Bangarra Dance Theatre

Yuldea

Playhouse, QPAC


Must Close 9 Sep
$54 - $104

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1 hour 5 minutes

(no interval, subject to change without notice)

We are memory.
Glimpsed through shimmering light on water.
A story place where black oaks stand watch.
Carved into trees and painted on rocks.
North – South – East – West.
A brittle landscape of life and loss.

At Yuldea, stories hover in the sky. The stars reveal a divine Songline, stretching between earth and sky.

From the incomparable storytellers of Bangarra Dance Theatre comes a major new work. 

Frances Rings’ first work as Artistic Director is a ceremonial affirmation of history and heritage. Yuldea awakens the earth and sky worlds to tell the story of the Aṉangu people of the Great Victorian Desert.

Yuldea explores the moment traditional life collided with the industrial ambition of a growing nation. In 1917, the two halves of the Transcontinental Railway met at the precious water soak on the edge of the Nullarbor, Yuldi Kapi.

Great metal serpents scarred the landscape, draining all water from the sacred soak. Then came the black mist of the atomic testing at Maralinga, forcing the Aṉangu people to leave their desert homelands where they had lived for millennia.

Now memories lay scattered, like the Aṉangu people, displaced from their home. Remnants of colonial progress are swallowed by sand. But the Aṉangu endure, determined to keep strong their knowledge systems of land and sky, honouring their eternal bonds of kinship between people and place.

Yuldea features original music by Leon Rodgers with featured songs by award-winning electronic pop duo Electric Fields (Zaachariaha Fielding and Michael Ross). Designers Jacob Nash (Set), Jennifer Irwin (Costume) and Karen Norris (Lighting) create a desert world on stage.

Important Information

Warning:

Please note that this production contains strobe, haze, smoke effects, elevated sound levels and voices of people who have passed.

Age Recommendation:

Yuldea is recommended for audiences ages 10 and up.

Accessibility at QPAC

For wheelchair users, Companion Card holders or those requiring assistance, dedicated seating options are available, and bookings can be made through our Call Centre by calling 136 246. You can also find information on access and accessibility at QPAC here .

Presented by QPAC and Bangarra Dance Theatre


Yuldea is an embodiment of harmony between story, vision and being.

- Arts Hub

Yuldea is so fresh and uninhibited it almost bursts off the stage.

- Sydney Morning Herald

Yuldea is a powerful work, confirming Bangarra is in good hands with Rings as Artistic Director.

- Limelight

This powerful piece of theatre will move, astonish and enlighten.

- Time Out Sydney

Creatives

Frances Rings

Choreographer

Elizabeth Gadsby

Set Designer

Jennifer Irwin

Costume Designer

Karen Norris

Lighting Designer

Leon Rodgers

Composer

Electric Fields

Guest Composers

Clem Lawrie

Mirning Cultural Consultant

Maureen Smart

Yalata Cultural Consultant

Karlie Noon

Cultural Astronomer

Joshua Thomson

Aerial and Acrobatic Creative Consultant

Yalata Aṉangu Aboriginal Community Council

Cultural Authority Representatives from

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