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A film by Stephen Page
with Bangarra Dance Theatre
FISH takes
the viewer on a spiritual journey in three acts.
FISH (an unborn soul), CALL (the poison fish)
and WASH (in sacred waters). It is a haunting and beautiful
piece re-choreographed for the digital wide-screen format. Combining
the traditional cultural expression of Janet and Djakapurra Munyarryun
with the contemporary style and energy of Page’s urban-based
life, FISH is a mystical work structured around a hard-edged
energy derived from David Page’s powerful and evocative score
and accentuated by Stephen’s strongly ground-based movement
language.
Inspired by the stories of the coastal peoples of the land on which
the City of Sydney now stands, FISH follows the journey
and meanings of nature’s great waters, its inhabitants and
cycles, its depths and its rituals. A non-linear story, FISH presents
the central myth of fish as unborn souls, as haunted individuals
waiting for their moment to transform into mortal beings, with the
attendant pain and celebration such a birth demands.
In Competition Grand Prix Media Dance, France, 1998
In Competition IMZ World Music Screen, Maastrich, 1998
FRONT ROW (Aust) / RM Arts (UK + ROW)
To purchase through Frontrow Video, visit:
www.frontrowvideo.com.au
SBSI; NSWFTO; SVT (Sweden)
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