Burning Daylight

Overview

Long the stuff of leaden machismo and a symbol of tough love, the sacred image of the cowboy has an almost equally long history of being skewered in art. From Andy Warhol's 1968 feature Lonesome Cowboys to 2008's Japanese cult cinema hit Sukiyaki Western Django, the tale of the lonesome outsider with a bolo tie and a saddle full of baggage, is always a welcome image to be toyed with.

Intercultural and indigenouse performance company Marrugeku employ this figure in their latest dance theatre work Burning Daylight. Set in Broome, this work explores the local history and folklore, delving into the town's frontier history as an "Asian Wild West" between the 19th and 20th centuries while addressing its current status as a tourist destination.

Director Rachel Swain has pieced together an exciting team, necessary to fully explore not just the themes but the technical prowess that this eclectic performance demands. The work incorporates films described as "karaoke noodle western videos" by director of Samson and Delilah Warwick Thornton, and the renowned choreography of former member of Le Ballets C de la B  Serge Aimé Coulibalay from West Africa and Dalisa Pigram from Broome.

At the forefront of this multi-faced production is actor Trevor Jamieson, beloved in Ngapartjii Ngapartjii and Sermesah Bin Saad, better known to most as So You Think You Can Dance's Suri.

Having already toured Switzerland's famed Zurcher Theater Spektakel, Perth and hometown Broome, the Sydney sessions of Burning Delight are sure to have lucky audiences blissfully lost in Marrugeku's reverie.

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