The Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre is proud to announce the return of Ochre Contemporary Dance Company with their new show Kwongkan (Sand).
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Featuring award-winning dancer and local man Ian Wilkes, Kwonghan (Sand) is a breath-taking mix of traditional and contemporary dance, music, aerial work, and storytelling.
In 2016, Ochre engaged in a unique four week professional residency at the entertainment centre to begin the development of their show Kaya (Hello).
Since then, the company continued to take trips to the desert, the Goldfields, and even to India – with the work evolving into their latest production Kwongkan (Sand).
“It’s been an extraordinary journey and we are excited to invite the South West community back to the Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre to see the final fruits before we present the work at Perth Festival and Australia Fest in India in the new year,” Ochre Dance Company director Mark Howette said.
Combining traditional and contemporary Indigenous and Indian dance, Kwongkan (Sand) explores rapid global change through the eyes of the ancients.
The Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre is thrilled to partner once again with Ochre Contemporary Dance Company to bring Indigenous contemporary dance to our stage.
- Fiona de Garis, Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre director.
The work examines the future of the planet from the gaze of people from ancient cultures.
Four people (two from Australia, two from India) experience a terrifying disaster which threatens their culture and land.
Each performs a ritual to transform themselves into a dance deity.
They summon these gods out of their individual cultural experience and use their new-found powers to shout against the looming tsunami of cultural, political and environmental calamity.
“The Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre is thrilled to partner once again with Ochre Contemporary Dance Company to bring Indigenous contemporary dance to our stage,” Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre executive director Fiona de Garis said.
“We look forward to welcoming back audiences who saw Kaya (Hello) and introducing new audiences to their work.”
Kwongkan (Sand) will play over two nights on Thursday, October 18 and Friday, October 19 at 7.30pm.
Tickets are available now from bunburyentertainment.com or by calling the Box Office on 1300 661 272.
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