Shifting sands: Shaping the future of Bangarra

As Stephen Page looks to a life beyond the company he has spent more than 30 years leading, Frances Rings dreams about what comes next.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that the following article contains the names of First Nations peoples who have died. Their families have granted permission to use them.

It’s the language of family. Because that’s what Bangarra, undeniably one of Australia’s greatest creative forces, is. It sings in every work from the company, now in its fourth decade of refocusing our understanding of First Nations dance and storytelling through a contemporary lens with works like Bennelong, Terrain and Dark Emu.

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Stephen A Russell is a Melbourne-based arts writer. His writing regularly appears in Fairfax publications, SBS online, Flicks, Time Out, The Saturday Paper, The Big Issue and Metro magazine. You can hear him on Joy FM.