Bangarra Dance Theatre to premiere powerful new performance

Bangarra will premiere their first ever mainstage cross-cultural collaboration titled Horizon, at the Sydney Opera House before touring across Australia. Source: Supplied / Daniel Boud

Horizon, is Bangarra's first ever mainstage cross-cultural collaboration.

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Published 12 June 2024 1:38pm

Updated 12 June 2024 2:01pm

By Lowanna Grant

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Horizon, is Bangarra's first ever mainstage cross-cultural collaboration.

Bangarra is Australia's leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts company and will soon premiere a powerful new performance.

Horizon honours the First Peoples of the Oceania region, right across Australia, the Torres Strait Islands and Aotearoa. Horizon tell the story of resilience and explores the cultural forces that bind us together.

This powerful new performance is choreographed by two of the world’s great First Nations choreographers and will make its premiere at the Sydney Opera House before touring across Australia.

Amberlilly Gordon_Bangarra_2024_4293_credit-Daniel-Boud.jpg — Amberlilly Gordon, a proud Wiradjuri and Ngemba woman, will take to the stage for Bangarra's latest performance, Horizon. Amber joined the company as Bangarra’s 2023 Russell Page Professional Development Scholarship recipient. Source: Supplied / Daniel Boud

NITV Radio caught up with Bangarra Dancer and proud Wiradjuri and Ngemba woman, Amberlilly Gordon, to chat about the latest performance as well as her own personal journey as a dancer.