“The fact that the Sydney Opera House has the leading performing arts company that's Indigenous is just great,” says Stephen, a descendant of the Nunukul people and the Munaldjali clan of the Yugambeh Nation from south-east Queensland. Since then, the partnership has brought new, global audiences to Bangarra and made the Sydney Opera House unique among the cultural centres of the world: there are many ballet and opera companies - there is only one Bangarra. Having the Opera House as our stamping ground where we first tell our stories before they go out on Country and the world is a very significant relationship.”īangarra first performed at the Drama Theatre in 1997 with Fish, a work commissioned by Rhoda Roberts as director of the Festival of the Dreaming, but it did not become the dance company’s “home” until 2004. Each year, they leave those audiences hungry for the next new production from its visionary Artistic Director Stephen Page, and his talented team of dancers and creatives.Īs one of the Opera House’s eight resident companies, Stephen says the Drama Theatre “feels like it’s Bangarra’s home.
Inside, Bangarra Dance Theatre has captivated audiences with an intoxicating mix of traditional and modern dance and stories of the past and present. On winter nights as the sun sets behind the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Western Foyers of the Sydney Opera House fill with people buzzing with anticipation.
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