2009-2010 Songlines
This was a student devised performance based on the stimulus of Bruce Chatwin's book " Songlines".
Bruce Chatwin's Book - SONGLINES - 1987
"...the labyrinth of invisible pathways which meander all over Australia and are known to Europeans as 'Dreaming-tracks' or 'Songlines'; to the Aboriginals as the 'Footprints of the Ancestors' or the 'Way of the Law'.Aboriginal Creation myths tell of the legendary totemic being who wandered over the continent in the Dreamtime, singing out the name of everything that crossed their path- birds, animals, plants, rocks, waterholes- and so singing the world into existence."( Wikipedia)
Student were asked to take on a number of roles - performer, devisor, director and leader in an area of production.
Each student used the stimulus in their own way to create a 5 minute performance that was woven together using song and dancing.
It was quite a spiritual journey.
Bruce Chatwin's Book - SONGLINES - 1987
"...the labyrinth of invisible pathways which meander all over Australia and are known to Europeans as 'Dreaming-tracks' or 'Songlines'; to the Aboriginals as the 'Footprints of the Ancestors' or the 'Way of the Law'.Aboriginal Creation myths tell of the legendary totemic being who wandered over the continent in the Dreamtime, singing out the name of everything that crossed their path- birds, animals, plants, rocks, waterholes- and so singing the world into existence."( Wikipedia)
Student were asked to take on a number of roles - performer, devisor, director and leader in an area of production.
Each student used the stimulus in their own way to create a 5 minute performance that was woven together using song and dancing.
It was quite a spiritual journey.
