 Event |
Bahok
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| Venue |
Festival Theatre, Adelaide, SA |
| Umbrella Event |
OzAsia Festival 2009 |
| First Date |
16 October 2009 |
| Opening Date |
16 October 2009 |
| Last Date |
17 October 2009 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Part of a Tour |
Yes |
| Description |
Named aft er a Bengali word meaning ‘carrier’, bahok explores the ways in which the body carries national identity and a sense of belonging. Th e eight dancers from diverse cultures, traditions and dance backgrounds – Chinese, Korean, Indian, Slovakian, South African and Spanish – act out their att empts to communicate through dramatic dance and spoken vocabulary as they wait out their airport limbo. Th eir destination is unknown. |
| Primary Genre |
Dance
|
| Organisations |
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| Production Nationality |
China
England
|
| Event Status |
Completed
|
| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Web |
https://www.ozasiafestival.com.au/media/2226/ozasia-brochure-2009.pdf |
| Newspaper |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
82812 |
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