KoJo GrItIln 1J8IItIed. 2004

COR 200~ext Wa~e FesfuLaJL.-.- Brooklyn Academy of Music

Alan H. Fishman William I. Campbell Chairman of the Board Vice Chairman of the Board

Karen Brooks Hopkins Joseph V. Melillo President Executive Prod ucer

presents Bush Approximate BAM Harvey Theater running time: October 19, 21-23, 2004 at 7:30pm 1 hour and 15 minutes, no Choreographed by and Frances Rings intermission Composed by Steve Francis and David Page Set design by Peter England Costume design by Jennifer Irwin Lighting design by Nick Schlieper Associate lighting designer/Head LX Glenn Hughes

Artistic director Stephen Page Associate artistic director Frances Rings Guest performer and cultural consultant Kathy Balngayngu Marika

Company Timothy Bishop Jhuny-Boy Borja Victor Bramich Deborah Brown Yolande Brown Elma Kris Chantal Kerr Rheannan Port Sidney Saltner Patrick Thaiday Sani Townson

BAM 2004 Next Wave Festival is sponsored by Altria Group.

Major support for Bush is provided by The Jerome Robbins Foundation. Delta Air Lines is the official airline for BAM Dance with major support from The Harkness Foundation for Dance.

The opening night reception for Bush is sponsored by the Australian Consulate General in New York and Advance Australian Professionals in America.

Additional reception support is provided by Sylk Cream Liqueur. The IN:NycsM Card from American Express is the presenting sponsor for BAMfans young donors club. 2rogffilJJl...... --- _

BUSH

Creation (Wirrkul Manda) Based on the "Two sisters" creation story from North Arnhem Land. "They sang the songs and danced over the land ... Created all living things." Performers Kathy Balngayngu Marika and female ensemble Choreographers Stephen Page with Kathy Balngayngu Marika Composer Steve Francis

Goanna (Djanda) Each goanna (male totem) is given his sense of sight, sound, smell, taste, touch. Performers Kathy Balngayngu Marika and male ensemble Choreographer Stephen Page Composer David Page

Slither Every 100 years a sacred worm-like creature emerges from its journey through the Earth bringing with it knowledge-the women are chosen as the keepers of this knowledge. Performers Sidney Saltner, Kathy Balngayngu Marika, and female ensemble Choreographer Frances Rings Composer David Page

Ufe Cycle A metamorphosis, rejuvenation, and the passing on of knowledge-the life cycle of the caterpillar is observed and interpreted into a human physical form. Choreographers Stephen Page with Kathy Balngayngu Marika Com poser Steve Francis Leaf (Man'tjarr) Kathy Balngayngu Marika Caterpillar (Dapal) Rheannan Port, Jhuny-Boy Borja, and Victor Bramich Moth (Dhumar) Sani Townson and Deborah Brown

Stick Spirits Spirits-traditionally named Nganuk or Mimi-appear as messengers. They can come as good or bad signs. Performers Sidney Saltner, Patrick Thaiday, Timothy Bishop, and Elma Kris Choreographer Frances Rings Composer David Page

Dots An homage to the beauty and vitality of the dot painting, an ancient Aboriginal visual art form. Performers Yolande Brown, Deborah Brown, Chantal Kerr Choreographer Stephen Page Com poser Steve Francis

Feather (But'tju) Preparing the spirit and body for its journey into the next life cycle. Performers Frances Rings with Kathy Balngayngu Marika Choreographer Stephen Page Composer David Page ErogffiIT],---~ _

The Call The effects of western Christian influence on Indigenous beliefs, a struggle in spiritual response to a calling. Performers Jhuny-Boy Borja or Victor Bramich, Kathy Balngayngu Marika Choreographer Stephen Page Com poser Steve Francis

Ceremony The cycle of rituals in the celebration of death and rebirth. Water (Gapu) Performers Kathy Balngayngu Marika and female ensemble Choreography-Traditional Passing Performers Female ensemble Choreogra pher Frances Rings Composer Steve Francis Gift Performers Male ensemble Choreographer Stephen Page Composer David Page Clan Performers Full ensemble Choreographers Stephen Page, Frances Rings, and Kathy Balngayngu Marika Com poser Steve Francis

Notes

Bush is a lush and contemporary celebration of beauty, ritual, and music inspired by the Dreamtime creation stories of Arnhem Land. From the last breath of sunset to the first finger light of dawn, we enter a mysterious and secret space to witness nature's sacred poetry.

