Yuldea
13 June - 15 July 2023
In the Drama Theatre
Dance
Frances Rings' first work as Bangarra Dance Theatre's Artistic Director is a ceremonial affirmation of history and heritage.
| Date | Time |
| Tuesday 13 June Community Night | 7.30pm |
| Wednesday 14 June | 7.30pm |
| Thursday 15 June Opening Night | 7.30pm |
| Friday 16 June | 7:30pm |
| Saturday 17 June | 1:30pm, 7:30pm |
| Tuesday 20 June | 6:30pm |
| Wednesday 21 June | 12:30pm *Wilay, 7.30pm |
| Thursday 22 June | 7.30pm |
| Friday 23 June | 7.30pm |
| Saturday 24 June | 1.30pm, 7.30pm |
| Tuesday 27 June | 6.30pm |
| Wednesday 28 June | 7.30pm |
| Thursday 29 June | 7.30pm |
| Friday 30 June | 7.30pm |
| Saturday 1 July | 1:30pm, 7.30pm |
| Tuesday 4 July | 6:30pm |
| Wednesday 5 July | 1:30pm, 7:30pm |
| Thursday 6 July | 7:30pm |
| Friday 7 July | 7:30pm |
| Saturday 8 July | 1:30pm, 7:30pm |
| Tuesday 11 July | 6:30pm |
| Wednesday 12 July | 1:30pm, 7:30pm^ |
| Thursday 13 July | 7:30pm |
| Friday 14 July | 7:30pm |
| Saturday 15 July | 1:30pm^, 7:30pm |
^Audio Described
| Standard | Price |
| Premium | $109 - $114 |
| A Reserve | $99 - $104 |
| B Reserve | $89 - $94 |
Pensioner | Price |
|---|---|
| Premium | N/A |
| A Reserve | $76 - $84 |
| B Reserve | $72 - $76 |
Senior | Price |
|---|---|
| Premium | N/A |
| A Reserve | $84 - $94 |
| B Reserve | $74 - $84 |
Under 30 | Price |
|---|---|
| Premium | N/A |
| A Reserve | $49 - $54 |
Group 10+ | Price |
|---|---|
| Premium | N/A |
| A Reserve | $76 - $84 |
| B Reserve | $72 - $76 |
To make a group purchase please call +61 2 9250 7700
Student | Price |
|---|---|
| Premium | N/A |
| A Reserve | $76 - $84 |
| B Reserve | $72 - $76 |
$8.95 booking fee applies per transaction
Prices correct at the time of publication and subject to change without notice. Exact prices will be displayed with seat selection.
Children aged 15 years and under must be accompanied at all times.
Authorised ticket agencies for this event are Sydney Opera House and Bangarra Dance Theatre. For more information about Authorised Agencies, see the frequently asked questions below.
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9am, Tuesday 8 November 2022
In English
Wheelchair accessible
Audio loop available
Audio Described Performance
Wednesday 12th July 7:30pm
Saturday 15th July 1:30pm with Post-show Tactile Tour
An audio description service is offered for select performances of Yuldea to enable people who are blind or have low vision to experience the spirit of Bangarra stories and the emotion of their telling, as fully as possible. Physical and visual elements are described through a pre-recorded commentary that is woven into the music and sound of the production. The audio description is relayed via a set of headphones supplied free of charge, via a receiver linked to the FM radio system. Ticket buyers are given access to prop and costume samples prior to the performance and are invited to stay in their seats after the performance for a short conversation with Bangarra artists and creative team.
Book online using the Audio Described price type, call 02 9250 7777 or email bookings@sydneyoperahouse.com
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Run time
The duration of this performance is approximately 65 minutes, with no interval.
Event duration is a guide only and may be subject to change.
Age
Recommended for ages 12+
This production contains political and social themes, including aspects and depictions related to traumatic events suffered by First Nations people. This production uses theatrical haze, smoke and triggering lights.
New York TimesBangarra Dance Theatre is a modern dance company unlike any other…remarkably imaginative and richly varied.
Yuldea is a ceremonial affirmation of history and heritage
We are memory.
Glimpsed through shimmering light on water.
A story place where black oaks stand watch.
Carved into trees and painted on rocks.
North – South – East – West.
A brittle landscape of life and loss.
At Yuldea, stories hover in the sky. The stars reveal a divine Songline, stretching between earth and sky.
Frances Rings’ first work as Artistic Director is a ceremonial affirmation of history and heritage. Yuldea awakens the earth and sky worlds to tell the story of the Anangu people of the Great Victorian Desert.
