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BUSH DATES & VENUES 2003
BRISBANE
- World Premiere
May 21 - 24, 2003
Playhouse, Queensland Performing Arts Centre
MELBOURNE
June 12 - 21, 2003
Playhouse, Victorian Arts Centre
SYDNEY (6 shows only!)
July 23 - 26, 2003
Theatre Royal
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ABOUT BUSH 2003
Photo: Greg
Barrett |
They
sang the songs and danced over the land,
They struck the ground with their walking sticks and created fresh
water,
Created the different land marks, animals, sacred sites,
Created all living things.
From the traditional song 'Two Sisters' (Wirrkul
Manda), Dhuwa language group.
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Stephen
Page teamed up once again with Frances
Rings to choreograph this spellbinding new work Bush,
inspired by the Dreamtime Creation stories of North East
Arnhem Land.
From the last breath of sunset to the first finger-light of dawn, the audience
enters a mysterious and secret space - a moth flutters her dusty wings as she
wriggles from her cocoon, reptilian creatures slither from dark caves, the
land erupts pushing up mountains and carving waterholes - the world is being
born.
Performed by internationally renowned Bangarra Dance Theatre to a beautiful
and haunting score composed by David
Page and Steve Francis, Bush is
a lush and hypnotic celebration of dance, ritual and music.
BUSH
- THE PROGRAM
Creation
(Wirrkul Manda)
"They sang the songs and danced over the land... Created all living things...
Performers: Kathy Balngayngu Marika & female ensemble
Choreographer: Traditional & Stephen Page
Composer: Steve Francis
Goanna (Djanda)
Each goanna (male totem) is given his sense of sight, sound, smell, taste,
touch.
Performers: Kathy Balngayngu Marika & male ensemble
Choreographer: Stephen Page
Composer: David Page
Slither
Every one hundred years a sacred creature emerges from its journey through
the Earth. The women are chosen as keepers of the knowledge.
Performers: Sidney Saltner - Kathy Balngayngu Marika & female ensemble
Choreographer: Frances Rings
Composer: David Page
Life Cycle
Metamorphosis, rejuvenation and the passing on of knowledge.
Choreographer: Stephen Page
Composer: Steve Francis
Leaf (Man'tjarr)
Performer: Kathy Balngayngu Marika
Caterpillar (Dapal)
Performers: Desley Roberts, Jhuny-Boy Borja, Timothy Bishop - Female ensemble
Moth (Dhumar)
Performers: Sani Townson and Deborah Brown
Stick
Nganuk or Mimi spirits appear as spiritual messengers - they can come as good
or bad signs.
Performers: Sidney Saltner, Patrick Thaiday, Timothy Bishop, Elma Kris Choreographer:
Frances Rings
Composer: David Page
Bush Pearl
A celebration of female sensuality.
Performers: Peggy Misi - Rheannon Port & Chantal Kerr
Choreographer: Stephen Page
Composer: Steve Francis
Feather
(But'tju)
Preparing the spirit and body for its journey into the next life cycle.
Performer: Frances Rings
Choreographer: Stephen Page
Composer: David Page
Ceremony
The cycle of rituals in the celebration of death and rebirth.
Water (Gapu)
Performers: Kathy Balngayngu Marika & female ensemble
Choreography: Traditional
Passing
Performers: Female ensemble
Choreographer: Frances Rings
Composer: Steve Francis
Gift
Performers: Male ensemble
Choreographer: Stephen Page
Composer: David Page
Clan
Performers: Full ensemble
Choreographer: Stephen Page & Frances Rings
Composer: Steve Francis
The Brisbane
Season of Bush is presented in association with
Queensland Performing Arts Trust and Musgrave Park Cultural
Centre. The Melbourne Season of Bush is presented
in association with the Victorian Arts Centre.
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BUSH CREDITS
2003
Creatives
and Production 2003
Artistic
Director - Stephen Page
Choreographers - Stephen Page and Frances
Rings
Composers - Steve Francis and David
Page
Set Designer - Peter England
Costume Designer - Jennifer Irwin
Lighting Designer - Nick Schlieper
Associate Lighting Designer - Glen Hughes
Guest Performer and Cultural Consultant - Kathy Marika
Assistant Artistic Director - Jasmine
Gulash
Production Manager - Vanessa Hutchins
Stage Manager - Narelle Lewis
Rehearsal Director - Shane Carroll
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BUSH SPONSORS 2003
National
Telstra, Australia
Council, NSW
Ministry for the Arts, JC Decaux, Qantas, Macquarie
Bank, KPMG
Brisbane
Channel 7
Melbourne
BHP Billiton, SBS TV, Ausdance
Sydney
SBS TV, Sydney Morning Herald, General Property Trust
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this page updated
October 20, 2006
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