Mayakeniny with Maatakitj

Boomerang and Spear

Mayakeniny means singing and dancing in Noongar language. Maatakitj (skinny-legs-like-spears) is the name of the song-maker. Sidney Myer Award winning director Kylie Bracknell leads an ensemble of Noongar performers immersing audiences in new songs and dances that embody the creatures and features of Western Australia’s southwest corner and southern coast, Noongar boodjar. Combining the old, new and everlasting, Mayakeniny with Maatakitj shares something unique, grounded and empowering at the community level.

Reviews

‘Maatakitj’s eminently danceable and compelling songs in language mark his rich and evolving culture with driving rhythms and complex tempos and were clearly appreciated by the audience’.
Lisa Lanzi, Stage Whispers

‘Clint, whose great passion is the revitalisation of Noongar language and song, is no mere academic but a charismatic stage performer blessed with the powerful voice and rhetorical and compositional talents to convincingly connect past, present and future’. Will Yeoman, Limelight

‘A clattering of clapsticks and a rush of strings triggered the chant “Bindari”; rhythm, harmony and Maatakitj’s powerful, generous voice painting a folkloric soundscape with overtones of pop’. David Cusworth, The West Australian

Technical

Venue Format
Outdoor space
Site-specific
Flexible

Artforms

Ballet and Dance
Children and Families
Classical and Traditional Music
Contemporary Music
Interdisciplinary or Hybrid
Participatory and Immersive

Audience

Adults - General
Children and Families
First Nations/Indigenous People
People in Regional/Remote Areas
Young Adults

Costs

Remount Cost: $5 - 10k

Weekly Fee: To be determined

Per Performance Fee: $5 - 10k

Company Contacts

Contact Name:

Kylie

Bracknell

Email: boomerangandspear@gmail.com

Phone: 0407 071 340

Company Bio

Boomerang and Spear are Award-winning creatives, Noongar language activists and production team Kylie Bracknell and Clint Bracknell AKA Maatakitj. Together, they are responsible for ground-breaking works including the Hecate, the Noongar-language adaptation of MacBeth and the Noongar dub of Bruce Lee’s film ‘Fist of Fury’ retitled ‘Fist of Fury Noongar Daa’. They have co-produced major events Noongar Wonderland and Song Circle with Perth Festival. Performing original Noongar song and dance together under Clint's stage name Maatakitj, they recently toured Australia supporting multiple Grammy Award winner Angelique Kidjo. Kylie received a prestigious Sydney Myer Performing Arts Award in 2020.

Company Website

https://www.boomerangandspear.com/about

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CircuitWest acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the Country on which we live and work across Western Australia and their connections to land, sea, and community. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

Mayakeniny with Maatakitj

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