Landscapes of Indigenous Performance CD Peter Coppin

Peter Coppin

Seeing the past in the present

as well as the construction of railway lines and highways

courtesy Torress Strait Regional Authority & National Museum of Australia

It encourages a deeper appreciation of the ways Aboriginal peoples have engaged with

Landscapes of Indigenous Performance CD Peter CoppinLandscapes of Indigenous Performance brings together a wide range of contemporary explorations of Indigenous music and dance in the Torres Strait and the tropical regions of the Northern Territory. This collection shows how traditional music and dance have responded to colonial control in the past and more recently to other external forces beyond local control. It looks at musical pasts and presents as a continuum of creativity; at contemporary