From maps of Country to ancient gods, Marrugeku’s showcase of new dance works, Burrbgaja Yalirra 2, allows its artists to explore the connections between ancestors and the present day.
Dance company Marrugeku has put together a blistering Australian take on the hit song and video, taking in our colonial past and our treatment of refugees
Beneath a series of chandeliers descending from the ceiling, eight performers evenly spaced from one another turn on heel in tightly choreographed formation. Surveillance cameras have been intermittently projecting the dancers’ moves onto a huge grey metal wall behind them. But one of their number is missing.
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