★★★★★ - A collaboration of staggering ambition, realised with a level of finesse that makes it a privilege to experience.
Birds flock without a leader. A mass of individuals becomes the crowd. Spontaneous order arises from chaos.
When Australian recorder virtuoso Genevieve Lacey spent time with guqin master Wang Peng at Jun Tian Fang—specialists in the ancient Chinese instrument—neither knew the extraordinary fruit that would flower from their collaboration. Now these unique talents have added director and choreographer Gideon Obarzanek and composer Max de Wardener who together have fashioned a transformative immersion in music and dance.
Masterful choreography and everyday movement, ritual and improvisation, nature and civilisation are all driven into a state of flux in this hypnotic experience. Patterns emerge as sound and music become echoes of one another, while the bodies of the audience themselves become implicit in the dance.
This brave cross-cultural world premiere is both meditative and electric, an experience of deep listening in which the most powerful voice comes from within.
FEATURING DANCERS FROM
Beijing Dance Theater & Dancenorth Australia
STORIES FROM HOME
GENEVIEVE LACEY & GIDEON OBARZANEKTHE WHEELER CENTRE
MON 15 OCTOBER 6.15PM
Meet the team behind the incredible One Infinity project, which was developed during a Beijing residency by Australian artists in collaboration with local musicians and dancers.
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★★★★ - The music is wonderfully meditative and layered ... [One Infinity] explores how sound, dance and ritual can create a shared fulfilment.
- Producer
- Ziyin Wang Gantner
- Associate Producer
- Jess Zhang
- Producer (China)
- Wang Peng
- Director/Choreographer
- Gideon Obarzanek
- Associate Choreographer
- Amber Haines
- Co-Composer
- Max de Wardener
- Co-Composer/Musician
- Genevieve Lacey
- Co-Composer/Musician
- Wang Peng
- Lighting Designer
- Damien Cooper
- Sound Designer
- Jim Atkins
- Costume Designer
- Harriet Oxley
- Set Design
- Gideon Obarzanek/Damien Cooper
- Jun Tian Fang Music Ensemble
- Beijing Dance Theatre
- Dancenorth Australia
Partners
Presenting Partner
With support from
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Major Festivals Initiative, in association with the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals Inc., commissioned by Melbourne International Arts Festival, Sydney Festival and Perth Festival.
PHOTO | Sarah Walker
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