KURAMANUNYA
(GORE-RAH-MAH-NUNYA)
SEASONS
2023
BRISBANE FESTIVAL, BRISBANE, QLD, METRO ARTS WORLD PREMIERE
IMPACT FESTIVAL, KITCHENER, TURTLE ISLAND/CANADA, MT SPACE
2025
PACIFIC DANCE FESTIVAL, AUCKLAND, AOTEAROA/NZ, TE POU THEATRE
REVIEWS
STAGE DOOR PODCAST - BRIDIE MIDDLETON
My feet walk on land that is red blood soaked. Black burnt, yellow sun drenched country. Stories from thousands of years. Songs eternally kept on the wind and water.
I honor lines that have been cut. Poisoned, shot and led to the cliff’s edge. Those who passed to the spirit world before their kin could arrive from the dreaming to continue a physical lineage.
Remembering the stories that remain unwritten and unspoken, returned to the earth and stars that they arrived from. Acknowledging that First Nations people are descendants of those who fought for land, family and identity. Not everyone continued to walk this physical world, many returned to the spirit world.
Kuramanunya honours them. Kuramanunya. The story is told.
CHOREOGRAPHER & PERFORMER
THOMAS E.S. KELLY
CO-DIRECTORS
THOMAS E.S. KELLY
VICKI VAN HOUT
DRAMATURG
TAREE SANSBURY
PRODUCTION/STAGE MANAGER
BELINDA GERARD
SOUND DESIGNER
SAMUEL PANKHURST
JHINDU-PEDRO LAWRIE
CO-WRITERS
EMILY WELLS
THOMAS E.S. KELLY
SET DESIGN
TIFFANY BECKWITH-SKINNER
LIGHTING DESIGN
CHRISTINE FELMINGHAM
COSTUME DESIGN
THOMAS E.S. KELLY
PHOTO CREDIT
TRISTAN RONALD ESTEVEZ PETUELI
THIS PROJECT WAS CREATED WITH SUPPORT FROM;
ARTS QUEENSLAND
METRO ARTS
ADELAIDE FRINGE FESTIVAL
VIDEO CREDIT
SIMON WOODS