Dance – Castlemaine State Festival 2013

entomo

ggadmin — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:42:09 +0000

Spain’s EA&AE present a contemporary urban dance that analyses the insect world.
Through a magnifying glass we observe two small creatures and the microcosm that surrounds them. They may be humans, they may be insects.

Performed more than 75 times in 12 countries, this show has received multiple awards and accolades.

entomo is a collaboration between EA&AE, the Consulate General of Spain in Melbourne and Spanish Cultural Action (AC/E) who work to promote Spanish culture internationally.

EA&AE features, Elias Aguirre and Alvaro Esteban, two contemporary Spanish dancers based in Madrid.

Opening Night Party Featuring The Black Diamonds

ggadmin — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 02:57:39 +0000

Forged under a million years of pressure, The Black Diamonds are the demons of the art of late nightclub music that your dancing feet have been waiting for. Launching the 2013 Castlemaine State Festival and offering much late night revelry, be prepared for two special nights of musical gems and special guest performances. The Diamonds will meld a musical cocktail that spans the length and breadth of the globe. Expect dynamite.

Leading the ensemble are some familiar truants — Justin Marshall (Heraldo and the Flaming Flamingo Orchestra), Dan Witton (Cosmo Cosmolino) and Eamon McNelis (Flap) are joined by some of the finest artists to be bribed with riches including Ms Terry (Flying Scribble) and Lilkoi Kaos (Caravan Burlesque)

From Swing, to Balkan Beats, Cumbia to Calypso, Afro Beat to Zombie Boogaloo, this special Festival band is ready to put on a show like no other.

Musical Direction: Justin Marshall
Performance: Lilikoi Kaos, Zoe Robbins and Skye Gellman
Musicians: Ms Louise Terry, Dan Witton, Eamon Mc Nellis, Michael Timcke, Don Stuart, Gideon Brazil, Myles White, Rory Mc Dougall, Dolan Jones.

Waking the dead is their specialty, so don’t be surprised if you see apparitions in the rafters and shadows come to life, as The Black Diamond Band sparkles.

Flap!

nathan — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 03:31:45 +0000

‘FLAP!’ yelled Jess Guille to a bird battling headwinds in the stratosphere … and so, as legend has it, the name of this fiery Melbourne band was born.

Flap! is a blistering yet charming five-piece band of brass, guts, words and skins who crank out up-tempo songs, turning street shoes into dancing shoes. They play original music that is both old and new, inspired by the entire human diaspora. Influences from 1920s jazz, Gypsy Brass, English Folk and Trinidadian Calypso can be heard peeping through their antipodean veneer.

Formed during an informal jam at the 2007 Port Fairy Folk Festival and playing their first gig at the Woodstock Cafe at Christiania, Copenhagen, that same year, Flap! have since become Festival favourites across Australia. Flap! are definitely an ‘up’ band, now veterans of the best of Australia’s music Festival circuit.

Fresh from their A Great Day For The Race two-month European tour in late 2012, Flap! are in Castlemaine pumped and hot-to-trot.

Tuba Skinny

nathan — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:59:12 +0000

Formed in the streets of New Orleans in 2009, Tuba Skinny has steadily evolved from a loose collection of street musicians into a solid ensemble dedicated to bringing the traditional New Orleans sound to audiences around the world. Drawing on a wide range of musical influences — from spirituals to Depression-era blues, from ragtime to traditional jazz — their sound evokes the rich musical heritage of their New Orleans home.

Performing old blues and Dixieland jazz from the 1920s and 30s, brassy swing and joyful swagger are theirs. The raspy, belted vocals of Erika Lewis have been compared to those of Mae West — so if you remember her distinctive voice, you had better come along. The band has gained a loyal following through their distinctive sound, their commitment to reviving long-lost songs, and their barnstorming live performances.

Todd Burdick — tuba
Ryan Baer — banjo, guitar
Barnabus Jones — trombone
Shaye Cohn — cornet, fiddle
Robin Rapuzzi — washboard, percussion
Erika Lewis — vocals

‘Fact is, I believe Tuba Skinny is actually ‘The Cure for The Common Cold’’
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The Clubrooms

nathan — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:22:41 +0000

Need a warm up and wind down pre and post festival events?

Come to THE CLUBROOMS where you can warm up for an evening of Festival performances or wind down when the performances are done and dusted. Kick off, kick back and have a ball backstage at the Castlemaine Town Hall.

Sporting a rub-a-dub bar and grub, The Clubrooms have a trophy winning atmosphere and A-grade performances backstage, on stage, and beyond – warm ups, coaching, coaxing, crazy dance, cool tunes and hip moves, The Clubrooms combine live art with Allstar attitude, cabaret with locker room cheek, deep heat and Dencorub.

Featuring the Allstars, The Black Diamonds, Tuba, Flap! and guest players from the festival “bench”.

Come celebrate with the team ‘til the stars go home.

The Black Diamonds

admin — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 03:52:53 +0000

From Swing, to Balkan Beats, Cumbia to Calypso, Afro Beat to Zombie Boogaloo, this special Festival band is ready to put on a show like no other.

The Black Diamonds are also performing at the Opening Night Party.

Water Reflection

nathan — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 03:22:57 +0000

With renowned award-winning Danish children’s theatre company Carte Blanche, dive into a puzzling world of water and visual echoes through Water Reflection, where questions are asked about the very meaning of life.

Enter into an evolutionary journey starting with the very first unconscious being, and progress to the present day where we (humans) live with an acute sense of self-awareness (sometimes). Be challenged about the origins of life itself. Discover a puzzling world, where the unsettling lurks just beneath the surface.

This work is quite unlike anything you will have seen before and may even be more exciting than the Danish royal nuptials.

Idea, staging, set design and lighting by Sara Topsøe-Jensen
Music and sound by Rasmus Christensen
Performance and choreography by Kristofer Krarup and Cindy Rudel
Technical management and lighting by Karsten Nisbeth
Set design by Karsten Nisbeth and Troels Lindebjerg
Voice-over by Lars Høy

‘Carte Blanche has created a totally unique and unusual performance about evolution of life. It is truly a performance of such a kind, that you only rarely can experience’.
Herlev Teater, Denmark