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ANNOUNCEMENT: Bankstown Arts Centre & Sydney Festival present Sisa-Sisa, an intimate double bill of contemporary Indonesian dance solos.
Newly commissioned by Bankstown Arts Centre with support from Sydney Festival & Create NSW.
Sisa-Sisa is a moving double-bill of two searingly personal dance solos by Alfira O’Sullivan and Murtala. Grounded in Indonesian culture, thrumming with an original score by Gondrong Gunarto, these works ask:
what traces remain when we endure the unendurable?
In Gelumbang Raya, Murtala retraces his time as a volunteer in the aftermath of the 2004 Aceh tsunami, where he spent months pulling bodies from the earth. Through movement and story, he transforms
trauma, migration and resilience into a shared act of remembrance and belonging.
In Jejak & Bisik, Alfira alchemises cultural silences around fertility, perimenopause and the shifting female body, exploring the realities as woman, mother, and ageing dancer. Weaving body
percussion, soulful song, spoken word and culturally informed movement, she turns private memory into collective ritual.
Together, these works resonate as a raw, poetic meditation on the frailties and strengths of human memory, survival and identity.
WORLD PREMIERE
Friday 23 January 7:30pm
Saturday 24 January 2pm & 7:30pm
80 minutes with interval
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