Milnjiya Milky Way - River of Stars single work   drama   Indigenous story  
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'A breathtaking feast for the soul. This ground-breaking collaboration between Gary Lang NT Dance Company, WAB and Opera Artist Deborah Cheetham AO, brings together two Indigenous nations, the Larrakia and Yorta-Yorta, ballet and opera as Gary Lang re-tells his mother’s Yolngu Milky Way creation story, featuring dancers from both companies and traditional cultural artists from Yirrkala.' (Production summary)

Production Details

  • Part of the Perth International Arts Festival, Ballet at the Quarry. Performed at Milky Way - Ballet at the Quarry.,City Beach Quarry Amphitheatre : 9 February - 3 March.

    Choreographer: Gary Lang Sets: Gav Barbey Costumes: Gav Barbey in collaboration with Lyndell Darch Lighting: Joseph Mercurio Opera Artist: Deborah Cheetham AO

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First known date: 2018
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Works about this Work

Aboriginal Culture Meets Traditional Ballet and Opera on Darwin Stage Emily JB Smith , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , June 2019;

'Gary Lang is so nervous he could cry.

'The NT Dance Company artistic director was coordinating the last day of rehearsal before a collaboration six years in the making premiered in Darwin.' (Introduction)
Artists to Join Ballet Opera 2018 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 24 January no. 668 2018; (p. 34)

'The Larrakia and Yorta Yorta nations will collaborate in a new production telling the Yolngu Milky Way creation story.'
Artists to Join Ballet Opera 2018 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 24 January no. 668 2018; (p. 34)

'The Larrakia and Yorta Yorta nations will collaborate in a new production telling the Yolngu Milky Way creation story.'
Aboriginal Culture Meets Traditional Ballet and Opera on Darwin Stage Emily JB Smith , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , June 2019;

'Gary Lang is so nervous he could cry.

'The NT Dance Company artistic director was coordinating the last day of rehearsal before a collaboration six years in the making premiered in Darwin.' (Introduction)
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