This is a story of the beginning of time as related through the dances, paintings, and songs of the Rirratjingu clan and language group. Two spirit sisters arrived in the east by guluwrru (canoe) holding their sacred objects. They danced to create firstly the landscape, then the animals, and finally the people, travelling inland westward. This story is only told at ceremonies to mark the passing of those who are held in the highest esteem. Permission to retell this story was given directly by the Marika family to Stephen Page, to honor the loss of his brother, dancer Russell Page, in order that Bangarra be cleansed and healed.

"My traditional family from Arnhem Land have supported and inspired me ceremonially and spiritually for a long time now. It is a great honor to be allowed to put these stories in the public domain in a contemporary context. This work is a bush galaxy of the poetic imagery and stories that make up our history-it embraces all the inspirations that come from living from the land. Bush is about welcoming the audience into this spiritual glory box and maintaining an honest respect for the land and its people." -Stephen Page, Artistic Director Wb 0's Wb'--"'oooL-o _

Stephen Page (artistic director), born in 1965 short work Alchemy. The following year, he in , descended from the Noonukul brought the Australian Ballet and Bangarra people and the Munaldjali clan of the Dance Theatre together in Rites, to Stravinsky's Yugambeh tribe from southeast . Rite of Spring. Rites premiered at the 1997 After graduating from NAISDA College in 1983, Festival and was performed two Page performed with the Dance years later at the and Company until 1988. In 1989 he directed New York's City Center. In the meantime, Page Kyan Walu for the NAISDA end of year produc­ choreographed Fish for Bangarra, with its world tion, and returned to Sydney Dance Company premiere at the Edinburgh International Festival from 1990 to 1991. In 1991 he choreographed before going to the Sydney Opera House in the Mooggrah for the SDC's season of Shakespeare Indigenous Festival of the Dreaming, first of the Dances, Trackers of Oxyrhyncus for the Sydney four Olympic Arts Festivals leading up to the Theatre Company, and a sextet for Opera Sydney 2000 Games. He also choreographed 's Marriage of Figaro. He joined the Festival of the Dreaming's opening event, Bangarra Dance Theatre in 1991 as principal The Awakening Ceremony, on the forecourt of choreographer and was appointed artistic direc­ the Sydney Opera House. In the 1990s, Page's tor by the end of the year. In 1992 he choreo­ choreographic and directing credits included graphed and directed Bangarra's first full-length indigenous Australians' participation in the work, Praying Mantis Dreaming. After creating opening of the 1993 World Youth Soccer Ninni, featuring actor Rachael Maza, Page col­ Championship at the Sydney Football Stadium; laborated with Bernadette Walong, then the contemporary operatic film Black River, Bangarra's assistant artistic director, to choreo­ winner of the Grand Prix Opera Screen '93 in graph Ochres. First seen in Sydney as a work Paris; Pride for ABC TV, a finalist in the in progress in 1994, Ochres was completed Canada's Banff Performing Arts Award; halftime and premiered in 1995, establishing itself as a entertainment for the 1993 Australian Football milestone for the company and for Australian League grand final; Black Vine, a celebration of dance. In 1996, Page made his creative debut indigenous song and dance; a new Australian with the Australian Ballet, choreographing the musical The Wedding Song, directed by Jim Sharman, and numerous rock videos. In 1993, drama, and after taking dance as an elective Page received a Mo Award for Dance, and subject, decided to pursue it as a career. While Bangarra was joint winner of the Sidney Myer she studied at NAISDA College, she also toured Performing Arts Award. He was given a Young with the Aboriginal and Islander Dance Australian Creative Fellowship in 1995 and a Theatre, performing in Kim Walker's production Green Room Award in Melbourne for Rites in of Harold and with Bangarra in Australian 1997. In 1998, he and his brothers David and Broadcasti ng Co. (ABC) TV's Seven Deadly Russell and Bangarra Dance Theatre were the Sins. In 2003, she acted in the ABC docudra­ focus of the documentary Urban Clan, which ma The Widower, due for release in 2004, and was screened on TV in Australia and Britain. has been presented on television shows ICAM Page also directed a screen version of Fish for (SBS Indigenous Current Affairs and Media SBS TV. He choreographed for the flag han­ program) and ABC's Sunday Afternoon Arts dover ceremony for the Atlanta Olympic Games Program. After graduating from NAISDA, Rings in 1996. In 2000, he directed the Indigenous joined Bangarra Dance Theatre in 1993, segment of the Opening and Closing cere­ performing in Praying Mantis Dreaming, Ninni, monies of the Sydney Olympic Games as well and Ochres. In 1995, backed by an Australia as Tubowgule, the opening ceremony of the Council grant, Rings studied at New York's Olympic Arts Festival. Bangarra Dance Theatre Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, focusing premiered a new work created for the occasion, on Graham and Lester Horton techniques as a Skin, at the Sydney Opera House, which has foundation for her dancing and future choreog­ since won Page and Bangarra the coveted raphy. She subsequently rejoined Bangarra and Helpmann Award for Best New Australian Work has since danced in every major production to and Best Dance Work in 2000. In 2001 Page's critical and popular acclaim. Her career high­ triple bill Corroboree toured nationally and lights include performing in the Opening internationally (including BAM), elevating Ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games; Bangarra's profile through a coast-to-coast tour performing at BAM as part of the Next Wave of the U.S. This major work earned Page the Down Under; performing Corroboree in 2001 Helpmann Award for Best Choreography in at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC; 2001. The following year, Page was honored interviewing Gerry Adams (Leader of Sinn Fein) with the Matilda Award for his contribution to for ICAM; presenting live-to-air coverage of the the arts in Queensland and choreographed Corroboree Walk across the Sydney Harbour Totem for the Australian Ballet's principal Bridge for the SBS telecast. In 2002 Ring dancer, Stephen Heathcoate, which premiered made her mainstage choreographic debut for in Brisbane to mark the ballet's 40th year. The Bangarra with the Rations bill of Walkabout to year 2002 saw the world premiere of outstanding critical acclaim. Awards include Bangarra's double bill, Walkabout. He is also Best New Australian Work at the 2003 the recipient of the 2004 Sidney Myer Helpmann Awards for Walkabout won and the Individual Award. As artistic director of the 2003 Deadly Award for Female Dancer of the 2004 Bank Festival of the Arts, Page Year. She co-choreographed and performed in has been praised for reinvigorating this world­ Bangarra's 2003 sold-out season of Bush and class festival, with an impressive and highly danced in Meryl Tankard's Pearl for the Sydney successful program. Opera House's 30th Anniversary. Highlights of 2004 were performing with Legs on the Wall in Frances Rings, (associate artistic director) 's fora Crossing for Sydney Adela ide-born, is a descenda nt of the Kokatha Festival, and the world premiere of her work Tribe and is also of German descent. At school Unaipon at the , as part of a she excelled in public speaking, speech, and Bangarra triple-bill. Who's Wb~o _

