Welcome to the June 2006 edition of Songlines, Bangarra's email newsletter, a bi-monthly update of the company's work, as well as giveaways and offers.

Also in this Edition:
  Win tix to Garry Stewart's new production Honour Bound (Sydney)

  Win tix to see the new theatre work Njunjul The Sun (Brisbane)

  Vula (The Moon) - captivating Pacific Island theatre (Sydney)

CLAN gets rave reviews!

Bangarra's regional Australia tour of Clan kicked off last month with the company performing to enraptured audiences in Alice Springs, Darwin, Geraldton (WA) and Griffith (NSW). The double bill featuring two stunning works by Frances Rings has been getting rave reviews and standing ovations. Clan will open in Canberra on Thursday (15 - 17 June) before travelling to North Queensland and then continuing through NSW, Tasmania and Victoria.

As well as performing and taking in a few sights while they can, the company has been conducting workshops with local kids much to the delight of all involved. Here dancer Jhuny-Boy Borja shares a few of his tour photos.


Tim leads the kids in a warm-up at a workshop in Geraldton

Clowning around with the Geraldton kids

Tara, Leonard and Elma watching the sunrise from the Anzac Hill lookout in Alice Springs.

Elma Kris strikes a pose or two!

More about Clan

New video clips
on our website

We have relaunched the videos section of our website and put up some beautiful new clips including highlights from Clan (2006) and Bush (2003) so go and feast your eyes (and ears!).

Watch video clips of Bangarra shows

London tickets
now on sale!

Tickets for Bangarra's season of Bush at London's prestigious Sadler's Wells theatre are now on sale so make sure you tell all your London based friends.

Book tickets for London show

Bangarra will then go on to perform in Salford and Aldeburgh.

More on the UK tour

Win Tickets!

Thanks to Palace Films and Dendy Cinemas we have double passes to give away to the award winning new film Ten Canoes.

For Sydney Songlines Subscribers
There are 150 double passes to give away to Sydney Songlines subscribers to a special screening of Ten Canoes
Wednesday 28th June, 6:45pm at Dendy Opera Quays

To be request tickets email your name and postal address with subject "Sydney screening" to tencanoes@hotmail.com by Wed 21st June. As seating is limited make sure you get in early to avoid disappointment.

For other capital cities
There are 20 double in-season passes to give away. Please email your name and postal address with the subject "In-season pass" to tencanoes@hotmail.com. Cinema details will be listed on the tickets.

About the film:
It is the distant past, tribal times. Dayindi (played by Jamie Gulpilil, son of the great David Gulpilil) covets one of the wives of his older brother. To teach him the proper way, he is told a story from the mythical past, a story of wrong love, kidnapping, sorcery, bungling mayhem and revenge gone wrong. In English storytelling (by David Gulpilil) and subtitled Ganalbingu language.

More about Ten Canoes

Honour Bound

An intensely passionate and confronting new work that uses a combination of dance, aerial performance and film to focus on the experience of Terry Hicks and his son David held in Guantanamo Bay for four years without trial.

SYDNEY SEASON
28 July - 3 Sept
Playhouse, Sydney Opera House
Tickets ADULT $53 / CONC $43
Preview 28-30 July $43
Bookings 02 9250 7777
More about Honour Bound

MELBOURNE SEASON
Malthouse Theatre
13 September - 1 October
Previews: 13 and 14 September
http://www.malthousetheatre.com.au/

Win a double pass
The first lucky Songlines subscriber to email jb@jacquibonnermarketing.com with the subject "Honour Bound - Songlines" and your name and daytime contact phone number will win a double pass to see Honour Bound at the SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE.

Win Tix!

Kooemba Jdarra and Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) have joined forces again to present the premiere of a new theatre work - Njunjul the Sun. Based on the book by Meme Macdonald and Boori Monty Pryor, and adapted for the stage by Wayne Blair, Njunjul the Sun tells the story of a young boy who leaves the security of his family in the north to live with his uncle in Sydney.

'Win a double pass to see Njunjul The Sun on Thursday 29th June, 7:30pm at the Cremorne Theatre, QPAC. To enter email songlines@bangarra.com.au with the subject "Njunjul" and your contact phone number. First in gets the tickets.

More about Njunjul The Sun

Vula (The Moon)

Performed on a stage flooded with water, Vula (Fijian for 'moon') combines magic and illusion with traditional song and dance to create a captivating piece of Pacific Island visual theatre.

Vula explores the sensual and spiritual relationship between Pacific Island women and the sea - a space where the worlds of the natural, mythological and everyday coexist. Under the power of the moon and swayed by the constant motion of the tide, Vula takes the audience on a journey through a Pacific day and night. The performers move and dance over, in, and through the water, creating image upon image of sensuality and sexuality.

Presented by the Sydney Opera House and 2006 Biennale of Sydney

Wednesday 7 June - Sunday 25 June
Playhouse, Sydney Opera House
Tickets Full $45 Conc $35
Discount Preview Wednesday 7 June 8pm all tickets $35
Artists Talk Post show Sunday 11 June

Bookings 02 9250 7777
More about Vula

Message from Telstra
Bangarra and Telstra celebrate a partnership that is helping to increase community understanding and respect for Aboriginal culture.

Like Bangarra, Telstra is committed to working with Indigenous communities to help develop and support programs that foster a sense of understanding and cultural pride in all Australians.

Our sponsorship of Bangarra also delivers on Telstra's commitment to regional Australians by providing increased access to one of Australia's leading dance companies. We will continue to help develop on-line initiatives and to support Bangarra as the company tours regional Australia.

David Moffatt
Group Managing Director
Telstra Consumer and Marketing

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