Bangarra

Bangarra Dance Theatre was established in 1989 as a dance company that embraces, celebrates and respects Australia’s Indigenous peoples and their culture. Under the Artistic Direction of Stephen Page since 1991, Bangarra Dance Theatre has emerged as one of Australia’s most unique and innovative dance companies, taking its unique work to audiences across Australia and the world.

The company bases its creative spirit on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditions and stories producing a powerful new language which combines the traditional and the contemporary. This electrifying and distinctive style tells the stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples everywhere in a modern day Dreaming which fuses the sacred myths and traditions of the past with the present.

Bangarra’s influence continues to resonate throughout the world, with the company earning a prominent place on the international touring circuit. A 16-city sell-out tour of the USA in 2001 established the company as a global dance phenomenon. Since then, the company has performed in Monaco, returned to the US twice performing in New York and in Washington, visited Japan and New Zealand and in 2006, toured the UK, performing at London’s prestigious Sadler’s Wells theatre. In 2008, the company travelled to London, Paris and Canada and this year, mounted a highly successful tour of Hungary, Austria and Germany.

Bangarra travels the world, performs in regional Australia as well as capital cities annually, whilst always maintaining its connection with the communities and people which remain its core inspiration.

In 2009 Bangarra Dance Theatre celebrates 20 years of bringing Australia and the world its unique, exciting and inspirational dance theatre and eagerly anticipates the possibilities of the next twenty years!