Burrbgaja Yalirra (Dancing Forwards) is a three-year commitment by Marrugeku to support the next generation of change-makers in contemporary, community-connected, intercultural and Indigenous dance. Launching in 2017 with a two-week laboratory within the Sydney Festival and led by Marrugeku’s co-artistic directors, Yawuru, dancer and choreographer Dalisa Pigram and director and dramaturg Rachael Swain, they will be joined over the next three years by a select group of their long-term collaborators. Together they will introduce Marrugeku’s Belgian influenced approach of devising contemporary intercultural dance in First Nations’ contexts, drawing on the dancers’ own stories, memories and cultural backgrounds. The first two years will focus on choreographic processes and the final year on cultural dramaturgy. Participants will share experiences of creating contemporary dance across their own remote and urban, Indigenous and non-Indigenous contexts. Marrugeku’s co-artistic directors will develop individual trajectories for each participant through the program as they variously join group laboratories, produce solo performance, participate in international trans-indigenous exchange, work as co-devisors in Marrugeku productions and/or are mentored in projects in their home communities.
Burrbgaja Yalirra 2 will be in Broome in 2018
Burrbgaja Yalirra – Masterclass was hosted by Carriageworks and the Sydney Festival
Burrbgaja Yalirra – Masterclass was funded by Australia Council for the Arts, WA Department of Culture and the Arts, Arts NSW the Australian Government through the Indigenous Language and Arts Program and Marrugeku’s private donor/supporter program
Burrbgaja Yalirra – Short Works has been commissioned by Carriageworks
Burrbgaja Yalirra – Short Works is funded by Australia Council for the Arts. WA Department of Culture and the Arts, Arts NSW, Country Arts WA, the Australian Government through the Indigenous Language and Arts Program and Marrugeku’s private donor/supporter program