Kathy Balngayngu Marika, (guest performer Music (CASM) at Adelaide University. In 1989 and cultural consultant) born in Yirrkala, he moved to Sydney and teamed up with his Northern Territory (NT), is a senior woman of brothers Russell and Stephen, where he first her clan which is Rirratjingu, the first clan and created music for dance, working with The language group in that area. Her parents and Aboriginal and Islander Dance Theatre and grandparents taught her respect for all that can Sydney Dance Company. Page's career became be seen, felt and touched-the earth, people, intricately linked with Bangarra Dance Theatre animals, plants, special and sacred places. when he joined the company as resident From her mother and aunties she was taught composer in 1990. He composed scores for traditional dance and about how to identify their major works: Praying Mantis Dreaming, food to gather, such as berries, fish, and Ochres, Ninni, Fish, Skin, Corroboree, and oysters. She spent time sitting with her father Bush. He performed with Bangarra at WOMAD who showed her ba rk pa inti ng and told her concerts in Adelaide and Johannesburg in stories about markings and the sacred sites. 1899. In 1997 David Page was invited by his Marika has three children and is also a grand­ brother Stephen to compose the musical work mother of eight-year-old Gudili. In 1987 Alchemy for The Australian Ballet, which Marika, her four sisters, and their first cousin marked the beginnings of his collaboration with founded the Dhimurru Land Care council. Its Stephen Francis. In 2000, they contributed role was to regenerate the land that had been music to the Opening Ceremonies of the affected by mining in the area. The seeds from Sydney Olympic Games and the Sydney plants that had grown on former hunting Olympic Arts Festival, along with The Sydney grounds were collected for replanting. In Dreaming Festival in 2002. Page has also conjunction with Glen Whiteman from the NT contributed music to television, composing for Conservation Com mission, the grou p undertook Heartland, Pride (part of the "Seven Deadly field trips to record this regeneration project. Sins" series), and Poison for ABC. He wrote the Their work resulted in the book Rirratjingu themes for Songlines and Living Black for SBS. Botany, published in 1992. It was published He has worked with film directors Pauline in both English and Rirratjingu and was Clague, Rima Tamou, and Wesley Enoch on ded icated to the generations that preceded the short films such as Round Up, Passing Marika sisters. She has spent the last four Through, Grace, and Saturday Night Sunday years working at NAISDA tutoring students in Morning, all commissioned by the Australian Aboriginal Dance and Culture. Aspects of this Film Commission. Since 1995, Page has subject include art and craft, weaving, and received four Deadly Sound Awards, an ARIA carving. Marika speaks about her own culture nomination for Heartland in 1996, and was and tries to promote respect by sharing knowl­ given the first Indigenous Artist Award for The edge. Her appearance in Bangarra Dance Sidney Myer Foundation in 2000. Page is Theatre's work Bush (2003) marked her first represented by Sony Music Publishing. foray into contemporary dance theater. Marika most recently appeared in Bangarra's production Steve Francis (composer) is a music producer Clan (2004) in Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney. and composer who has worked with performers as diverse as Bob Geldof, the Divinyls, and The David Page's (composer) musical career began Australian Ballet. Born in the U.K, he grew up at the age of thirteen when he released two in Adelaide dividing his time between university singles with Atlantic Records. In the 1980s he and playing in local original bands doing the studied saxophone, voice, composition, and 'pub circuit.' After touring Australia with Fat song at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Lip, a