Dance North, Lyth Arts Centre and Eden Court present
The Other Side of Me
By Gary Lang NT Dance Company
Produced by BlakDance
Sat 23 May | 7.30 - 8.30pm | Wick High School, Caithness | £12 / £6 conc | Buy tickets via the button below
Wed 27 May | 7.00 – 8.00pm | Eden Court, Inverness | £5.50 - £23 | Buy tickets via the button below
One mother’s love, another’s loss. Between them the child that grows to a man who can never return home.
The Other Side of Me by Gary Lang shares the tragedy of Stolen Generations through the heartbreaking story of one man stranded between two families, continents and cultures.
This achingly intimate duet confronts the destruction wrought by Motherland and colony still felt by First Nations people but offers the redemptive beauty of singing his spirit home.
At the conclusion of the work is a 15 minute in-conversation for audiences.
"A tough story, powerfully told" (4.5 stars) - Arts Hub
"A mesmerising work that is performed with dazzling virtuosity" - Stage Whispers
Age suitability 15+. Contains distressing themes.
Credits
Gary Lang (Co-Creator, Choreographer, Director) Larrakia
Banula Marika (Cultural Consultant, Songman) Yolŋu
Laura Fish (Co-Creator, Dramaturg, Writer)
Liz Pavey (Co-Creator, Dramaturg)
Josephine Crawshaw (Cultural Consultant) Kalkarindji
Jesse Norris (Cultural Consultant) Torres Strait Island
Janet Munyarryun (Voice Artist) Yolŋu
Arian Pearson (Sound Designer) Yolŋu
Noelle Shader (Rehearsal Director)
Chandler Connell (Performer) Wiradjuri and Ngunnawal
Alexander Abbot (Performer)
Joseph Mercurio (Lighting Designer)
Jennifer Irwin (Costume Designer)
Samuel Pankhurst (Composer/Sound Designer)
Samuel James (Projection Designer)
BlakDance (Producer)
Artist Bio
Born in Darwin, Larrakia man Gary Lang is a NAISDA graduate and alumnus of Bangarra and Dance north.
Since 2002 Gary Lang has choreographed 9 seminal works in the Aboriginal dance canon, including GOOSE LAGOON, Mokuy, Waŋa (Spirit), Forbidden, Milnjiya, Milky Way' - River of Stars created with the Western Australian Ballet.
In 2013, he was honoured with the distinguished Australia Council for the Arts’ Dance Board Fellowship.
The Other Side of Me The story is based on actual events. However, names, incidents and timelines have been changed for dramatic purposes. All characters depicted in the production are composites or fictitious. Any similarity to the original story, or of fictitious characters to an actual person, living or dead, is coincidental and unintentional.
The Other Side of Me is produced and toured by BlakDance. The UK tour has received financial assistance from the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body, the International Cultural Diplomacy Arts Fund and the Northern Territory Government through Arts NT.
The production is a collaboration between Gary Lang NT Dance Company and Northumbria University, UK. It has received financial support through the Northern Territory Government, Darwin Entertainment Centre, Regional Arts Australia, the British Council, Creative Australia, Brisbane Festival and Queensland Performing Arts Centre.