Yuldea explores the moment traditional life collided with the industrial ambition of a growing nation. In 1917, the two halves of the Transcontinental Railway met at the precious water soak on the edge of the Nullarbor, Yuldi Kapi.
Great metal serpents scarred the landscape, draining all water from the sacred soak. Then came the black mist of the atomic testing at Maralinga, forcing the Anangu people to leave their desert homelands where they had lived for millennia.
Now memories lay scattered, like the Anangu people, displaced from their home. Remnants of colonial progress are swallowed by sand. But the Anangu endure, determined to keep strong their knowledge systems of land and sky, honouring their eternal bonds of kinship between people and place.
Yuldea features original music by Leon Rodgers with featured songs by multi-award-winning duo Electric Fields (Zaachariaha Fielding and Michael Ross). Designers Elizabeth Gadsby (Set), Jennifer Irwin (Costume) and Karen Norris (Lighting) create a desert world on stage.
Presented by Bangarra Dance Theatre
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Artist information
Choreographer
Frances Rings
Set Designer
Elizabeth Gadsby
Costume Designer
Jennifer Irwin
Lighting Designer
Karen Norris
Composer
Leon Rodgers
Guest Composers
Electric Fields
Mirning Cultural Consultant
Clem Lawrie
Yalata Cultural Consultant
Maureen Smart
Cultural Astronomer
Karlie Noon
Cultural Authority
Representatives from the Yalata Anangu Aboriginal Community Council
Aerial and Acrobatic Creative Consultant
Joshua Thomson
Other information
Venue information
Our foyers will be open 90 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and two hours pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Refreshments will be available for purchase from our theatre bars.
All Sydney Opera House foyers are pram accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators). Pram parking will be available outside the theatres in the Western Foyer.
Getting here
The Sydney Opera House Car Park, operated by Wilson Parking, is open and available to use. Wilson Parking offer discounted parking if you book ahead. Please see the Wilson Parking website for details.
Please check the Transport NSW website for the latest advice and information on travel. You can catch public transport (bus, train, ferry) to Circular Quay and enjoy a six minute walk to the Opera House.
Covid-safe information
The health and wellbeing of everyone attending the Opera House is our top priority. We’re committed to making your experience safe, comfortable and enjoyable, with a number of measures in place including regular cleaning of high-touch areas, air conditioning systems that maximise ventilation, and hand sanitiser stations positioned in all paths of travel. We remind our audiences and visitors to please stay home if you feel unwell. If you need to discuss your ticketing or booking options, contact our Box Office team on 02 9250 7777.
The health and wellbeing of everyone attending the Opera House is our top priority. We have a number of safety measures in place including regular cleaning of high-touch areas, air conditioning systems that maximise ventilation, and hand sanitiser stations positioned in all paths of travel. While face masks are no longer required, we ask all our patrons and visitors to practise good hygiene.
The Sydney Opera House no longer requires patrons to show that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Frequently asked questions
Ticket purchases and collection at our Box Office is discouraged and eTicket or postal delivery methods should be used, wherever possible. However, if you are collecting your tickets from the Box Office, we recommend doing this at least 60 minutes before the event starts. If you have already received your tickets, the venue doors will be open 45 minutes pre-show for Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 30 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Please take your seats as soon as you arrive.
If you are late, we will seat you as soon as we can and, where possible, in your allocated seat. However, to reduce movement in the venue as well as minimise disruption to the performance and other patrons, ticketholders may be seated in an allocated latecomer’s seat. Please be aware that some events have lock-out periods. In these cases, latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance. On occasions, this may not be until the interval, or at all where there is no interval.
Details of our right to refuse admission can be found in our General Terms and Conditions for Tickets and Events.
In accordance with our venue security procedures, Opera House security will be scanning and checking bags under the Monumental Stairs, prior to entering the building. Bags will be scanned by an x-ray machine, and staff will wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) when handling your belongings, such as gloves. Cloaking facilities will be open 60 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 60 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. However it is strongly encouraged that you travel lightly to minimise contact and queuing. Any bags larger than an A4 piece of paper will need to be checked into the Cloak Room.
The authorised agency for this event is the Sydney Opera House.
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Please contact Box Office on +61 2 9250 7777 as soon as possible to advise if you can no longer attend.
Foyers will be open 90 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and two hours pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Refreshments will be available for purchase from our theatre bars.
The venue doors will be open 45 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 30 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances.
Please bring a credit or debit card for any on site purchases to enable contactless payment. You’re welcome to bring your own water bottle but no other food and drinks are permitted inside our venues.
The health, safety and wellbeing of everyone at the Sydney Opera House is our top priority. In line with this commitment, the Opera House became a smoke-free site in January 2022. Read our Smoke-free Environment Policy.
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