Bangarra Dance Theatre considered one of Australia's premier Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts companies, this week announced a new partnership with IT management and consulting services provider NRI as a major partner from 2023 to 2025.
Bangarra is known for its dedication to creating and producing theatrical works based on Australia's 65,000+ years of First Nation's history, culture, and knowledge to share unique contemporary dance productions on regional, national, and international stages.
In 2023, the company plans to present the national tour of Frances Rings' inaugural work as Artistic Director, Yuldea, along with regional tours of the productions Waru and Terrain. In March, Bangarra successfully performed Sandsong as part of their international debut at the Auckland Arts Festival.
The partnership with NRI, a provider of IT management and consulting services since its founding in 1996, launched its first Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan in 2021 and aims to increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people looking to establish careers in the information technology sector.
As part of this plan, NRI has partnered with Bangarra to support the company's purpose of creating inspiring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander experiences that promote awareness and understanding of their cultures.
Louise Ingram, Bangarra's Interim Executive Director, expressed her excitement for the partnership, saying that they were.. "thrilled to have NRI join Bangarra as a strategic partner, who will support us in our purpose to create inspiring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander experiences that promote awareness and understanding of our cultures."
In announcing the partnership, Dean Langenbach, CEO of NRI Australia and New Zealand expressed his pride in partnering with Bangarra.
"Bangarra is a pioneering cultural institution, and we are proud to be partnering with a contemporary dance company that tells so many of Australia's most important stories, and which through education, outreach, and career pathway programs, helps to build the Indigenous leaders of tomorrow," he said
