OzAsia Festival
The OzAsia Festival offers you an eclectic mix of dance, music, theatre, visual art, food and free events, involving a wide variety of Australian and Asian artists and a number of Australian premieres.
It opens with the free Moon Lantern Festival. Elder Park will come alive with community dance and music performances and workshops, and a parade by hundreds of South Australian school children with beautiful hand-made lanterns. Guest artists from the 2008 OzAsia Festival program will also perform, and a delicious selection of Asian cuisine and moon cakes, and traditional lanterns, will be available for purchase.
In an Australian exclusive, Zhengzhou Song and Dance Theatre will present the epic dance drama Shaolin in Wind at this year's Festival. This stunning production features more than 70 performers on stage and incorporates classical ballet, martial arts and acrobatics combined with lavish sets and amazing costumes in an epic tale of love, loss and finally justice.
For the first time, in 2008 the OzAsia Festival also includes a film component: OzAsia On Screen.
Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd will deliver the keynote address at the festival's symposium, exploring the challenges and opportunities for closer cultural engagement with Asia in the 21st Century. Throughout the day a wide variety of topics will be explored, featuring local, national and international experts from backgrounds such as education, philosophy, government, the arts, international relations and cultural studies.
Korean company Tuida uses traditional paper puppets, native markets and recycled-material percussion instruments to present the heart-warming fairytale The Tale of Haruk. Venture into the intriguing, bizarre world of Haruk and his loving parents in an exploration of desire, parental love and the way we communicate.
And well-known local musician and Artistic Director of Soundstream Contemporary Music Ensemble, Gabriella Smart, has fashioned an evening of new classical music that is poised between the ancient traditions of Asian and the West with Ecstatic Dancers.
These are just a sample of what's on offer at the stunning OzAsia Festival. Not to be missed.
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