Yuldea - Arts Centre Melbourne & Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo

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Thu 28 Sep 2023 - Sat 14 Oct 2023

Bangarra Dance Theatre announces the world premiere of Frances Rings’ latest work, Yuldea, in her inaugural season as Bangarra Dance Theatre’s Artistic Director. Frances is a descendant of the Wirangu and Mirning Tribes from the West Coast of South Australia. She has choreographed works for many of Australia’s leading dance companies including West Australian Ballet and Tasdance as well as continuing a successful independent career. Frances has danced in works by many of Australia’s leading Choreographers and companies including Meryl Tankard, Leigh Warren, and Legs on the Wall.

Performances will be held at Wjurundjeri Country aka Arts Centre Melbourne , 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank (1300 182 183) from 27 Sep to 7 Oct 2023 and Djaara Country aka Ulumbarra Theatre , 10 Gaol Road, Bendigo (03 5434 6100) from 13-14 Oct 2023. Click on the given links to get your tickets. Please Note - this performance contains strobe lighting, haze, smoke effects and elevated sound levels. Yuldea features original music composed by David Page Music Fellow, Leon Rodgers, a descendant of the Worimi nation in NSW. And in an exciting new creative collaboration, will feature songs from multi-award-winning duo Electric Fields. Designers Elizabeth Gadsby (sets), Jennifer Irwin (costumes) and Karen Norris (Lighting) create a desert world on stage.

Yuldea awakens the earth and sky worlds to tell the story of the Anangu people of the Great Victorian Desert. It explores the abrupt moment that traditional life collided with the industrial ambition of a growing nation in South Australia's Yuldea (Ooldea). As a result of the industrial pressures placed on the permanent waterhole, in 1917, the water ran dry at the ancient water soak, Yooldil Kapi. Now memories lay scattered, along with the Anangu people, who are displaced from their home. Remnants of colonial progress, swallowed by sand. But the Anangu endure, determined to keep strong the knowledge systems of land and sky, honouring the eternal bonds of kinship between people and place.



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