FESTIVAL: Fourth Annual OzAsia Festival - The Adelaide Festival Centre, 17 September – 2 October [22.08.2010]
OzAsia Festival
17 September – 2 October
The Adelaide Festival Centre
A treasure trove of music, dance, theatre, film, food and exhibitions unveiled at the 2010 OzAsia Festival Program launch
The Adelaide Festival presents the best of Asia’s arts and culture while celebrating Australia’s diverse multicultural society and its position within the Asia Pacific region. It is proudly supported by Major Festival Partner Santos.
Come join the celebrations in September, when once again the Adelaide Festival Centre will be transformed into a cultural melting pot. Experience this ground breaking festival that promotes cultural understanding and tolerance through creative collaboration. The Festival is now the nation’s pre-eminent platform for Australian/Asian dialogue and collaboration in the performing arts.
The 2010 program features 133 artists from Korea, Indonesia, Tibet, Malaysia, India, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong and the best from Australia. There will be 11 shows plus 6 special events, 3 food events, 8 forums, 19 films, 6 short films and 5 exhibitions. 11 Adelaide premieres, including 3 Australian premieres and 1 world premiere.
Including: from the maker of Chika (OzAsia Festival 2008) comes AASRN member Mayu Kanamori’s In Repose, an artistic homage to Japanese migrants who lived and died in Australia since the late 1800s and have been buried here. In Repose, merges story-telling, photography, soundscape, koto, music and dance inspired by old Japanese cemeteries in Australia. A Kuyo – a Japanese term describing an act of ceremonial offering to respect, honour and calm the spirits of the deceased – In Repose also honours the local Australian Indigenous communities who to this day are looking after the graves of these Japanese migrants, buried far away from their native land. 1 – 2 October, Space Theatre.
For more information see: http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au