Bangarra Dance Fish Written Response. Bangarra Dance Theatre is broadly acclaimed within Australia and internationally as portraying the true spirit of its Aboriginal heritage
Bangarra Dance “Fish” Written Response
Michelle Quirante Year 111C
Bangarra Dance Theatre is broadly acclaimed within Australia and internationally as portraying the true spirit of its Aboriginal heritage. They make traditional culture obtainable and pleasurable in providing an enriching experience for the audience. Bangarra’s works are originally and thought provoking ultimately to educate and ensure a greater understanding and acceptance of Aboriginal values. Carole Johnson who was the director of National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association, who established this astonishing dance theatre in 1989. Stephen page has been the Artistic Director since 1991 and is the first choreographer of Aboriginal and Torres Islander descent to have achieved major national and international recognition. What is so phenomenal about Page’s work is his fantastic talent to fuse together traditional Aboriginal dance with contemporary dance techniques influenced by Graeme Murphy he believes in storytelling that meld traditional Aboriginal ideas and motifs with those of the urban culture of his youth. Stephen Page has choreographed many works including stories of dreamtime, the spirit of the land and animals, as well as more contemporary Aboriginal issues. Productions include Boomerang, Clan, Spirit Bush, Walkout, The Dreaming, Corroboree, Skin, Ochres and Fish. Fish is a story of the earth and the power of the elements relate to culture. Fish “unborn soul”, Call “the Poison Fish” and Wash “Sacred Waters” this work is structured around hard-edge energy originated from David Page’s powerful and strong score and emphasized by Stephen’s severely ground-based movement language.