Dancing in Shadows explores the power of Indigenous performance pitted against the forces of settler colonisation. Historian Anna Haebich documents how the Nyungar people of Western Australia strategically and courageously adapted their rich performance culture to survive the catastrophe that engulfed them, and generously share their culture, history and language in theatre. Performing arts. | Noongar (Australian people) | Dance, Aboriginal Australian. | Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Social life and customs. | Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- History. | Aboriginal Australians -- Interviews. | Aboriginal Australians -- Music. | Aboriginal Australians -- History. | Arts, Aboriginal Australian. | Theater, Aboriginal Australian. | Australian