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Among a range of dance offerings at this year’s Darwin Festival, which cover the full spectrum from traditional Torres Strait stories to a comedy dance show performed in a boxing ring under the stars, the simply titled Blokes stands out.
Created after six-and-a-half weeks of research, interviews and short apprentices with a range of Top-End men working in traditionally masculine fields, the new production has grown out of a combined sense of curiosity and loss, says co-creator Matt Cornell.