Tubowgule

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Event Tubowgule
Venue Forecourt (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW
Umbrella Event Olympic Arts Festival
First Date 18 August 2000
Last Date 18 August 2000
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Bangarra Dance Theatre. "Tubowgule - Meeting of the Waters" in the Eora language - completed a cycle that began with the Awakening Ceremony for the first Olympic Arts Festival in 1997. Tubowgule ushered in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Arts Festival with dawn, noon and dusk ceremonies. As dusk fell, the Forecourt of the Sydney Opera House sprang to life as Bangarra Dance Theatre joined guest Indigenous performers in a ceremonial welcome that linked the earliest Indigenous traditions with those of today, drawing inspiration from the saltwater Aboriginal peoples of Australia".
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Dance
Secondary Genre Indigenous
Dance Theatre
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Produced
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Created
Subjects Indigenous Australia
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Stephen Page Artistic Director
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Three different venues were chosen for these dawn, noon and dusk ceremonies: Dawn: La Perouse, Noon: Royal Botanic Gardens, Dusk: Sydney Opera House Forecourt.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Brochure Sydney Opera House Diary Jul/Aug 2000
Web www.bangarra.com.au
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 26320