Praying Mantis Dreaming

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Event Praying Mantis Dreaming
Venue Darwin Performing Arts Centre, Darwin City, NT
Umbrella Event Bougainvillea Festival 1994
First Date 9 June 1994
Opening Date 9 June 1994
Last Date 19 June 1994
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description The story of a half-caste child (a result of a liaison between a white father and a native mother). Father and baby daughter are forced out of tribal life and into a circuit of their own, an act as brutal and callous in its own way as any disenfranchisement of blacks by whites.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Dance
Secondary Genre Indigenous
Modern Dance
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Produced
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Created
Subjects Indigenous Australia
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Stephen Page Choreographer
David Page Composer
Linda Bobongie Costume Designer
Joe Hurst Set Designer
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Event Identifier 30964
Dataset AusStage