STEPHEN PAGE, artistic director of Bangarra Dance Theatre, has always said that it’s “the dancers who inspire the company’s stories...”
For the company’s next major production, “OUR land people stories”, three of the dancers are sharing “their heritage, their experience, their families and their origins with audiences,” alongside Page’s own work.
Jasmin Sheppard’s Macq (first performed in 2013 during Dance Clan 3) explores the 1816 March of Macquarie – a historical chapter in which Sydney’s Aboriginal community was decimated. Many landmarks in Australia are named after Lachlan Macquarie, but just who was he? Passionate and political, Macq will serve as an enlightening history lesson for many unaware of this brutal encounter.
Daniel Riley and Beau Dean Riley Smith have created Miyagan (“our family”, pronounced Me-ya-gun), a poignant dance story in…
