After 30 years, Stephen Page has his last dance with Bangarra

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After 30 years, Stephen Page has his last dance with Bangarra
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Wudjang: Not The Past, is Page’s last production as Bangarra’s creative force and his most ambitious to date - akin in scale to an opera, no less - featuring 17 dancers, four musicians and five actors. | Linda Morris Bangarra Dance

In 32 years helming the Bangarra Dance Company, Stephen Page admits to being more nervous than he has ever been ahead of an opening night., is Page’s last production as Bangarra’s creative force and his most ambitious to date - akin in scale to an opera, no less - featuring 17 dancers, four musicians and five actors.The landmark collaboration between Bangarra and the Sydney Theatre Company comes from a deeply personal place for Page.

The Mibinyah language from Page’s father’s home on Yugambeh Country features alongside poetry, and prerecorded music written by his late brother David. The music laments the sons’ lost opportunities to share in the stories and cultural practices of their father before his death in 2010. “We could have all learned from my father,” Page says.

Page has served as the caretaker of his brother’s music archive since the Bangarra music director took his life in 2016.“It’s a musical pantry,” Page says. “He composed more than 40 songs and spat out an album, a proper album, every year. Some of his samples were used inIt was Sydney Festival’s previous director Wesley Enoch who pitched the idea of the STC and Bangarra co-production in 2019.

It took time to find the right mix of creatives to make it happen, says Page, with playwright Alana Valentine (

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