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Wudjang : Not the Past is Stephen Page's swan song after 30 years at the helm of Australia\\u2019s First Nation company, Bangarra Dance Theatre. This production is their biggest yet; a contemporary corroboree of story, poetry, song, dance and music, told by twenty-six performers on stage. This is a new work and as the last in Stephen\\u2019s long career as Artistic Director of Bangarra Dance, the pressure is on to create his crowning achievement in a short eight weeks where it will premier at Sydney Festival, a huge cultural event that takes place across Sydney in January. The work lives close to Stephen\\u2019s experience of family, drawing on his father\\u2019s lost language of Mibinyah from Yugambeh Country and the songlines of his Aboriginal heritage. It\\u2019s a work that addresses ancestors and new knowledge and connects the past with the present. It\\u2019s a fusion of form that elevates and strengthens the continent\\u2019s troubled culture and moves from the land and ritual to the stage. Join Regina Botros as she follows Stephen in his creative process from conception to completion. She\\u2019ll also talk with the other creatives in this very collaborative production including; award winning co-writer Alana Valentine, composer Steve Francis, designer Jacob Nash and dancer Daniel Mateo. Wudjang: Not The Past is the first co-production between Bangarra Dance Theatre, until recently, Australia\\u2019s only First Nations company and Sydney Theatre Company.