Bangarra Dance Theatre
Bangarra Dance Theatre is an Australian dance company of professional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performers based in Sydney, which creates and performs productions drawing on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.www.bangarra.com.au
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Oct 6, 2026
Philippa McGuinnessHOST
Stephen Page AO is a Nunukul Ngugi man of the Quandamooka peoples, and a Mununjali man of the Yugambeh nation, Southeast Queensland.
Philippa McGuinnessHOST
He was artistic director of Bangarra Dance Theatre from 1991 until 2022.
Philippa McGuinnessHOST
He was one of the State Library of New South Wales creative fellows in 2026, and Reclaim, the show he created, was performed in the Mitchell Library reading room in September.
Stephen PageGUEST
I'm Stephen Page, and this is the library that made me.
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Stephen PageGUEST
I then auditioned for Sydney Dance Company, who gave me a contract for three years.
Stephen PageGUEST
By the end of the '80s, I was directing the whole show at the college, their first First Nations director.
Stephen PageGUEST
By 1990, I took over Bangarra Dance Theatre.
Stephen PageGUEST
It's bizarre.