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'Cut the Sky is a new dance theatre work that explores the relationship between humanity and the environment from an indigenous point of view at a time of global environmental change.' (Marrugeku website)
Exhibitions
Production Details
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Premiered at the Perth International Arts Festival, 27 February - 1 March 2015.
Concept: Dalisa Pigram and Rachael Swain.
Poems: Edwin Lee Mulligan.
Director: Rachael Swain.
Choreographers: Dalisa Pigram and Serge Aimé Coulibaly.
Dramaturg: Hildegard de Vuyst.
Musical Director: Matthew Fargher.
Media designers & visual concept: Sonal Jain and Mriganka Madhukaillya (Desire Machine Collective).
Set and Costume Designer: Stephen Curtis.
Lighting Designer: Damien Cooper.
Cultural Adviser: Patrick Dodson.
Cast/co-creators: Miranda Wheen,Ngaire Pigram,Eric Avery,Josh Mu,Dalisa Pigram, and Edwin Lee Mulligan.
Musicians and vocals in recordings: Lorrae Coffin, Konrad Park, Kelly Ottaway, Andry Sculthorpe, Michael Fortescue, and Ruth Langford.
Backing Vocals: Kartanya Maynard.
Voice of Bill Grayden: Peter Docker.
Engineer and production: Don Bate.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Indigenous Art, Beyond Stereotypes
2021
single work
essay
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 80 no. 1 2021;'Throughout her stage and screen career, the actor Ningali Lawford-Wolf used the English she only began learning in earnest at about age 11 for diplomatic reasoning. She spoke three Indigenous languages too. Born circa 1967 in the large remote Aboriginal community of Wangkatjungka, 100 kilometres south-east of Fitzroy Crossing in the Western Australian Kimberley region, Lawford-Wolf would go on to appear in films such as Phillip Noyce’s Rabbit-Proof Fence, released in 2002, playing Maude, the mother of two of three little girls stolen from their families, based on a true story that chimed with her own: her father, who worked on a cattle farm, had forcibly been removed from his parents too.' (Introduction)
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No Space for Indigenous Work on Main Stage
2016
single work
— Appears in: The Australian , 1 September 2016; (p. 15) -
Cut The Sky Review : Dystopian Vision of Climate Refugees an Elegant Indigenous Parable
2016
single work
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 7 July 2016;
— Review of Cut the Sky 2015 single work drama 'Combining poetry, song, video and contemporary dance, Cut The Sky is an interdisciplinary performance from Broome-based company Marrugeku Theatre that refocuses environmental issues, especially climate change, through the lens of Aboriginal knowledge and belief. ...' -
Cut the Sky Review – Angry and Political Story Told through Dance and Theatre
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 15 January 2016;
— Review of Cut the Sky 2015 single work drama 'Multi-faceted, fast moving and dark, Marrugeku’s latest work gives an Indigenous perspective to climate change.' -
How Indigenous Philosophy Could Help Us Understand Climate Change
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 26 February 2015;
— Review of Cut the Sky 2015 single work drama
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Cut the Sky Review – Angry and Political Story Told through Dance and Theatre
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 15 January 2016;
— Review of Cut the Sky 2015 single work drama 'Multi-faceted, fast moving and dark, Marrugeku’s latest work gives an Indigenous perspective to climate change.' -
How Indigenous Philosophy Could Help Us Understand Climate Change
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 26 February 2015;
— Review of Cut the Sky 2015 single work drama -
Cut The Sky Review : Dystopian Vision of Climate Refugees an Elegant Indigenous Parable
2016
single work
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 7 July 2016;
— Review of Cut the Sky 2015 single work drama 'Combining poetry, song, video and contemporary dance, Cut The Sky is an interdisciplinary performance from Broome-based company Marrugeku Theatre that refocuses environmental issues, especially climate change, through the lens of Aboriginal knowledge and belief. ...' -
Climate Right for Cut the Sky
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 11 February no. 594 2015; (p. 3) 'The world premiere of Cut the Sky by Indigenous dance theatre group Marrugeku will be performed at the Perth International Arts Festival this month.' -
No Space for Indigenous Work on Main Stage
2016
single work
— Appears in: The Australian , 1 September 2016; (p. 15) -
Indigenous Art, Beyond Stereotypes
2021
single work
essay
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 80 no. 1 2021;'Throughout her stage and screen career, the actor Ningali Lawford-Wolf used the English she only began learning in earnest at about age 11 for diplomatic reasoning. She spoke three Indigenous languages too. Born circa 1967 in the large remote Aboriginal community of Wangkatjungka, 100 kilometres south-east of Fitzroy Crossing in the Western Australian Kimberley region, Lawford-Wolf would go on to appear in films such as Phillip Noyce’s Rabbit-Proof Fence, released in 2002, playing Maude, the mother of two of three little girls stolen from their families, based on a true story that chimed with her own: her father, who worked on a cattle farm, had forcibly been removed from his parents too.' (Introduction)
