STALKER / MARRUGEKU (Sydney / Broome)
www.stalker.com.au

BURU
Directed by Rachael Swain

BURU is Marrugeku’s new work for children. Buru [dirt-and-earth; time-seasons-place] is a story sequence inspired by and specifically devised in consultation with the Broome community to retell in performance the stories of the six Yawuru seasons. Some of the retellings are traditional, some contemporary, drawn from the lives of young Broome people. The core concept for the project is to explore the experiences of the young people of Broome now. Drawing on the lived experience of the young participants, the project moves between contemporary dance and text-based scenes reflecting life for young people in Broome. Through stilt dance, music, and digital and real time storytelling, these scenes will be juxtaposed with telling traditional stories of Yawuru seasons. Buru returns to Marrugeku’s internationally acclaimed process of translating traditional stories into contemporary stilt dance (Mimi, Crying Baby) in a way that speaks to multiple audiences in the community.