Bangarra Dance Theatre | Horizon

Venue: CPAC Theatre

Artist: BANGARRA DANCE THEATRE

Promoter: Ticketlink

There is a place between sea and sky, a sacred realm, where the sun rises and falls and the light is new.

From two of the world’s great First Nations comes a new work: Horizon. Some call it a feeling, some call it the mother spirit. It’s the place where sea meets sky, the horizon we all look to, the compass that guides us home.

In our first mainstage cross-cultural collaboration, leading Māori choreographer and Arts Laureate Moss Te Ururangi Patterson joins beloved Bangarra alumna Deborah Brown. Together, they guide our award-winning ensemble in stories that honour their mother countries and the spirit that calls them home.

Brown is a proud descendent of the Wakaid Clan and Meriam people in the Torres Strait, and has heritage from far across the seas in Scotland. She carries strength and resilience from her ancestors. Patterson, born near Lake Taupō, is a proud mokopuna (grandson) of the Ngāti Tūwharetoa tribe, and describes his sense of home as something alive, a fire inside, that he carries like a beating heart.

To open the work, Saibailayg (Saibai Islander) Sani Townson expands his acclaimed work Kulka, which debuted in Dance Clan in 2023, to make a thrilling opening piece, paying homage to Sani’s grandfather and his Torres Strait heritage.

Come explore the cultural forces that bind us together, across oceans and eons. Experience the resilience of the First Peoples of the Oceania region, which extends across the continent now known as Australia, the Torres Strait Islands and Aotearoa, our southern neighbour.

Horizon is a double bill opening with Kulka by Bangarra alum Sani Townson, followed by the primary piece, The Light Inside, choreographed by Bangarra alum Deborah Brown and Māori choreographer and Arts Laureate Moss Te Ururangi Patterson.

CREATIVE TEAM:

THE LIGHT INSIDE
Choreographers: Deborah Brown and Moss Te Ururangi Patterson with Bangarra Dance Theatre Dancers
Composers: Steve Francis and Brendon Boney with featured music by Jacqueline Carter and Tapeta Wehi.
Set Designer: Elizabeth Gadsby
Costume Designer: Jennifer Irwin
Lighting Designer: Karen Norris
Associate Set Designer: Shana O’Brien

KULKA
Choreographers: Sani Townson with Bangarra Dance Theatre Dancers
Composer: Amy Flannery
Set Designer: Elizabeth Gadsby
Costume Designer: Clair Parker
Lighting Designer: Karen Norris
AV Designer: David Bergman
Associate Set Designer: Shana O’Brien

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