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All posts tagged "Bangarra"
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30FeaturedThe arc of a dance is long and unbroken: Bangarra’s new dancers
There are dance companies, and then there is Bangarra. Imbued with a purpose that goes beyond performance, the country’s top tier indigenous...
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514FeaturedFrances Rings named new artistic director of Bangarra
Bangarra Dance Theatre has announced the appointment of Kokatha woman Frances Rings as the company’s incoming artistic director. Rings will take on...
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363EventsBangarra Dance Theatre and Sydney Theatre Company reveal world premiere of ‘Wudjang: Not the Past’
In a first-time co-production, two powerhouse arts companies, Bangarra Dance Theatre and Sydney Theatre Company, will join forces to present the world...
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1.4KAustralian Dance ReviewsHigh-tech combination of dance and film: Sue Healey’s ‘On View: Panoramic Suite’
Streaming online as part of Liveworks Digital.24 October 2021. Eight years in the making, Sue Healey’s On View: Panoramic Suite is a high-tech challenging...
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675EventsBangarra shares footage of much-anticipated ‘SandSong’
In anticipation of Bangarra’s return to the Sydney Opera House stage next month, the company is sharing behind-the-scenes footage of its SandSong: Stories...
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1.1KFeaturedBangarra appoints new company dancer Emily Flannery
Bangarra is thrilled to announce the appointment of a new company dancer, Emily Flannery, a proud Wiradjuri woman from Forbes in the...
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1.0KAustralian Dance ReviewsMarking Bangarra’s 30th anniversary in film: ‘Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra’
February 2021. Bangarra is a Wiradjuri word which means “to make fire”. Firestarter is a stunningly photographed film directed by Nel Minchin and Wayne...
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655Australian Dance Reviews‘Spirit’ at Sydney Festival: The Bangarra retrospective 2021
The Headland Barangaroo Reserve, Sydney.22 January 2021. After 10 months in hibernation, Bangarra Dance Theatre has returned to the stage with a...
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938FeaturedSydney Opera House presents Dance Rites 2020
The Sydney Opera House will present its sixth annual Dance Rites festival online next month, bringing together 28 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance...
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1.0KFeaturedTwo dance films set to premiere
This year’s Adelaide Film Festival program, which runs 14 – 25 October, includes the premiere of dance films from two of Australia’s...
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968FeaturedDance leaders in a pandemic: Like nobody told us how
What if the virus is a blessing? An invitation? A crack that widens to allow a new way of being and making...
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3.5KFeaturedLocked up with the leadership group
Autumn 2020 in Australia has indeed been a season of shedding, as a tiny RNA virus arrived to upend the status quo....
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1.1KFeaturedDance with thy neighbour: Bangarra Dance Theatre and Sydney Dance Company
Some things are too good not to be true. That two of the country’s flagship dance companies, near neighbours geographically, should find ways to...
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2.3KDance AdviceWhat is it like to be an independent dance artist?
“I like to think that maybe I was the dancer who took the road less travelled,” she says. “But with that, obviously,...
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2.1KFeaturedBangarra Dance Theatre: How to make a fire
We are in Melbourne, early spring, and the house is packed once again. 30 Years Of Sixty Five Thousand is finishing its near...
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2.6KFeaturedBangarra’s ‘Dubboo’: Blood and song (and 20 Tina Turners)
The word “family” is one of the many overused memes of marketing; but in the case of Bangarra Dance Theatre, its application...
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1.9KFeaturedOther 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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2.6KDance AdviceJuggling a dance career with children: Daniel Riley, Bangarra Dance Theatre
To date, our series about professional dance artists juggling their career with parenting has focused on female dancers. In this month’s issue...
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3.1KAustralian Dance ReviewsBangarra Dance Theatre brings Aboriginal history to life in ‘Dark Emu’
Sydney Opera House, Sydney. 14 June 2018. Bangarra Dance Theatre’s latest work, Dark Emu, is visually stunning and superbly choreographed and danced. More abstract...
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4.6KFeaturedStephen Page’s ‘Dark Emu’: The animation of negative space
That a recently published book which examines pre-colonial land management amongst Australia’s First Nation peoples should directly inspire a dance work isn’t...
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3.1KAustralian Dance ReviewsBangarra Dance Theatre’s powerful ‘ONES COUNTRY: the spine of our stories’
Carriageworks, Sydney. 24 November 2017. A most exciting triple bill by Bangarra Dance Theatre, three world premieres combined under the umbrella title...
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4.0KFeaturedHomeground 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...
