{"id":46,"date":"2022-05-27T00:55:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T00:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualisingvenues.unimelb.edu.au\/ppre\/\/?page_id=46"},"modified":"2022-08-28T05:39:36","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T05:39:36","slug":"ramingining","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visualisingvenues.unimelb.edu.au\/ppre\/ramingining\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolling on to Ramingining"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Galiwin\u2019ku, the company flew back to the mainland, to Ramingining<\/a>. The flight along the northern coast of East Arnhem Land, like all the Air North flights on this tour, was spectacular. The pilots even indulged the company in crocodile spotting, swooping low across the beaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of the Circus Oz members who went on the 1988 tour remember it as the highlight of their time with the company. And it wasn\u2019t only the magnificent scenery. They also remember the warm welcome they received in each of the communities along the way and the cultural exchanges that happened everyday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, at each stop of the tour, company member Anni Davey would recruit a local yidaki<\/a> player for the show. \u201cI would say there\u2019s this piece in the show and it needs to be accompanied by yidaki,\u201d she remembers, \u201cand is there anybody in the community that would like to play in the show. We'd always find somebody.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The recording<\/a> from Ramingining shows how this exchange altered the rhythm and pacing of the performance. A large audience has gathered, and children continued to use the play equipment while also watching the entertainment. A quarter of the way into the performance, the show stops as the guest yidikai player, identified in the video as Johnny, is introduced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Teresa Blake and Melinda Frith on the Chinese pole in Arnhem Land, 1988. Theatre and Dance Platform.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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