Recorded during the 1996 Festival of Perth, this production is an exemplary work from the dancers and musicians of the Bangarra Dance Theatre Company, Australia, acclaimed for its fusion of contemporary dance and indigenous traditional styles as well as original musical scores. The performance is centred around the substance Ochres, a material with both physical and spiritual purposes in traditional and urban Aboriginal culture, and from which Stephen Page drew inspiration for his original creation of the choreography for the production in 1994. The dance performance is structured around the characteristics, qualities and variety of symbolic significances of the substance. Divided into 5 parts, it begins with the spirit of Ochres, ‘the light’, then the performance shifts to a study of Ochres’ four essential colours; yellow, black, red and white. The performance features Bangarra Dance Theatre Company artists Gary Lang, Marilyn Miller, Djakapurra Munyarryun, Russell Page, Albert David, Kathryn Dunn, Frances Rings and Gina Rings in a seamless video capture of a powerful dance work.
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ACMI Identifier
316554
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Dances
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Music
Crafts & Visual Arts → Aboriginal Australians - Painting
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art and music
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Music & Performing Arts → Aboriginal Australians - Dances
Music & Performing Arts → Aboriginal Australians - Music
Music & Performing Arts → Art and music
Music & Performing Arts → Choreography
Music & Performing Arts → Dancers
Music & Performing Arts → Dancing
Music & Performing Arts → Dancing - Australia
Music & Performing Arts → Music
Music & Performing Arts → Performing arts
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)