ONE of the Border’s most immersive arts experiences this year is coming to the stage in Wodonga.
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Presented by Murray Conservatorium, Out of Chaos Comes Beauty by SOQ Collective is a story of beauty expressed through music, movement, art, film and projection at The Cube Wodonga on October 28.
The world premiere show incorporates original live music (voice, saxophone and string quartet), dance and projected visual art.
The director for the show, Peter J Adams, is also the producer/director for David Attenborough, Louis Theroux, Michael Palin and Bear Grylls.
Adams devised and staged Michael Palin’s Australian /New Zealand Tour, celebrating his work with Monty Python and as a Gentleman Adventurer, and worked extensively with David Attenborough, devising and staging three national tours.
Murray Conservatorium general manager Jenny O’Hara said the collective was incredibly lucky to work with Adams.
“We are fortunate to work with him and he has been incredible in his creative capacity,” she said.
Nine regional Australian artists inspired by contemporary Australian culture, place and relationships perform in Out of Chaos Comes Beauty.
They celebrate relationships of people to land and each other through dance, songs and visual art that challenges, disrupts and celebrates the emergence of beauty as a cyclical and seasonal response to chaos.
The performance/touring team comprises vocalist, saxophonist, dancer, visual artist, string quartet and technical director/stage manager.
Adams said Out of The Chaos Comes Beauty was an important immersive arts experience.
“This is a compelling narrative where art forms combine to comment on the fragility of life, its humour and intrinsic beauty,” he said.
Murray Conservatorium chief executive Stephen O’Connell has composed music for the SOQ Collective show, which has been arranged for string quartet, voice and saxophone by arranger Kevin Barker.
O’Connell is committed to advancing the notion that all art forms are vital for the ongoing health of communities.
Choreographer and dancer Tim Podesta is a graduate of the Australian Ballet School and as a dancer worked with numerous companies internationally.
In 2006 Tim founded PROJECTion Dance and he has recently had works premiere in Australia, New Zealand, the US, Britain and Europe.
Bookings for Out of Chaos Comes Beauty are essential for the 7.30pm show at The Cube Wodonga. Online ticket sales are available until two hours before the show.