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'A breathtaking feast for the soul. This ground-breaking collaboration between Gary Lang NT Dance Company, WAB and Opera Artist Deborah Cheetham AO, brings together two Indigenous nations, the Larrakia and Yorta-Yorta, ballet and opera as Gary Lang re-tells his mother’s Yolngu Milky Way creation story, featuring dancers from both companies and traditional cultural artists from Yirrkala.' (Production summary)
Production Details
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Part of the Perth International Arts Festival, Ballet at the Quarry. Performed at Milky Way - Ballet at the Quarry.,City Beach Quarry Amphitheatre : 9 February - 3 March.
Choreographer: Gary Lang Sets: Gav Barbey Costumes: Gav Barbey in collaboration with Lyndell Darch Lighting: Joseph Mercurio Opera Artist: Deborah Cheetham AO
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Aboriginal Culture Meets Traditional Ballet and Opera on Darwin Stage
2019
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— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , June 2019;'Gary Lang is so nervous he could cry.
'The NT Dance Company artistic director was coordinating the last day of rehearsal before a collaboration six years in the making premiered in Darwin.' (Introduction)
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Artists to Join Ballet Opera
2018
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— Appears in: Koori Mail , 24 January no. 668 2018; (p. 34)'The Larrakia and Yorta Yorta nations will collaborate in a new production telling the Yolngu Milky Way creation story.'
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Artists to Join Ballet Opera
2018
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— Appears in: Koori Mail , 24 January no. 668 2018; (p. 34)'The Larrakia and Yorta Yorta nations will collaborate in a new production telling the Yolngu Milky Way creation story.'
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Aboriginal Culture Meets Traditional Ballet and Opera on Darwin Stage
2019
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— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , June 2019;'Gary Lang is so nervous he could cry.
'The NT Dance Company artistic director was coordinating the last day of rehearsal before a collaboration six years in the making premiered in Darwin.' (Introduction)
