Talk:Bangarra Dance Theatre

Edit request
Bangarra Dance Theatre is Australia's leading Indigenous performing arts company. Bangarra is recognised nationally and internationally for distinctive dance theatre performances that combine the spirituality of traditional culture with modern story-telling. Presenting over 110 performances each year Bangarra tours internationally as well as extensively to national, regional and remote centres across Australia.

Under the leadership of Artistic Director Stephen Page since 1991, Bangarra celebrates and respects Australiaʼs Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their cultures. Bangarra is committed to developing the next generation of Indigenous storytellers through mentoring and training of creative Indigenous young people.

Joining Stephen Page, in the company’s creative and cultural leadership, are artists-in-residence, Kathy Balngayngu Marika, Jacob Nash, Hetti Perkins, David Page and Frances Rings.

With studios at Sydney’s Walsh Bay, the fourteen member dance ensemble originates from across Australia reflecting many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island cultures. Bangarra is a significant Indigenous employer and its’ board is chaired by Larissa Behrendt a leading Aboriginal lawyer, writer and academic.

Supported by enthusiastic audiences, Bangarra receives funding from the Australia Council for the Arts, the Commonwealth Government’s arts funding authority and from the NSW Government through Arts NSW. Bangarra has a loyal cohort of corporate and media partners and a growing number of patrons whose philanthropic support is helps to secure the company for generations to come.

Bangarra Dance Theatre Australia's vision is to:

Respect and rekindle the links between traditional Indigenous cultures of Australia and new forms of contemporary artistic expression;

Create inspiring dance theatre productions of integrity and excellence that resonate with people throughout Australia and the world.

Australian National and Regional Touring

1991 Stephen Page appointed Artistic Director Up Until Now by Stephen Page (Sydney, North Coast NSW, Brisbane)

1992 Praying Mantis Dreaming by Stephen Page (Canberra, Central Western NSW, Melbourne, Brisbane)

1993 Praying Mantis Dreaming (Sydney, Cairns, WA, North East Arnhem Land)

1994 Ninni by Stephen Page (Sydney, NT, QLD) Best of Bangarra (Adelaide Festival)

April/May - Bernadette Walong-Sene apointed Assistant Artistic Director and beginning development of “Ochres”.

Ochres presented as a ‘work in progress’ at the ’94 Nambundah Festival at Belvoir Street Theatre

1995 Ochres by Stephen Page, Bernadette Walong-Sene and Djakapurra Munyarryun (Sydney, Berlin, Canberra, Tokyo, Perth, Melbourne, Noumea, Adelaide, Arnhem Land)

1997 Fish by Stephen Page and Djakapurra Munyarryun (Festival of the Dreaming, Sydney) Rites with The Australian Ballet (Melbourne International Arts Festival, Sydney)

1998 Fish (Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra NSW, VIC,) DanceClan

1999 Fish (QLD, NT, WA) Womad (Adelaide) DanceClan2 Rites with The Australian Ballet (Sydney, Melbourne)

2000 Skin by Stephen Page (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane) Awakenings (Sydney 2000 Olympic Games)

2001 Corroboree: (Roo, Turtle, Brolga) by Stephen Page, Elma Kris and Peggy Misi (Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne) The Dreaming (NSW)

2002 Walkabout: Rations by Frances Rings and Rush by Stephen Page (Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane) Skin (Adelaide) The Dreaming (VIC, SA)

2003 Bush by Stephen Page and Frances Rings (Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane) The Dreaming (NSW, NT, QLD, ACT)

2004 Clan: Unaipon by Frances Rings and Reflections by Stephen Page Bush (Washington, New York, Hawaii) Spirit (QLD)

2005 Boomerang by Stephen Page (Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane) Spirit (QLD, VIC, TAS, NSW)

2006 Gathering with The Australian Ballet (Melbourne, Sydney) Clan (NT, WA, QLD, NSW) Spirit (Hobart)

2007 True Stories: Emeret Lu by Elma Kris and X300 by Frances Rings (Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Newcastle, Canberra, Wollongong) Clan (SA, VIC, TAS, NSW)

2008 Mathinna by Stephen Page (Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Newcastle, Canberra, Wollongong) True Stories (SA, NT, QLD)

