What is “The Walyalup Dreaming Project”

The Nyoongar Dreaming story of the Waagul (Rainbow Serpent) and its fight with Yondock (crocodile) came alive at the 2002 Fremantle Festival, the project enriched both the local Aboriginal community as well as the broader community.

A performance was created from stories told by local aboriginal elders and then played by aboriginal children. The performance was the culmination of many months of meetings, rehearsals and puppet making.

Making of “The Fremantle Dreaming Project"

This film explores how a traditional Indigenous story is translated from an oral story into a performance involving dance, puppetry, music and voice. By collecting interviews with the key people in the project the documentary examines the process of creating such a performance, layering interviews behind actual footage collected during the performance, rehearsals and meetings. Important issues such as correctly interpreting Dreaming Stories will be explained by aboriginal Elders. The conversion of an oral story into performance will also be explained by those involved. I see this film being used as a tool by any community group to bring together ideas and the right people to create original performance. The Performance Following the documentary the performance will be presented in full filmed at the Fremantle oval during the Fremantle Festival 2002. Footage was collected on the night from four different cameras.