Bangarra: SandSong with Port Bus
Event description
Bangarra: SandSong
with Port Bus to Sydney Opera House. Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th July 2022
Production Summary:
Under the vast Kimberley sky, the red pindan dust stretches across the desert homelands of the Walmajarri, where the ancient knowledge of People and of Country is preserved through Songlines that have endured for hundreds of generations.
At the heart of this land is the Living Water - Jila – that resides in desert waterholes across the region and is the basis of cultural beliefs and practices. Sandsong tells the unique story of this Place and the survival of its People.
Between the 1920s and 1960s, Aboriginal people were removed off their Country and onto pastoral stations where they were forced into hard labour, usually for no wages and only minimal rations. Despite this displacement and cultural disruption, the Traditional People of the Western Desert have maintained unbroken connection to Land and Country - keeping songs, stories, and kinship strong.
This is the Country of Wangkatjunga woman Ningali Josie Lawford-Wolf (1967 – 2019), a close cultural collaborator of Bangarra whose spirit, stories and artistic contributions have inspired several of the company’s works and enriched the broader arts landscape.
The Lawford family has long generational ties to this part of the Kimberley and are current owners of the pastoral lease for Bohemia Downs cattle station, allowing them the stability to continue to care for their Land, Culture and Community.
SandSong is a journey into ancient story systems framed against the backdrop of ever-changing government policy and of the survival of people determined to hold strong to their Culture.
SandSong is created by Bangarra Dance Theatre in consultation with Wangkatjunga/Walmajarri Elders from the Kimberley and Great Sandy Desert regions, drawing on the stories, knowledge, and memories of the past to create a new narrative for our Indigenous futures.
This work honours the legacy of Ningali Josie Lawford-Wolf and her family - past, present, and future.
Highlights:
- Bangarra : SandSong
- Sydney Opera House
- Come From Away
- Bondi
Inclusions:
- Return transport
- Port Bus welcome pack + daily H2O
- Show ticket + fees
- Accommodation @ The Great Southern Hotel x 1
- Breakfast x 1
- Bondi Aboriginal Walking Tour
Itinerary:
Day 1: Pickups will commence by 11:00. Comfort & food stop at Heatherbrae (choose between Heatherbrae Pies, Hungry Jacks, KFC, or Guzman & Gomez own cost). Around and check-in around 16:00 at The Great Southern Hotel. Freshen up and we will head over to Bennelong Point by 17:00. Take a wander, grab yourself some dinner before our show time of 19:30 at the Sydney Opera House.
Day 2: After breakfast we will check out and depart for Bondi where we meet up with Walangari Karntawwarra who will share his rich Australian First Nations culture during our Bondi Aboriginal Walking Tour. Pop your headset on and off we go on a one-and-a-half-hour downhill wander. Time for some lunch before we join the Yellow Brick Road home. Drop-offs should commence by 17:30.
$599 twin share | $659 single pp
For more information or to book;
Phone: 02 6583 3330
Email: admin@portbus.com.au
Website: https://www.portbus.com.au/tours-and-event-transport
Book Online: https://events.humanitix.com/sandsong
All tours require a minimum no to proceed