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  • Guide to UnWrapped 2023

    Unwrapping the latest performances by the independent artists of UnWrapped 2023.

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  • Michael Nelson Jagamara and Possum Dreaming

    Michael Nelson Jagamara’s monumental 10-metre painting Possum Dreaming was installed at the Opera House in 1998.

    Jagamara photographed in black and white sitting on carpeted steps in front of the mural 'Possum Dreaming'.

  • No Aboriginal disadvantage

    Aboriginal culture can be part of Australia's shared strength, says SOH's head of First Nations Programming Rhoda Roberts.

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    Women in sand pit performing indigenous dance in the Homeground of Sydney opera house.

  • A Possum Story

    Michael Jagamara was born into and revelled in a time of great change and opportunities. Following the end of World War II, abstract expressionism had arrived in the Australian art world and Sidney Nolan completed his Ned Kelly series. Also in that year, in the north part of Western Australia, in an amazingly unread, event, at least 800 Aboriginal pastoral workers walked off the job and began one of the longest industrial strikes in Australian history.

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    Michael Nelson Jagamara wearing a beige suit jacket over a blue and white checked shirt and wide brim hat, standing in front of an artwork in pastel colours.

  • Bangarra Dance Theatre

    Acclaimed around the world for its distinctive theatrical voice, powerful choreography, unique soundscapes and design, Bangarra is Australia's leading First Nations performing arts company.

  • Lighting of the Sails 2023: Life Enlivened by John Olsen and Curiious

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    We farewelled one of Australia’s most admired artists, Dr John Olsen AO OBE. We proudly paid tribute to Olsen’s extraordinary six-decade career in Lighting of the Sails: Life Enlivened when his works were animated and projected on the Opera House sails for Vivid Sydney in 2023.

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  • Dance Rites 2019 - First Nations Dance & Culture

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    Dance Rites — Australia’s First Nations dance competition — is the Sydney Opera House’s free celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island dance and cultures on the Sydney Opera House Forecourt, taking place each spring. In November 2019, more than 350 performers from 19 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island groups celebrated the dance and culture of the first inhabitants of this land.

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  • When I Was Little: The Listies

    We spoke to Australia's favourite kidult comedy duo The Listies, also known as Matt and Rich, about Shakespeare, fart jokes and what they would tell their five year old selves.

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  • Graeme Murphy is ballet’s fearless leader

    Ten classic works reimagined by the dancer & choreographer. First published by The Australian Ballet.

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    Two dancers, one in a red feathered costume.