In a rare incursion into the nation’s political life, Australia’s premier Indigenous dance company has backed the Yes campaign for an Indigenous Voice to parliament
, in a move that is likely to prompt some of the country’s major arts companies to follow.
With the referendum for a constitutionally enshrined Voice expected to be held as early as August, ‘No’ and ‘Yes’ campaigns have begun rolling out across the country, neither side funded by taxpayers or parliament. In briefings last week, staff had been offered access to information and resources about the referendum in a neutral forum and had been encouraged to talk to kin and communities. But other major arts companies were likely to take their lead from Bangarra and offer support in the coming weeks.
“I just want to believe my sons can have a future that is illuminating and affords them every opportunity for a fulfilled, healthy life as is afforded other non-indigenous Australians.” “Like our artform, truth-telling has the profound ability to set a course of action that emboldens and steers us towards a future that otherwise lay unimagined, until now.“, her first production as artistic director, to open at the Sydney Opera House in June, Rings said Bangarra found the language in dance to express what words could not. “That’s our power,” Rings said.
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