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The troupe is at Leeward Community College this weekend for concerts 8 p.m. Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday at LCC Theatre.
Djakapurra Munyarryun from the Yirrkala community in Arnhemland is the cultural heart of the group. He spends half the year dancing with the company and working with choreographer Stephen Page to tell stories of contemporary aborigines. He spends the other six months of the year fulfilling his duties as song-man in his community.
Bangarra has taken its melding of ancient images and modern music and movement throughout the world, most recently touring Britain and the United States.
Tickets for the show are $20; $17.50 for students, seniors and the military. Call 455-0385 or visit http://LCCTheatre.hawaii.edu.
Tiknis, 48, who takes the Midland position May 15, is leaving the Hawaii post he's held for five years to be closer to his parents who are ill and living in Texas.
Tiknis was selected from 22 candidates, said Judy Rapanos, chairperson of Midland's Board of Directors.
The center, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, is a mostly privately funded organization with a $42-million endowment. The Honolulu Symphony's endowment is $6.5 million.
In the last several years the Center has been host to several prestigious orchestras, including Philadelphia, Detroit and Chicago symphonies and the New York Philharmonic.
During Tiknis' tenure in Honolulu he's guided the orchestra from a position of financial need to solvency. A search for his replacement is underway.
