Gifts of gold: Bangarra's SandSong

By Chantal Nguyen, 14 June 2021

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“you leave the performance knowing you’ve witnessed something deeply powerful and intimate”

Reviewed at Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Sydney on 11 June 2021

SandSong (Stephen Page, Frances Rings)

Bangarra

The Australian Ballet and Bangarra Dance Theatre in Flora

Katie Lawrence, 7th April

Flora unites the Australian Ballet with Bangarra Dance Theatre in a glorious collaboration that traces loss, renewal, resilience, cultural continuity and enduring vitality of the body.

****1

Nobody puts Bangarra in the corner: Illume delivers a powerful message

Katie Lawrence, 4th June

Bangarra Dance Theatre's 2025 commissioned work reclaims space and offers ambitious visuals, but sacrifices intimacy.

***11

Bangarra Dance Theatre: The enduring spirit of Yuldea

Ruth Ridgway, 2nd September

Bangarra’s latest work Yuldea is a powerful piece of storytelling, and a multisensory experience.

****1

History in the making: Bangarra's 30 years of sixty five thousand

Chantal Nguyen, 14th June

Bangarra celebrates its 30th anniversary, with the momentous return of Jiří Kylián's Stamping Ground to its Indigenous roots.

****1

Bangarra's Horizon: a grand and beautiful vision

Katie Lawrence, 14th June

Bangarra Dance Theatre brings a millennium of cultural knowledge and storytelling to the Sydney Opera House in its world premiere double bill Horizon.

*****

Go Gaga for Ohad Naharin's Decadance in Sydney

Chantal Nguyen, 7th January

Sydney Dance Company excels in Decadance, a rare chance for Australian audiences to see work by Ohad Naharin, founder of the Gaga method.

****1

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Chantal Nguyen

Chantal has a background in ballet and contemporary dance, and was the first Australian to complete the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in Higher Level Dance. She has completed violin studies, and plays regularly in Sydney ensembles. She also dabbles in folk songs and subversive musical parody.