Bangarra Dance Theatre is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisation that is one of Australia’s leading performing art companies. Bangarra is the Wiradjuri word that means 'to make fire’, which is what the company sets out to achieve. The companies mission is to create inspiring experiences that change society and educate their audiences through their stories while the company’s movements depict the Indigenous people’s journey. Bangarra was established by Carole Johnson in 1989 based in Walsh Bay, New South Wales, and today is acclaimed nationally and around the world for their powerful dancing, distinctive theatrical voice and utterly unique soundscapes, music and design which educates audiences about Indigenous traditional beliefs.…show more content… The works Terrain and True stories explore the traditional aspects of Indigenous Australians with the relationship to the land and educates the audiences through production elements such as movement, sound and costuming through the use of technology programs.
Bangarra utilises works in order to educate audiences about Indigenous traditional beliefs. Terrain, choreographed by Frances Rings, explores Lake Eyre in South Australia one of the worlds natural untouched waterways. Rings explores the connection between Aboriginal people and land with the ideas that the land looks after the people, they connect with its spirit, and they make regards to its future. Terrain explores the power of natural forces and the vulnerability of ecosystems that have evolved a landscape from where humans draw life to then express meaning to it by utilising technology and other techniques in order educate audiences about their story. Lake Eyre also known as Kati Thanda is the home of the Arabunna people who have maintained their deep connection with the Lake Eyre basin for thousands of years. “Their understanding of the landscape, and all the variances of its ever-changing behaviour enable the Arabunna to read the landscape, know its purpose and be able to share stories with us about how Kati Thanda survives and thrives through its very dramatic natural cycles of flood, drought and everything in between.” For Bangarra to create this work
