riyawina warruwa kanaplila
Joowarri Joonba

riyawina warruwa kanaplila Joowarri Joonba | GASP Light New Years Eve 2017.
GASP (Glenorchy Art & Sculpture Park), lutruwita (Tasmania).

pakana kanaplila dancers, riyawina warruwa kanaplila (Devil Devil Dance), lutruwita (Tasmania).
Sinsa Mansell, Jamie Graham, Craig Everett, Mitchem Maxwell, Harley Mansell, Niara Mansell, Linton Burgess and Robert Riley.

Gooniyandi Dancers, Joowarri Joonba (Devil Devil Dance), Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia.
Mervyn Street, June Davis, Anthony Dawson, Daniel Carrington, Dandrick Cherel, Timothy Gordon, Fabian Davis, Bruce Cox and Jai Cherel.

Curated by Jonathan Kimberley | Lighting by Jason James.

Collaborative performance by Gooniyandi Dancers & pakana kanaplila dancers bringing Joowarri Joonba & Riyawina Warruwa Kanaplila (two Devil Devil Dances) together from opposite sides of the continent of Australia for the first time. The performance culminated in a collaborative iteration, Devil Devil Dance, an extraordinary outdoor performance at midnight on the waterfront at GASP Light New Years Eve 2017.

Special thanks to: Sinsa Mansell, puralia meenamatta Jim Everett; Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency, Jen Sharman, Wes Maselli; and Tim Acker.