Bangarra Dance Theatre
Bangarra Dance Theatre is an Indigenous Australian contemporary dance company. It was founded in 1989 by South African woman Cheryl Stone and Carole Johnson, an African-American and founding director of National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA). Bangarra is the Wiradjuri word meaning "to make fire".[1]
Stephen Page has been the artistic director since 1991. Bangarra's first full-length show Praying Mantis Dreaming was produced in 1992, and productions have followed annually since 2000. All have been successful within Australia and some have toured the United States and the United Kingdom. The group also made significant contributions to the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2000 Summer Olympics.
The company has received the Helpmann Award for Best Ballet or Dance Work multiple times.
Contents
Works
- 1992 - Praying Mantis Dreaming
- 1995 - Ochres
- 1997 - Fish
- 1997 - Rites with The Australian Ballet
- 2000 - Skin (included Spear which turned feature film in 2015: Spear)
- 2001 - Corroboree
- 2002 - Walkabout
- 2003 - Bush[2]
- 2004 - Unaipon
- 2004 - CLAN
- 2005 - Boomerang
- 2006 - Gathering with the Australian Ballet
- 2007 - True Stories[3][4]
- 2008 - Mathinna : based on the life of Mathinna an indigenous Tasmanian girl[5]
- 2008 - Rites (with The Australian Ballet)[6][7]
- 2009 - Fire – A Retrospective[8]
- 2010 - of earth & sky
- 2012 - Terrain
- 2013 - Blak
- 2014 - Patyegarang[9] and Kinship
- 2015 - lore
- 2016 - OUR land people stories
People
- Stephen Page
- David Page, composer and musical director[10][11]
- Frances Rings
Notes
- ↑ Bangarra Dance Theatre (1989 - ) at Australia Dancing
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- ↑ Majhid Heath, (11 September 2009), Review: Bangarra Dance Theatre performance of Fire - A retrospective, Indigenous Arts & Events: Performance, Australian Broadcasting Corporation accessed 2010-09-28
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- ↑ David Page, Composer at Bangarra Dance Theatre Retrieved 29 April 2016
- ↑ Linda Morris, (29 April 2016), Bangarra Dance Theatre shattered by death of composer David Page, Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 29 April 2016
External links
- Bangarra Dance Theatre
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [CC-By-SA]
- Bangarra Dance Theatre at Australia Dancing, Pandora Archive Retrieved 29 April 2016
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