Blood Quantum single work   drama   - 60 mins
Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 2019 Blood Quantum
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'Based on real-life stories from her maternal grandparents who were part of the Stolen Generations, Blood Quantum is a new performance piece choreographed by Ngioka Bunda-Heath. This production is a unique family affair, exploring the childhood stories of Ngioka’s grandparents as recorded and woven into academic research by Professor Tracey Bunda, the artist’s mother.

'Blood Quantum examines the brutality of Australia’s government-sponsored displacement and relocation of Aboriginal youth, and its impact across three generations. When you grow up having to justify your connection to culture, are you less than Aboriginal, less than white or something in between?'  (Publication summary)

Production Details

  • Performed at WXYZ Studios during the Yirramboi Festival, Melbourne: 8-11 May 2019 

    Credits

    • Choreographer/Dancer: Ngioka Bunda-Heath
    • Lecturer: Tracey Bunda
    • Dramaturg: Eva Grace Mullaley
    • Lighting Designer: Rachel Lee
    • Sound Engineer: Daniel Nixon
    • Movement/Dance Director: Rinske Ginsberg

     

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Compelling Theatre on Show at Festival Jillian Mundy , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 5 June no. 702 2019; (p. 26-27)
'Under the banner of the Knowledge Industry Network, the performances are intended to place First Nations voices first and provide authority to determine 'our narratives, presented our way'. They were Night River by Mark Coles Smith, his first work as musical alias Kalaji, Daddy by Joel Bray, The Honouring by Mark Sheppard and Blood Quantum - a mother/daughter dance and narrative piece by Professor Tracey Bunda and Ngioka Bunda-Heath.' (Introduction)
Compelling Theatre on Show at Festival Jillian Mundy , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 5 June no. 702 2019; (p. 26-27)
'Under the banner of the Knowledge Industry Network, the performances are intended to place First Nations voices first and provide authority to determine 'our narratives, presented our way'. They were Night River by Mark Coles Smith, his first work as musical alias Kalaji, Daddy by Joel Bray, The Honouring by Mark Sheppard and Blood Quantum - a mother/daughter dance and narrative piece by Professor Tracey Bunda and Ngioka Bunda-Heath.' (Introduction)
Last amended 5 Jun 2019 10:35:58
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