Nyapanyapa (OUR land people stories)

Nyapanyapa Image Gallery: The Sets

  • North East Arnhem Land, Yirrkala
  • Sets & Lighting, Highlights

Follow the life of the sets from conceptual model box display, to the build and finally on to the stage.

Jacob Nash's model box for 'In Her Mind', 'Nyapanyapa', Photography Bangarra, 2016
The build: Jacob Nash's set piece for 'In Her Mind', 'Nyapanyapa', being built at Scenographic Studio, Photography Bangarra, 2016
Elma Kris playing Nyapanyapa in 'In Her Mind', 'Nyapanyapa', Photography Vishal Pandey, 2016
Jacob Nash's model box for 'Bush Apples', 'Nyapanyapa', Photography Bangarra, 2016
The Build: Jacob Nash's set piece for 'Bush Apples', 'Nyapanyapa', being built at Scenographic Studio, Photography Bangarra, 2016
Dance Artists Beau Dean Riley Smith, Daniel Riley and Kian Sultan-Babij in 'Bush Apples', 'Nyapanyapa', Photography Vishal Pandey, 2016
Jacob Nash's model box for 'Niblets', 'Nyapanyapa', Photography Bangarra, 2016
Tara Robertson, Kaine Sultan-Babij, Glory Tuohy-Daniell and Rikki Mason in 'Niblets', 'Nyapanyapa', Photography Vishal Pandey, 2016
Jacob Nash's model box for 'Lost Wendys', 'Nyapanyapa', Photography Bangarra, 2016
Elma Kris in 'Lost Wendys' from 'Nyapanyapa', Photography Vishal Pandey, 2016
The Bangarra Ensemble spacing 'Lost Wendys' for the Return to Country performance of 'Nyapanyapa' at Yirrkala, Photography Tiffany Parker, 2018
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Things you may not know about the sets:

  • The Wendy puppets are so named in Nyapanyapa as this is her English language name
  • The puppets are each approximately 2 metres tall
  • The painted backdrops for Nyapanyapa are 15 metres high and 7 metres wide
  • Each backdrop takes 6 days to paint and dry

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