Bangarra Dance Theatre - The Light Inside

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: ROAD CLOSURES

Attending The Light Inside on Satuday 11 October at 7:30pm?

Please note that ROAM Geelong will be taking place within the Geelong Arts & Cultural Precinct, Little Malop Street and Johnstone Park.

The event begins at 4:00pm and concludes at 10:00pm.

As Geelong Arts Centre is located on Little Malop Street, your visit may be affected. 

• Little Malop Street (Fenwick Street to Gheringhap Street) closed 8.00am to 12.00am

• Little Malop Street (Gheringhap Street to Moorabool Street) closed 4.00pm to 12.00am

• Gheringhap Street (Ryrie Street to Mercer Street) closed from 5.00pm to 10.30pm

In addition, there may be increased traffic surrounding the area during the event. Please allow adequate time for road closures, increased traffic and car parking.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for understanding. We hope you enjoy the show!

CROSS-CULTURAL | IDENTITY | CONNECTION

Come explore the cultural forces that bind us together, across oceans and eons.

From two of the world’s great First Nations comes a new work: The Light Inside. Some call it a feeling, some call it the mother spirit. It’s the place where sea meets sky, the horizon we all look to, the compass that guides us home.

In Bangarra’s first mainstage cross-cultural collaboration, leading Māori choreographer and Arts Laureate Moss Te Ururangi Patterson joins beloved Bangarra alumna Deborah Brown. Together they guide Bangarra’s award-winning ensemble in stories that honour their mother countries and the spirit that calls them home.

Brown is a proud descendent of the Wakaid Clan and Meriam people in the Torres Strait, and has heritage from far across the seas in Scotland. She carries strength and resilience from her ancestors. Patterson, born near Lake Taupō, is a proud mokopuna (grandson) of the Ngāti Tūwharetoa tribe, and describes his sense of home as something alive, a fire inside, that he carries like a beating heart.

Experience the resilience of the First Peoples of the Oceania region, that extends across the continent now known as Australia, the Torres Strait Islands and Aotearoa, our southern neighbour.