Unaipon (Bangarra: 30 years of sixty five thousand)

Unaipon Image Gallery: On Stage

  • Choreography, Costumes, Sets & Lighting, Highlights, Performance

Inventor, author, philosopher, visionary. Unaipon is Frances Rings’ monumental 2004 work about the man on the Australian $50 note.

This gallery includes a collection of images from the 2019 Sydney season of Unaipon captured by Photographer Daniel Boud.

Tyrel Dulvarie playing David Unaipon in 'In The Beginning' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
The scrim: Inspired by the work of David Unaipon and the design of the Australian $50 note, 'n The Beginning' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
Bangarra female ensemble in 'Sister Baskets' from 'Ngarrindjeri': 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
Tyrel Dulvarie in 'String Games' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
Beau Dean Riley Smith in 'String Games' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
Ryan Pearson in 'String Games' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
Ryan Pearson in 'String Games' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Lisa-Tomasetti, 2019
Ryan Pearson in 'String Games' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
The Bangarra Ensemble in 'Motion' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
The Bangarra Ensemble in 'Motion' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
The Bangarra Male Ensemble in 'Motion' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
The Bangarra Male Ensemble in 'Motion' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
The Bangarra Male Ensemble in 'Motion' from 'Science': 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
Tyrel Dulvarie and The Bangarra Male Ensemble in 'Motion' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
Tara Gower in 'East Wind' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
Rika Hamaguchi in 'North Wind' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
Rika Hamaguchi in 'North Wind' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
Lillian Banks in 'South Wind' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
Lillian Banks in 'South Wind' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
Lillian Banks in 'South Wind' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
Lillian Banks in 'South Wind' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
Tyrel Dulvarie in 'West Wind' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
Tyrel Dulvarie in 'West Wind' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
Rikki Mason and Tara Gower in 'Power' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
Gusta Mara and Ella Havelka in 'Power' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
Tyrel Dulvarie as David Unaipon in 'Religion' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
Tyrel Dulvarie as David Unaipon in 'Religion' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
The Bangarra Ensemble in 'Religion' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Lisa-Tomasetti, 2019
The Bangarra Ensemble in 'Religion' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
Tyrel Dulvarie as David Unaipon with the Bangarra Ensemble in 'Religion' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
Tyrel Dulvarie as David Unaipon with the Bangarra Ensemble in 'Religion' from 'Unaipon', Choreography Frances Rings, Photography Daniel Boud, 2019
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Born on a South Australian mission in the late 19th century, David Unaipon was a proud Ngarrindjeri man, a Christian, and a scholar of science and culture. Unaipon tells of his advocacy for better treatment of Aboriginal Australians, and his staunch belief that Indigenous and non-Indigenous people could coexist as equals, despite the incredible challenges he faced in his lifetime.

Through Rings’ modern, propulsive choreography, performed to a powerful score by David Page, dancers trace the themes and preoccupations of David Unaipon’s vibrant intellect: the secret of perpetual motion, the philosophy of human existence, religion, power, and man’s relationship to land. Against a devastating background of destructive government policies, Unaipon’s proud Warrawaldi heritage shines forth as he reconciles a changing world while holding strong the customs and traditions of his people.

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