This photograph of dancer Tina Yong performing with Bharatam Dance Company is a triumph of light and shade. (Photo, 1988.)
Yong was a founding member of renowned dancer and choreographer Dr Chandrabhanu OAM's Melbourne-based company, which pioneered the bringing of Indian classical dance to mainstream professional stages in Australia.
According to IndianLink, '... Bharatam paved the way for cross-cultural understanding during multicultural Australia’s infancy, achieving a level of commercial and critical success amongst a non-South Asian audience hitherto unheard of for a traditional form.'
**This photograph is part of an IA series that looks at Australia through the lens of award-winning photojournalist Bill McAuley.**
Bill McAuley's 40-plus-year news career began in 1969 as a cadet photographer at 'The Age' in Melbourne.
He has several published collections, including 'Portraits of the Soul: A lifetime of images with Bill McAuley' and 'Last light on Victoria Dock, 1999'. To see more from Bill, click here.
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