ECP711
Creativity & The Arts in Childhood
Brolga Dance
In this lesson the students will be introduced to modern Indigenous dance performed by the Bangarra - a company of Aboriginal and Torres Strait dancers based in Sydney.
This lesson will expand the students’ knowledge about where and how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people live and how they contribute to modern Australian art forms.
The lesson will also provide an opportunity for the students to explore how body movement, coreogrpahy and performance can be used Indigenous
Bangarra Dance Theatre Australia - Brolga Dance
'This excerpt from Brolga demonstrates the choreographic possibilities of movements (movement vocabulary) inspired and influenced by particular physical attributes and movement characteristics of animals. Examples of this are the way the dancers extend their legs in front of their body, hold one arm aloft and one arm folded behind the back. They move in circles and respond to each other as members of a flock.'
Bangarra Dance Theatre Australia, 2014
References
Text:
Bangarra Dance Theatre Australia, 2014, Brolga Dance, Bangarra Dance Theatre Australia, retrieved February 3 2016, <http://bangarra.com.au/education-resources/brolga/brolga>
Video:
Bangarra Dance Theatre Australia, 2014, Brolga Dance, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxnra4q1ElA>