{"id":706,"date":"2021-11-09T06:58:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T06:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crossencounters.com.au\/?p=706"},"modified":"2025-02-20T12:57:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T12:57:00","slug":"la-mamas-war-rak-banksia-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crossencounters.com.au\/?p=706","title":{"rendered":"La Mama\u2019s War-Rak\/Banksia Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We are excited to announce that Nirvana will debut on December 11, 2021 as the opening performance at the La Mamica Takeover evening at La Mama’s War-Rak\/Banksia Festival!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nirvana is an innovative intercultural physical theatre piece combining a first time ever Guitar\/Guzheng musical collaboration. Based on the theme of the \u2018Phoenix’s rebirth from fire\u2019. It presents a story about building the strength to withstand hardship, through a unique cross-cultural performance with a distinctive musical approach toaccompaniment featuring Chinese and Western elements. The collaboration between artists from different cultural backgrounds is the cornerstone of this project. The story, performance style, music and creative line up are all dynamic elements which make for an unexpected encounter and a truly unique work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lead by emerging director Bronya Doyle and assistant director Naomi Zhou, this show illustrates the process of rebirth and change, while finding beauty and strength in hardship. The intercultural nature of the music created by experienced local musician John O’beirne and Chinese artist Vicky Deng adds a strong flavour to the piece. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’re looking forward to seeing you at La Mama’s War-Rak\/Banksia Festival!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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