Ausdance WA is funded by the State Government of Western Australia through the Department of Local Government Sport and Cultural Industry.
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Gudirr Gudirr
July 7, 2015 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
$33.13 – $47.41Gudirr Gudirr calls a warning, the guwayi bird calls when the tide is turning – to miss the call is to drown. An intimate solo dance and video work performed by Dalisa Pigram, daughter of Broome. By turns hesitant, restless, resilient and angry, Gudirr Gudirr lights a path from a broken past through a fragile present and on to a future still in the making.
The production considers the legacy of Australia’s history for Aboriginal people in nortwest Australia today and asks: what does it take to decolinise Aboriginal people’s minds, to unlock doors and to face cultural change? Gudirr Gudirr calls a warning to a community facing massive industrialisation on traditional lands, loss of language and major gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous well being. Drawing on a physicality born of Pigram’s Asian-Indigenous identity, and in a unique collaboration with Belgian choreographer Koen Augustijnen and visual artist Vernon Ah Kee, Pigram builds a dance language to capture this moment in time for her people.
“…an extroadinary work from an artist at the peak of her craft and intellectual confidence… Unmissable”
The Guardian
“An intensely personal exploration of identity.”
The Age
Concept, Performer & Co-Choreographer: Dalisa Pigram
Director & Co-Choreographer: Koen Augustijnen
Visual Artist: Vernon Ah Kee
Yirra Yaakin acknowledges our NAIDOC week partners the Georgiou Group, Principal Community Partner Chevron & Development Partner Woodside.
The community of Ausdance WA acknowledges the Traditional Owners of all Lands and Countries on this continent. We pay particular respect to Elders, Cultural and Community Leaders, and emerging leaders. With this understanding of the country’s First Peoples, we are grateful for our place in learning and serving dance, Arts and Culture in Western Australia.
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