Blak at Arts Centre Melbourne Playhouse

Embracing their responsibilities, Aboriginal young people provide an intrinsic link in the songline that connects the ancient past to our shared future.

Based on the artists’ personal experiences and their appreciation of traditional customs and practices, Blak challenges the sacred place of culture and language in the context of changing social behaviours. Popular culture disturbs the rhythms of traditional life, so the customary practices of the old are not passing on to the young.

The subtlety and strengths of male and female energies are evident in Scar by Daniel Riley McKinley and Yearning by Stephen Page respectively, and then in Keepers both choreographers explore a 21st century sensibility.