Children's Cheering Carpet: Saltbush

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Event Children's Cheering Carpet: Saltbush
Venue The Studio (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW
First Date 2 July 2016
Last Date 10 July 2016
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Saltbush is an interactive journey for children through the culture and landscape of Aboriginal Australia, celebrated through live dance, music, song and stories. Insite Arts and Compagnia TPO collaborated with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians to create this absorbing educactional performance piece that uses a touch-sensitive floor and infra-red imaging technology to trigger images and sound. Saltbush is about the journey of two friends from different Aboriginal backgrounds. they travel across Australia's diverse landscape discovering rivers, cities, deserts and the sea.
Description Source Brochure
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Indigenous
Children's Theatre
Ecological Theatre
Subjects Environment
Journey
On Country
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Deon Hastie Choreographer
Lou Bennett Composer
Rosealee Grimes Dancer
Sani Townson Dancer
Jason Cross Director
Davide Venturini Director
Sasha Zahra Dramaturg/e
Jada Alberts Performer
Delwyn Mannix Visual Director
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Brochure Sydney Opera House What's On Brochure, Jun/Jul 2016
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 138252