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'A vintage Australian children's book, long out of print, has been brought back to life through a magical new composition and dance theatre work for this centrepiece event of QMF 2011.
Two of Australia's top-tier creative practitioners - composer Elena Kats-Chernin and director/choreographer Rosetta Cook - have together crafted a new interpretation of the 1922 whimsy, The Little Green Road to Fairyland.
This world premiere work comprises an exquisite musical score enhanced for live performance by dance, movement, physical theatre, song and narration.
Featuring the stunning vocals of Katie Noonan and narrated by Christine Johnston, this QMF commission blurs conventional boundaries of "family entertainment" with its simultaneous embrace of make-believe storytelling and contemporary music supplemented by dance.
The tale is set against an Australian bush backdrop and tells of a fairy questing to return from the mortal world to Fairyland after relinquishing fairyhood for human form.' (Source: QTIX website)
Two of Australia's top-tier creative practitioners - composer Elena Kats-Chernin and director/choreographer Rosetta Cook - have together crafted a new interpretation of the 1922 whimsy, The Little Green Road to Fairyland.
This world premiere work comprises an exquisite musical score enhanced for live performance by dance, movement, physical theatre, song and narration.
Featuring the stunning vocals of Katie Noonan and narrated by Christine Johnston, this QMF commission blurs conventional boundaries of "family entertainment" with its simultaneous embrace of make-believe storytelling and contemporary music supplemented by dance.
The tale is set against an Australian bush backdrop and tells of a fairy questing to return from the mortal world to Fairyland after relinquishing fairyhood for human form.' (Source: QTIX website)
Production Details
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First performed at the Old Museum Concert Hall, Crn Gregory Terrace & Bowen Bridge Road, 15 to 16 Jul 2011
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Works about this Work
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Vintage Tale Follows New Road
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 12 July 2011; (p. 14)
— Review of The Little Green Road to Fairyland 2011 single work musical theatre -
Fairies Take Flight
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 5 July 2011; (p. 62)
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Vintage Tale Follows New Road
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 12 July 2011; (p. 14)
— Review of The Little Green Road to Fairyland 2011 single work musical theatre -
Fairies Take Flight
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 5 July 2011; (p. 62)
Last amended 6 Jul 2011 07:58:21
