Mirning Choreographer Frances Rings and Goolarrgon Bard Visual Artist Darrell Sibosado’s collaboration explores the awe of light, a bridge between the physical and spiritual worlds. It charts the impacts of light pollution in a climate emergency. Illume asks the urgent question: is the deep wisdom passed down from elders enough to illuminate a path forward from the shadows of a dark future?
From the extraordinary Bangarra Dance Theatre comes an iridescent new theatrical experience, drawing together music, visual arts and dance to explore the ways light has captivated and sustained Indigenous cultural existence for millennia.
Today, artificial light pollution disrupts ecosystems and obscures the dark night sky, devastating First Nations people’s connections to sky country and limiting their ability to share celestial knowledge and skylore. First Nations people stand on the precipice of the world under threat.
Illume will tour across Australia from 4 June - 13 September. Explore the dates and locations below:
4-14 June:
Sydney Opera House
10-13 July:
Heath Ledger Theatre, Perth
18 July:
Albany Entertainment Centre
25-26 July:
Canberra Theatre Centre
1-9 August:
Queensland Performing Arts Centre
15-16 August:
Darwin Entertainment Centre
4-13 September:
Art Centre Melbourne
