Bangarra dance review

The term ‘impulse’ means to me that during the dance the dancers are almost thrusting their body through some of the movements to make them more emphasised then others and it gives the dance that extra bit of assistance that it needed to make it a really great piece. ying to maintain the link between the traditional Indigenous cultures of Australia and new forms of contemporary artistic expression with respect and integrity. But after now have experienced two it is easier to understand why they are doing certain moves because throughout the piece you see them moving to a position in the same way or worshipping something in the same way, but I have learnt a lot from viewing this piece and really appreciate the Aboriginal cultural dances.

Overall it was a great piece to watch, but I personally think that watching it live is better than watching on a video. This is important to this type of dance as in some different areas they may be just apart of the backdrop and have to get to their places or they might be coming on stage with people hardly noticing they are even moving around on the ground.

Before viewing this piece, I had only ever seen one other aboriginal dance piece, which was even more spectacular in real life. It is a performance worth watching, they has not turned into just a contemporary, or aboriginal dance, it is an even balance of both the styles.

The way that the choreographer have merged both contemporary and indigenous styles of dance is extraordinary. I didn’t enjoy ochres as much as spirit, but maybe that was

because it was on a video and it wasn’t live or as close to you.

Their movements along the floor were so important in this piece, they are as close as they possibly can be to the ground and it is almost like through some of the dance they re almost apart of the ground. I would give the ochres dance an eight and a half out of ten, and would recommend that people watch any one of Bangarra’s performances as it is truly an amazing experience.