'Following on from the successful national tour of If I Drown I can Swim, Yirra Yaakin in association with Spanish/ Aboriginal Theatre Company Cordazon de Varca presents a contemporary Aboriginal theatre piece Black Ants. This cross-cultural partnership will take place in Madrid, Spain and Perth, Australia. Through audio, vision & choreography this new hybrid work by Maitland Schnaars uses text as movement and movement as text in a worle premiere that explores the concept of what defines masculinity & how we feel within the context of cultural expectations and perceptions.'
'New cross-artform theatre work titled Black Ants that will test established concepts of what Aboriginal Theatre is and can be. This cross-cultural partnership will take place in Madrid, Spain and Perth, Australia. A hybrid work for two performers that incorporates dynamic vision and movement with storytelling to explore themes of masculinity, identity and culture and how they all affect the ways we think and feel.' (Source: Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company website)
