Season Overview
Bangarra Dance Theatre continues to resonate world wide as an acclaimed contemporary dance company of unique style committed to the traditions of Indigenous culture.
In 2008 Bangarra Dance Theatre presents to Australia Mathinna, an exhilarating, brand new work by Stephen Page. Inspired by a young girl’s journey between two cultures, Mathinna traces the history of a young Aboriginal girl removed from her traditional life, adopted into Western Colonial society to be ultimately returned to the fragments of her original heritage.
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Company Overview
Bangarra Dance Theatre is one of Australia’s most unique and innovative dance companies. Its living traditions go back at least 40,000 years but it also reflects the lives and attitudes of Aboriginal people today. The company blends traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and culture with international contemporary dance to create a truly Australian dance language.
Under the Artistic Direction of Stephen Page since 1991, Bangarra has thrilled audiences across Australia with electric, startling and inherently spiritual dance works of immense theatrical presence.
Bangarra’s influence has also resonated throughout the world, with the company earning a prominent place on the international touring circuit. A 16-city sell-out tour of the USA in 2001 established the company as a global dance phenomenon. In 2002 Bangarra appeared at the prestigious Monaco Dance Forum, in 2004 the company completed a return tour of the US, performing in New York and in Washington by special invitation and in 2005 Bangarra travelled to Japan and New Zealand. In 2006 Bangarra toured the UK, performing at London’s prestigious Sadler’s Wells theatre.
At the heart of Bangarra’s uniqueness is the company’s vision for a theatrical style that remains true to the Indigenous spirit.
Bangarra Dance Theatre
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