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The Music and Dance of the First Australians |
James Murdoch |
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Musicians and Dancers from Arnhemland; artists from the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music, Adelaide; The Tiwi Dancers from Bathurst &Melville Islands; The Aboriginal &Islander Dance Theatre; Warumpi Band. |
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Aboriginal Theatre |
Stefan Haag; Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust |
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Forty-five full-blood Aborigines from Arnhem Land present unprecedented entertainment of ritualistic and secular corroborees, as well as their campfire music of voices, music-sticks and didgeridoos. |
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Ballet '78 The Australian Festival of Dance |
Peggy van Praagh |
1978 |
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Ballet '78 marks a unique step forward in the life of Australian dance-uniting all forms of this art in the nation, from Aboriginal through the classical contemporary |
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Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre |
Roslyn Watson |
[Dec. 1982] |
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The Aboriginal/Islander Dance Theare brings together Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, European, African and South Pacific cultures. Its member share their perceptions of the past, present and future by emobdying the traditional, folkloric and the modern forms. Loose leaf insert 'Statement by Roslyn Watson' concerning Dorothea Randall's work. |
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The Festival of the Dreaming |
Rhoda Roberts (Bundjalung Wiyebal) |
Sept./Oct. 1997 |
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The first of four Olympic Arts Festival, it has been two hundred and nine years in the making and will give voice to over 700 indigenous artists. We tell our stories through our eyes and from our hearts. We share ceremonies.We dance ancient steps. We will also highlight the contemporary nature of the work that all the world's First Nations Peoples are moving towards. Also contains separate programme for A Midsummer Night's Dream (Sydney Theatre Company) |
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Dreaming: Fact not Fiction |
Kim Walker |
Nov. 1992 |
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21 dance items from different areas, performed by students of NAISDA College. |
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Forward to the Dreamtime' |
Steven Costain |
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13 dance items presented by the Aboriginal/Islander Dance Theatre Company. The dancers are sixteen young people participating in the Careers in Dance Course at the Black theatre Arts & Cuture Centre |
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Mimi |
Carole Johnson/Aku Kadogo |
Nov. 1986 |
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17 dance items presented by Aboriginal Islander Dance Company. |
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Trackin' |
Fay Nelson |
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12 dance items. Trackin' is a presentation of the styles of dance that are taught at the Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Scheme. We are tracking into the future and preserving the Aboriginal and Island cultures. |
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Music Men from Mornington Island |
Woomera Aboriginal Dancers |
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The Woomera Aboriginal Dancers from Mornington Island dramatise their dreams in song, movement and music and dramatise the daily happenings of life in the camp. |
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Aboriginal Dance of Mornington Island and Arnhem Land |
Aborigines' Woomera/Aboriginal Artists Agency Inc. |
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21 dance items from different areas. 'The songs and often the dances of Mornington Island and Arnhem Land are dreamed during sleep. The dream may be of events and people of the past, of the everyday present or of the imminent future' |
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Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre |
Gelam & Colours |
Sept. 1993 |
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The concept of COLOURS is 'The Rainbow' which brings the colours back into the world. GELAM is a traditionial legend from the Torres Strait Islands |
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Kayn Walu |
Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre Student Ensemble 1989 |
1989 |
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22 dance items, traditional and non-traditional, performed by graduating students. |
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BLAK |
Bangarra Dance Theatre/Catherine Baldwin |
2013 |
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Three pieces: Scar, Yearning, Keepers. |
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Corroboree |
Bangarra Dance Theatre/Stephen Page Director |
2001 |
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Three pieces; Brolga, Roo,Turtle. US tour in November. |
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Fish |
Bangarra Dance Theatre /Stephen Page |
1998 |
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Three pieces: Swamp, Traps, Reef. Slight differences in programmes. |
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Belong |
Bangarra Dance Theatre |
2011 |
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Handbill. National tour July to September. |
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Page 8 |
Bangarra Dance Theatre |
Nov./Dec. 2014 |
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Handbill. National tour July to September. The inspiring life story of Australian performer and composer David Page. |
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Patyegarang |
Bangarra Dance Theatre/Stephen Page Director |
June/Sept. 2014 |
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Handbill advertising national tour 2014 |
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Terrain |
Bangarra Dance Theatre/Stephen Page Director |
Jun-22 |
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Described as a hymn to country, Terrain transports us to Lake Eyre.' One duplicate. |
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True Stories |
Bangarra Dance Theatre/Stephen Page Director |
Aug./Sept. 2007 |
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Ture Stories is about nurturing the exchange of stories; the sharing of tradition, culture and of song and dance.' |
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Walkabout |
Bangarra Dance Theatre /Stephen Page |
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The hardest journey can often be to rediscover the stps of the original walkabout - to tread as our ancestors did in a continuous cycle of reference to the land.' |
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Bush |
Bangarra Dance Theatre /Stephen Page |
Jun-03 |
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Two pieces: Bush and Yugku Yugku (little brother) . 'The main inspiration for Bush is really my relationship with Arnhem Land. This work is a bush galaxy of poetic imagery and stories that make up our history.' |
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Clan |
Bangarra Dance Theatre/Stephen Page Director |
2007 touring production |
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Two pieces: Unaipon and Reflections. Unaipon is inspired by the life and vibant intellect of Aboriginal inventor, writer and philosopher David Unaipon. Reflection brings together excerpts from milestone works such as Ochres, Fish and Skin. |
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Mathinna |
Bangarra Dance Theatre/Stephen Page Director |
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Handbill. 'Inspired by a young girl's journey between two cultures, Mathinna traces the history of a young Aboriginal girl removed from her traditional life. |
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Mathinna |
Bangarra Dance Theatre/Stephen Page Director |
2014 touring production |
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Programme booklet |
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Blackvine II performing OCHRES |
Bangarra Dance Theatre/Christine Anu |
July 13, 1995 |
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Brochure advertising Sydney performance. |
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Skin |
Bangarra Dance Theatre/Stephen Page Director |
2000 |
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My first inspiration was family kinship - about the way it respects the gender of men and women. ' |
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Gathering |
Bangarra Dance Theatre/The Australian Ballet |
2006 |
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Two pieces. Rites: Stephen Page produced a work to Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, and Amalgamate in collaboration with Elena Kats-Chernin. The inspiration comes from a traditional Aboriginal song, which describes what happens when saltwater and freshwater come together. |
