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Bangarra Dance Theatre

Bangarra Dance Theatre presents Yuldea

When

Wednesday 14 June 2023 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm Friday 16 June 2023 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm Saturday 17 June 2023 from 1:30pm to 3pm Saturday 17 June 2023 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm Tuesday 20 June 2023 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm Wednesday 21 June 2023 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm Thursday 22 June 2023 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm Friday 23 June 2023 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm Saturday 24 June 2023 from 1:30pm to 2:30pm Saturday 24 June 2023 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm Tuesday 27 June 2023 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm Wednesday 28 June 2023 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm Thursday 29 June 2023 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm Friday 30 June 2023 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm Saturday 1 July 2023 from 1:30pm to 2:30pm Saturday 1 July 2023 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm Tuesday 4 July 2023 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm Wednesday 5 July 2023 from 1:30pm to 2:30pm Wednesday 5 July 2023 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm Thursday 6 July 2023 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm Friday 7 July 2023 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm Saturday 8 July 2023 from 1:30pm to 2:30pm Saturday 8 July 2023 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm Tuesday 11 July 2023 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm Wednesday 12 July 2023 from 1:30pm to 2:30pm Wednesday 12 July 2023 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm Thursday 13 July 2023 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm Friday 14 July 2023 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm Saturday 15 July 2023 from 1:30pm to 2:30pm Saturday 15 July 2023 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm

Cost

Starting from: $49

At Yuldea, stories hover in the sky. The stars reveal a divine Songline, stretching between earth and sky. 

Frances Rings’ first work as Artistic Director is a ceremonial affirmation of history and heritage. Yuldea awakens the earth and sky worlds to tell the story of the Anangu people of the Great Victorian Desert. 

Yuldea explores the moment traditional life collided with the industrial ambition of a growing nation. In 1917, the two halves of the Transcontinental Railway met at the precious water soak on the edge of the Nullarbor, Yuldi Kapi.

Great metal serpents scarred the landscape, draining all water from the sacred soak. Then came the black mist of the atomic testing at Maralinga, forcing the Anangu people to leave their desert homelands where they had lived for millennia.

Now memories lay scattered, like the Anangu people, displaced from their home. Remnants of colonial progress are swallowed by sand. But the Anangu endure, determined to keep strong their knowledge systems of land and sky, honouring their eternal bonds of kinship between people and place.

Yuldea features original music by Leon Rodgers with featured songs by multi-award-winning electronic pop duo Electric Fields (Zaachariaha Fielding and Micheal Ross). Designers Elizabeth Gadsby (Set), Jennifer Irwin (Costume) and Karen Norris (Lighting) create a desert world on stage.

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