Chrysalis

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Event Chrysalis
Venue Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW
First Date 31 December 1980
Dates Estimated No
Status Unknown
World Premiere No
Description As part of the launching of the International Year of Disabled Persons.
"From 11.15pm the concert will be under the control of the International Year of Disabled Persons organisers. Included in their section of the concert is Julian Lee, a blind jazz pianist, and his trio. Also appearing will be the theatre group Naliandrah, which will perform 'Chrysalis', in which 17 people, about half of them disabled, enact in a dance mime the process of emergence of a disabled person from the handicap of a chrysalis into a world where they determine their own fate."
"Of the 10,000 tickets, 4,000 have been earmarked for disabled people and their families."
Description Source Article
Primary Genre Dance
Secondary Genre Mime
Dance Theatre
Integrated ensemble
Subjects Disability
Related Events
Further Information Source: No author. 1980. “Year of Disabled to be launched at Opera House.” The Canberra Times, 30 December, page 6.
Event Status Completed
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 146424