hard rock band most know for long hair, Who's Wb~o _ tight jeans, and far too many Marshalls, Francis Sensing and Seven Deadly Sins for ABC TV, moved to Sydney to pursue his career. After World Youth Soccer Tournament television signing a major record deal with his band Opening (1994), costume cutter for The Matrix Kamsha, in the mid-80s, Francis again toured (1998), Mission Impossible II (1999), and Red live as well as performed on Countdown, Planet (1999); costume design for the Atlanta Sounds, and other TV shows. From this Francis Olympic hand over ceremony (1996), as decided to move into the production side of the well as the Atlanta Paralympic hand over, business. At first freelance and for the past ten Tubowgule for the Opening ceremony of the years with his own recording facility Francis Sydney Olympics Arts Festival 2000, and has produced, engineered, and programmed for Awakenings, the Indigenous component for the a huge variety of artists. Starting with chart Sydney 2000 Olympic Opening Ceremony topping pop acts such as Melissa, Euphoria, (Irwin made the Olympic Torch Lighting and Toni Pearen, Francis moved into more costume worn by Cathy Freeman). She co­ organic styles with bands such as The Divinyls, designed all costumes for the 2000 Olympic Matt Finish, and more recently young Triple J Closing Ceremony. In 2004 Irwin designed the unearthed winners, Sick Puppies. He even costumes for Bangarra's Unaipon, Sydney recorded Bob Geldof ina field in Goond iwi nd i Dance Compnay's Shades of Gray, and Adrian for Channel 4 in Britain. Francis has also com­ Burnett's new work for the Australian Ballet. posed music for ABC TV's award winning Box; Her costumes have been seen live on stage in SBSTV's Passing Through; the Australian Film 24 countries and before a television audience Commission's Saturday Night, Sunday estimated at 3.4 billion. Morning; and Leah Purcell's amazing solo show Box The Pony. For Bangarra Dance Dancers Theatre he has produced the music for Fish, Timothy Bishop was born in 1976 in co-composed Bipotim for DanceClan, acted as . His father was from Brewarrina and musical director for the company's WOMAD his grandparents were born in Walgett and performances, and produced and composed Hebel. Bishop is a dance graduate of NAISDA music for Skin and Corroboree. His recent Dance College NSW and first performed in composition for Bangarra's Walkabout has 1999. He enjoyed his first year with Bangarra earned him a Helpman Award nomination. in 2003 during its successful season of Bush. Francis produced and co-composed music for Highlights of his career include trips to Awakenings, the Indigenous section of the Jakarta, Indonesia to perform in the JAKART Sydney Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. International Arts Festival in 2001 and 2002, Most recently Francis composed the scores for and taking part in Awakening, the Indigenous the films Black Talk and Kathy as well as the segment of the Open ing Ceremony of the documentaries Macumba and Julie Dowling. Sydney Olympic Games in 2000. He has also travelled to Cairns, Darwin, and Perth to recruit Jennifer Irwin (costume designer) has future students for NAISDA Dance College. designed all the costumes for Bangarra per­ formances since 1991. She has also worked as Victor Bramich, born in Lae, Papua New resident costume designer for Sydney Dance Guinea has a cross-cultural background, a Company and as a freelance costume designer descendent of the Ra moi nya people on his in Rome and Verona. She also designed mother's side and English on his father's. Since Munaldgali, choreographed by Stephen Page, he graduated from the Queensland University for the Western Australian BalleVPerth festival of Technology, Bramich has performed with 2001. Her other credits include Cyrano de many of Australia's internationally acclaimed Bergerac for the Sydney Theatre Company, dance companies and choreographers. In Wbo's Wb~o _

