Overview
Best Ballet or Dance Work
Best New Australian Work
2000 Helpmann Awards
Excellence in Film or Theatrical Score
2002 Deadly Awards
‘Shelter’ – inspired by the works of the late Aboriginal artist, Emily Kame Kngwarrye, draws on the cultural practices of the women of Australia's Central Desert and Utopia regions, to create images of extraordinary beauty.
‘Spear’ – grapples with the challenges facing Aboriginal men in contemporary urban society in a work of raw power that is both challenging and uplifting. Spear marks the first-time collaboration between Bangarra and award-winning Indigenous songwriter and performer, Archie Roach.
‘For Skin, I went back to kinship and family and said, I want to respect both genders. I want to lay down the foundation of the spirit - and of black communication. I think that is what keeps kinship together: the constant story telling, whether you are passing on to children or giving direction and elder advice to your peers,’ says Stephen Page.
‘Skin is about the complexities of our kinship. It is about accepting and respecting it – and that it is still alive.’