Last night we attended Bangarra Dance Theatre's current touring program, 30 Years of Sixty Five Thousand. This title refers to the fact that Bangarra, Australia's indigenous dance company, is thirty years old this year and that, as they write in their program, they present "stories through a dance form that is forged from more than 65,000 … Continue reading Bangarra: Thirty years old and still going strong
Review – Dance
Bangarra Dance Theatre’s Patyegarang
This year is Bangarra Dance Theatre's 25th anniversary. For those of you who don't know, Bangarra Dance Theatre is an Indigenous Australian contemporary dance company that was established - obviously - in 1989. Its artistic director since 1991 has been Stephen Page. His brother, David Page, does the music. These are two very talented brothers … Continue reading Bangarra Dance Theatre’s Patyegarang
We unfold – or do we?
It's been a while since I reviewed something other than books and writing here, but tonight Mr Gums and I went to the Sydney Dance Company's performance of We unfold, and so it's time I thought for another performing arts review. The choreographer - and artistic director of the company - Rafaela Bonachela describes his … Continue reading We unfold – or do we?
What I didn’t know about flamenco
Until tonight, if you'd asked me what flamenco was I probably would have said a Spanish dance accompanied by percussion and I might have said there's flamenco music too. After all, I have heard flamenco guitar! Tonight, though, we attended a performance by Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca, and I learnt more about flamenco in … Continue reading What I didn’t know about flamenco
Consider the floor burnt…
One of my dilettantish (you know, jack of all trades master of none) interests is dance. I did ballet for eight years as a child (not very well) and have done ballroom dancing on and off since my late teens (not very well); I have tried my hand at folk dancing, English country dancing and, … Continue reading Consider the floor burnt…
Whispering Gums 