1998, Bramich joined Bangarra Dance her career highlights. as was her appearance in Theatre, performing in most of the company's the documentary film Bush Survival in 2002, recent repertoire including Fish, Dance Clan 2, which aired on Channel 7 in March 2004. Corroboree, Walkabout, and Clan. Career highlights include receiving a Development Yolande Brown is a descendant of the Bidjara Grant from the Australia Council in 2000 clan of the Kunja nation, central Queensland where he travelled with a set constructor and and also shares Celtic and French origins. designer to his remote community on the Duke Brown gained a C.Mus.A (AMEB) in piano of York Islands in the East New Britain Province performance while completing her BA (Dance) of Papua New Guinea. at the Queensland University of Technology. Recently, she appeared nationally in the Nadia Jhuny-Boy Borja, was born in Manila, The Tass-directed musical The Lion, The Witch and Philippines, and brought up in the outback The Wardrobe. Since joining Bangarra in 1999 town of Katherine in the Northern Territory. Yolande's highlights with the company have Borja's dance career began in 1997, been dancing with the Pitjantjajara and Yirrkala performing in the Australian Choreographic people, performing in Rites (a collaboration Centre's inaugural fellowship project The with the Australian Ballet-New York City Thousand Mile Stare, choreographed by Brett Center) and Corroboree (BAM). A highlight of Daffy. In 2002 Borja completed his Bachelor of 2004 was dancing a solo performance in Arts with First Class Honours at WAAPA, apply­ Unaipon at the Adelaide Festival. ing evolutionary algorithms to choreographic processes. He has also worked as a software Chantal Kerr is of Aboriginal descent from the engineer and his other achievements include Taree area of the Birapi clan. A graduate of the highest University Entrance Score in the NAISDA Dance College, Kerr has performed at NT, the Australian National University's the Sydney Dreaming Festival, the NAIDOC National Undergraduate Scholarship, a Week Celebrations and the Comalco Alumina Bachelor of Science majoring in pure Conference in Brisbane. She has taken part in mathematics, and the NT Department of Arts the Anzac Day Performance on Norfolk Island & Museum's Arts Scholarship. Borja joined and at the Sydney Olympic Games Opening Bangarra Dance Theatre in 2003 and danced and Closing Ceremonies, in 2000. Touring in Bush and Clan. around Australia and Jakarta in 2001 was a career highlight for Kerr. She danced in Deborah Brown, born in 1978, Brisbane, is a the Sydney Dreaming Festival and at the descendant of Wakaid Clan, Badu Island. Her International Alumina Conference. Kerr joined grandmother is a descendant of the Mer people, Bangarra Dance Theatre in 2003, performing Murray Island, Baizam Clan. Brown has been in Bush (2003) and Clan (2004). involved in dance for over 20 years, and has worked with such choreographers as Elsie Elma Kris, born in 1972 and raised on Seaguss, Natalie Weir, and Lance Davies. Her Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, is a performance experience includes singing and descendant of the people from Western and dancing at the Black Diamond Sports Award Central Islands (PNG). Kris moved to Sydney to Night in 2001, and a professional role as further her studies in traditional Torres Strait Pearl in Luck of the Draw in 2000 at the dance at NAISDA College. She founded her Queensland Performing Arts Complex, both own dance group named Bibir (Strength) and with Kooemba Jdarra Performing Arts. Brown choreographed Malu, presented as part of joined Bangarra Dance Theatre in 2003 to Artyfact at the Opera House. She has performed perform in Bush, which she regards as one of in Bangarra productions Skin, Corroboree, Who's VVb~o _

