Title

Cut the Sky

Authors

Office of Arts + Cultural Programming
PEAK Performances at Montclair State University

Date(s) of Performance

11/15/2018 - 11/18/2018

Company

Marrugeku

Directed by

Rachael Swain

Created by

Concept: Dalisa Pigram, Rachael Swain

Performers/Artists

Cast/Co-creators: Miranda Wheen, Ngaire Pigram, Eric Avery, Joshua Thomson (originally performed by Josh Mu), Dalisa Pigram, Edwin Lee Mulligan

Summary

Is it a rock concert? Modern dance? A plea for environmental action and the rights of Indigenous peoples? Cut the Sky by Marrugeku, Australia’s preeminent dance theater ensemble of Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists, is all three. As soul singer Ngaire belts out tunes ranging from Nick Cave to Buffalo Springfield Australian “post-soul” music, Marrugeku’s “incredibly expressive and visceral” dancers (The Guardian) form a band of climate change refugees struggling to survive another extreme weather event. Moving backward and forward in time, Cut the Sky meditates on humanity’s frailty in the face of its own actions.

Disciplines

Theatre and Performance Studies

Link to Full Performance Video

Link to Full Performance Video

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Files

Additional Information

marrugeku.com.au