2009 Fire – A Retrospective by Stephen Page (Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Newcastle, Canberra, Wollongong) True Stories (NSW, WA)

2010 of earth & sky: Artefact by Frances Rings and Riley by Daniel Riley McKinley (Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide, Wollongong, Melbourne) Mathinna (VIC, TAS)

2011 Belong: ID by Stephen Page and About by Elma Kris (Brisbane, Sydney, Perth, Canberra, Wollongong, Melbourne) Mathinna (QLD, NT)

2012 TERRAIN by Frances Rings (Melbourne, Sydney, Wollongong, Adelaide, Canberra, Brisbane) Warumuk – in the dark night with The Australian Ballet by Stephen Page (Melbourne, Sydney) of earth & sky (NSW, WA)

2013 Blak by Stephen Page and Daniel Riley McKinley (Melbourne, Wollongong, Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane) Kinship (VIC, TAS) International Touring

1990 Japan (Tokyo; Sapporo, Hokkaido): traditional / contemporary program New Zealand: traditional / contemporary program

1991 Indonesia: Jakarta International Festival, Banding; Yogyakarta & Bali Arts Festival – Up Until Now

1992 China (Beijing, Liaoning and Guangdong Provinces), 2nd China International Folk Arts Festival Hong Kong: Drama Theatre, Hong-Kong Academy for the Performing Arts

1993 United Kingdom (London), Corroboree Sights & Sounds of the First Australians USA (San Francisco, Harlem (NY), Los Angeles), Year of Indigenous People: Praying Mantis Dreaming

1995 Germany (Berlin), Experience Australia 95, Haus der Kulturen der Welt: Ochres Japan (Tokyo), Tokyo International Arts Festival: Ochres New Caledonia (Noumea), Equinoxe ’95 Festival: Ochres

1996 Indonesia (Jakarta): Australian Embassy invitation: Ochres India (Delhi; Bombay & Madras), DFAT New Horizons promotion: Ochres

1997 Scotland (Edinburgh), Edinburgh International Festival: World premiere of Fish

1998 New Caledonia (Noumea), Opening Tjibaou Cultural Centre: Fish Korea, Suwon Festival: Fish Taiwan (Kaohsiung; Hsinchu & Taipei): Fish

1999 Switzerland: Davos – World Economic Forum: excerpts from Ochres South Africa (Johannesburg), WOMAD: Best of Bangarra United Kingdom & USA (Seattle) – WOMAD, New Zealand Tauranga Festival: The Dreaming USA (New York, Virginia): Rites collaboration with Australian Ballet.

2000 USA (Kahilu, Maui & Honolulu, Hawaii): The Dreaming Fiji (Suva & Nadi): The Dreaming Europe (Greece - Athens & Olympia): excerpts from Ochres – DFAT

2001 New Caledonia (Noumea): The Dreaming USA – 16-city tour Corroboree (Roo, Turtle, Brolga) by Stephen Page, Elma Kris, Peggy Misi

2002 Asia (Beijing, Hong Kong, Guangzhou), New Vision Arts Festival: Corroboree Europe (Monaco): Corroboree

2004 USA (Washington, Honolulu, Kamuela, Maui, Raleigh, Hampton, Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival – New York): Bush

2005 Asia (Japan), Aichi Expo 2005: Bush New Zealand (Auckland), Auckland Festival: Bush

2006 United Kingdom (Saddler’s Wells Theatre – London): Bush

2008 USA (Washington, New York) & Canada (Ottawa): Awakenings, including Boomerang and Brolga Europe (London, Paris): Rites in collaboration with The Australian Ballet.

2009 Europe (Hungary, Austria, Germany) – Movimentos Festival: True Stories.

2010 China (Beijing) – Year of Australian Culture in China launch, National Museum of China: Spirit

2011 Europe (Germany, Italy, Switzerland): Spirit

2012 USA (New York): Warumuk – in the dark night with The Australian Ballet Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar) – Mongolian Arts Council Invitation: Spirit

2013 Vietnam (Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh): Spirit

Comment/question

 * Most or all of the above should be on Ausstage (linked to in the Further Reading section). Should this long list remain on the talk page? Laterthanyouthink (talk) 04:28, 15 December 2019 (UTC)