FERTILE GROUND
Presented by Metro Arts
By Ashleigh Musk and Michael Smith
We are here to witness our failing paradise.
Suspended in time, vulnerable bodies navigate a forest of cement. Landscapes shift, rise and crumble, as audience and performers move through avalanches of decay. Gritty transformations reveal spaces for hope and action.
With vivid choreography, Fertile Ground manipulates space, sound and a brutalist pile of concrete bricks in this ground-breaking participatory performance.
DATES
Tue 25 – Sat 29 May, 2021
TICKETS
Please note: Tickets for Fertile Ground are not yet available and will go on-sale closer to the event date.
General Admission $35 + booking fee
Concession $25 + booking fee
Groups 6+ $25 + booking fee
Preview Tue 25 May $25 + booking fee
Booking fee $0.50 per ticket purchased
DURATION
90 mins
AGES + WARNINGS
TBC
Image by Pierce Eldridge
THE ARTISTS
Choreographer / Performer Ashleigh Musk
Choreographer / Performer Michael Smith
Sound Composition and Design Anna Whitaker
Dramaturge Liesel Zink
Access Consultant Daniele Constance
Lighting Design Tom Roach
Costume Design Libby Mcdonnell
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Fertile Ground has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
Fertile Ground was developed with Dancenorth in 2020, supported by LGI through a studio residency at WXYZ studios, HOTA, Home of the Art and through an Ausdance QLD and Australiasian Dance Collective Four Walls Residency and an Ausdance QLD Public Space and Participation Residency.




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