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All posts tagged "Bangarra"
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204FeaturedBangarra announces the appointment of two new company dancers
Bangarra Dance Theatre is thrilled to announce the appointment of two new dancers, who will join the company this month. Chantelle Lee...
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275FeaturedBangarra celebrates the contribution of departing company dancers
Bangarra has announced that dancers Rika Hamaguchi, Baden Hitchcock and Bradley Smith will depart the company following the end of the company’s...
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465FeaturedAdelaide Festival Centre lights up autumn with hit musicals and Children’s Artspace
The opening of the new Children’s Artspace gallery, hit musicals and live concerts are among highlights of Adelaide Festival Centre’s Autumn 2022...
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725FeaturedThe 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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985FeaturedFrances 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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727EventsBangarra 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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1.6KAustralian 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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811EventsBangarra 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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1.4KFeaturedBangarra 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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1.2KAustralian 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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872Australian 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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1.1KFeaturedSydney 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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1.2KFeaturedTwo 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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1.1KFeaturedDance 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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3.7KFeaturedLocked 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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1.3KFeaturedDance 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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2.6KDance 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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2.2KFeaturedBangarra 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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2.8KFeaturedBangarra’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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2.0KFeaturedOther 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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2.9KDance 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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3.3KAustralian 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...
