Stephen Page stands wrapped in scarf and beanie against the morning winter chill at Sydney’s Marrinawi (big canoe) cove, at the northern end of Barangaroo reserve. “This mouth of water, one of the biggest in the world, it’s an operatic landscape and it was so inspirational,” he says.
As he looks past the sculpted sandstone across the harbour, the acclaimed choreographer recollects the Eora nation stories that prompted some of his best-known dance works during his 31 years as artistic director of the Sydney-based Bangarra Dance Theatre.
