The Other Side of Me
An aching dance duet of a man’s struggle with identity, loss and otherness and the redemptive beauty of singing his spirit home. One mother’s love, another’s loss. Between them the child that grows to a man who can never return home. The Other Side of Me by Gary Lang NT Dance Company shares the tragedy of Stolen Generations through the heartbreaking story of one man stranded between two families, continents and cultures. Recently nominated for two Green Room Awards including Outstanding Duo and the Breaking Ground Award, this achingly intimate duet confronts the destruction still felt by First Nations people, but offers the redemptive beauty of singing his spirit home. At the conclusion of the work is a 15 minute in-conversation for audiences.
