Sand Song stimulates and aligns children’s minds, sending a message to children about their dreams.
‘Sand Song’ shares the Gammilleroi Dreaming Story of the ‘First Sun’ – the first time the sun’s light shone on Australia which tells the story of ‘cheeky Brolga stealing Emu egg’, a production that weaves theatre into hands on workshops.
Sand Song is told by First Nations artist Rick Roser and perfomed by a group of contemporary Aboriginal dancers.
"Aboriginal people, when we want things to change as part of that connection we paint them up , dance them up and dream them up and that’s what we encourage children to do in this production."
Visual artist Walbira Murray has created this new production with Director Elena Vereker.
Walbira says "Aboriginal people, when we want things to change as part of that connection we paint them up , dance them up and dream them up and that’s what we encourage children to do in this production."
The children are invited to paint their dreams onto a glass jar and join the production. They place the dream jars around the edge of the dance ground. This provides the children wit ha sense of connection and understanding.
Walbira Murray says “When our world gets dark sometimes and all the mixed messages that the children get, we forget that one of the greatest gifts we can give them is a sense of wonder, a sense of belief in themselves and in the world,' she says 'I think it’s highly important that we tell children that they can dream and that dreams are possible. That to dream is one thing then you have to put it in to action”.
The magic and dreams of Sand Song was captured in the Cutaway at Barangaroo Reserve in Sydney across six days in October.