Walkabout, Bush, and Unaipon at the 2004 Patrick Thaiday was born in 1970 in Biloela, Adelaide Festival. She has also appeared in Queensland to parents from lama and Erub in the films Oscar and Lucinda, Reef Dreaming, the Torres Strait Islands. Thaiday believes that Farscape, and also in the ABC Radio broadcast his desire to dance derives from his parents' Not Your Mob Next Door by Helen Anu. ancestors who originated from Lifu, South Sea Islands, and Jamaica. With a strong Rheannan Port, born in Mossman, Queensland cultural background, he grew up in Mackay, in 1979, is from the Lama Lama tribe on the Queensland, learning traditional dances from East coast of Coen, Cape York. She is a an early age. In 1999, he moved to Sydney to descendant of the Kuku Yulangi tribe of study at NAISDA, performing both traditional Daintree. Port is a Diploma Dance graduate of and contemporary dance. Thaiday has NAISDA Dance College NSW. She completed performed at the JAK ART Festival, Jakarta; her six-week secondment program at Bangarra, NAISDA's 25th Anniversary; Sydney's opening where she was offered a full-time position with and closing ceremonies for the 2000 Olympic the company. In 2002, she volunteered to con­ Games; the 2001 at duct workshops at Boopa Werem Pre-School in the Sydney Opera House; and more recently at Cairns. Port's performance history includes five Fox Studios for the film The Matrix: Reloaded. NAISDA End of Year Shows and Awakening, Thaiday joined Bangarra Dance Theatre in the Indigenous segment of the Opening and 2002, where his solo in Walkabout earned him Closing Ceremonies of the Sydney Olympic recognition. He also performed in Bush in Games 2000. She performed at the 2001 and 2003 and Unaipon at the 2004 Adelaide 2002 AUSDANCE awards, the Deadly Vibe Festival. Awards (2002, 2003) and at the JAKART International Arts Festival (2001, 2002) in Sani Townson was born in Townsville, North Jakarta, Indonesia. Since 2003, Port has Queensland in 1975, a descendant of the toured with Bangarra as part of The Dreaming Saibai Kadal clan, Saibai Island in the Torres regional tour, and performed in Bush (2003) Strait Islands. Townson joined Bangarra Dance and Clan (2004). Theatre in 2001 and has travelled with the company on regional tours to NSW, Victoria, Sidney Saltner was born in Theodore, Northern Territory, and South Australia. He also Queensland. He graduated from NAISDA toured internationally to Noumea, the U.S., College in 1991. Ca reer high lights incl ude China, and Monaco. Since 2001, Townson has perform ing in the open ing ceremony of the performed in Bangarra's Corroboree and at the Olympic Arts Festival, the opening and closing Adelaide Festival 2000 in Bangarra's award­ ceremonies of the Sydney 2000 Games, winning production Skin. In 2003, he was and Bangarra's Skin and Corroboree (both nominated for Best Male Performer at the Australian and US versions), for which he Indigenous Deadly Vibe Awards. He also received acclaim for his performance by U.S. performed in Bangarra's Walkabout, Bush, critics. Saltner has also performed major roles and at the world premiere of Clan in 2004. in Walkabout (2002), Bush (2003), and Clan (2004). He was nominated for Best Male Dancer in the 2003 Australian Dance Awards, and also for the 2003 . General Manager Brett Davidson Company Manager Jasmine Gulash Rehearsal Director Cathie Goss Production Manager Vanessa Hutchins

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