“This one goes out to the coloured sisters Down Under…’īrown Skin Girlmelds visual art, spoken word, music and movement, drawing audiences into the lives of three Black and Brown women as they navigate the complexities of life as twenty-somethings in Sydney. Is their hair so big because it’s full of secrets? Find out as they discuss, explore and offer a vision for what it means to be a woman of colour in modern day Australia.Īdding spice to the traditional theatrical form and reimagining the rule book, this show blends music, movement, spoken word and real stories to create an intimate, unexpected and at times irreverent performance experience.ĭevelopment of this work was supported through Q Lab with The Joan The list could continue but nothing unites them more than their experiences as brown gals with Afros. It may not be about everyone’s hair, but everyone is certainly welcome.Įmele Ugavule and Ayeesha Ash have a few things in common names that seem difficult to pronounce, hair and the colour of their skin. This work was developed with the support of Next Wave festival, Arts House and the City of Melbourne.īlack Birds is a performance about home, belonging and most importantly hair. Listen to the Artist Talk/Q&A featuring Emele Ugavule and Ayeesha Ash, facilitated by Torika Bolatagici. Incorporating art forms including spoken word, movement, dance, song and story, Black Birds’ work is at once intimate and unexpected, challenging and empowering. It explores the relationships and boundaries forged between Indigenous cultures on foreign lands negotiations between environmental and urban lifestyles and the ability to heal through storytelling.Įxhale is the creation of Black Birds – a Sydney collective fast gaining kudos for energetic, uplifting performances that astutely dissect the female Black and Brown experience in Australia. How do we find the light within the dark? How do we cultivate beauty out of trauma and begin to heal, for ourselves and one another?īoth interdisciplinary and intercultural, Exhale is about Indigeneity, accountability and trauma.
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