C1 Seeds of Life

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April 28, 2023
11.00am - 12.45pm
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National Arboretum
Forest Drive, off Tuggeranong Parkway, Weston Creek, Canberra, ACT 2601
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In Association with

Presented in partnership with Ausdance ACT and Australian Dance Party
Seeds of Life marks the ten-year anniversary of the National Arboretum Canberra, and 20 years since the devastating Canberra bush fires. The Djinama Yilaga choir, rising star clarinettist Oliver Shermacher perform together with local artists for a celebration of life and new growth. The event culminates with a performance of a new work by Australian Dance Party, co-commissioned by Ausdance ACT and Canberra International Music Festival.
Hillscape is the new work choreographed by Australian Dance Party’s Ashlee Bye with new composition by Dan Walker for Seeds of Life. We enter the vastness of the landscape to celebrate the Sisyphean cycle of generation and regeneration. Expanding and connecting into strong networks to negotiate the precariousness of the ecosystem, we reach out of the earth to climb and tumble, to bustle and thrive.
Hillscape is performed by Ashlee Bye, Yolanda Lowatta and Patricia Hayes Cavanagh with the support of Australian Dance Party.
Program
Margaret Whitlam Pavilion
Oliver Shermacher, clarinet
Jürg Wyttenbach, Una chica en Nirvana (2002)
Alice Chance, Stargazer
Nikola Resanovic, alt.music.ballistix (1995)
A Matter of Fax
A Soliloquy
A Balkan Dance
Convolution@uakron.edu
Gallery of Gardens
Terra Australis Garden: Miroslav Bukovsky, trumpet
Celebration Garden: Flora Carbo, saxophone with Theo Carbo, electric guitar
AIDS Garden of Reflexion: John Mackey, saxophone
Discovery Garden: Djinama Yilaga Choir
Amphitheatre
Hillscape , a new work commissioned by Ausdance ACT and Canberra International Music Festival for Australian Dance Week
Choreography: Ashlee Bye for Australian Dance Party
Music: Dan Walker
Dancers: Australian Dance Party
Ashlee Bye, Yolanda Lowatta, and Patricia Hayes-Cavanagh.
Artists
Djinama Yilaga choir
Oliver Shermacher, clarinet
Theo Carbo, electric guitar
Flora Carbo, saxophone
Miroslav Bukovsky, trumpet
John Mackey, saxophone
Ashlee Bye, choreographer
Ashlee Bye, dancer
Yolanda Lowatta, dancer
Patricia Hayes-Cavanagh, dancer
With thanks to Dr Cathy Adamek (Ausdance), Alison Plevey (Australian Dance Party) and A Major Lift for making this new work possible.