theatre continues its quest to explore the spirit that connects traditional and contemporary culture for indigenous and...
