Bangarra Dance Theatre
We are a company of professional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performers. We are storytellers. We are fire makers. As one of Australia’s leading performing arts companies, we share our culture with Communities and audiences across Australia and the world. We are contemporary dancers, drawing on 65,000 years of culture. We create powerful works of theatre with dance, music, poetry and design. We tell the stories of our Elders, create works on Country and return the works we create to the place they were made. Each of our dancers is a professionally trained, dynamic artist with a proud Aboriginal and/ or Torres Strait Islander background. Together, they represent the best of Australian talent. We have been making our indelible marks on the Australian theatre landscape for 35 years. Bangarra was born in 1989 from the energy of NAISDA (National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association). We acknowledge the efforts and vision of, Rob Bryant, Cheryl Stone, Carole Y. Johnson, and NAISDA graduates in their pursuit to create a professional First Nations dance theatre company. Stephen Page, Artistic Director for more than 30 years, is a creative icon. His vision and tenacity has made Bangarra one of the most successful Indigenous performing arts companies in Australia. His exceptional contribution to First Nations arts and the national cultural landscape will be felt for generations to come. Today, Artistic Director and co-CEO Frances Rings and Executive Director and co-CEO Louise Ingram lead the company in our mission to promote awareness and understanding of our cultures.
Bangarra Dance Theatre is a company of professional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performers. They are storytellers. They are fire makers. As one of Australia’s leading performing arts companies, Bangarra shares its culture with Communities and audiences across Australia and the world. They are contemporary dancers, drawing on 65,000 years of culture.
