Recent Events
'Bamboo, Coconuts and Rice' Artists in Schools project, Echuca West, Term 2 and 3, 2007
Seung Hi and Sabrina enjoyed working with Jan Meakes, Indonesian teacher, and staff and students of at Echuca West Primary School, on a project exploring the relationship of people to the land, food and culture in several Asian countries.
The project was developed over Terms 2 and 3 2007. funded by Arts Victoria's Artist in Schools program
Project Co-ordinator report to Arts Victoria:
'It was an exceedingly happy time for all involved. Everyone looked forward to each Thursday and Friday when we would all see Sabrina and Seung Hi again. Everyone loved the new and unfamiliar music styles which were highly emotive. Students, teachers and parents all loved the different sounds each different drum made which could be heard coming from the Music room.. Each added movement the students learned in their dances left them amazed that they could all actually learn it all. Seung Hi and Sabrina demonstrated very strong teaching skills and developed a great rapport with the students. As coordinator I was very pleased to witness the bond that developed between us all and the knowledge that was imparted culturally through music, dance and Asian languages."
Jan Meakes
Recent Special Events
Dances of Asia, Moomba Main stage, March 2008
Walk for Harmony, Brimbank Park, March 2008
Chinese New Year performances, Southbank and Parkmore Shopping Centre, February 2008
Immigration Museum, Chinese Childrens Festival, January 2008
ICARN International Fiesta, Surrey Hills, November 2007
Brimbank Festival, November 2007
Colac Performing Arts Centre School holiday program - 'Music, dance, martial arts and craft of Asia', October 2007
Colac Perfoming Arts Centre Vibrant Soul festival- Bollywood performance and workshops, October 2007
Tales of the Moon
See our performance on YouTube: Part 1 - Part 2
Tales of the Moon performance celebrating the Autumn Harvest Moon Festival
September 22, 2007 at the Golden Dragon Museum, Bendigo
Presented by Kita Performing Arts Company and the Golden Dragon Museum
Local groups from the Bendigo area came together to celebrate the ‘Autumn Harvest Moon Festival’, as that week, the moon was at its roundest and brightest for the year. This community performance featured traditional and contemporary performing arts of Asia based on themes of Moon and Harvest,with music, dance, drama and martial arts from China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, India and Vietnam and some fireworks. ‘Tales of the Moon’ performances recognised and celebrated the lively local performing arts culture, including residents from many different backgrounds and the Chinese heritage of Bendigo and district.
This project was funded by Arts Victoria, through an Arts Residencies Grant, Regional Arts Victoria through a Regional Arts Fund and the City of Greater Bendigo.
Download project brochure here
'Autumn Harvest Moon' Festival celebrations at Artplay
Kita Performing Arts Company with Trinity Primary School, Richmond presented
Stories of the Autumn Harvest Moon
Sunday October 7, Artplay outdoor space, Birrarung Marr, Melbourne
This family event presented cultural celebrations of the Autumn Harvest Moon Festival from Vietnam and China by children from Trinity Primary School, Richmond. The performance included live music, dance and drama based around stories of the Harvest Moon shared by Vietnamese and Chinese elders and Kita performers.
This project was supported by City of Melbourne and Mary of the Cross Centre, Fitzroy
And also
Chinese Museum, 'Dragon Boat Festival'
Rosanna Library School holiday activity performance- workshop
Asian dance workshop for Jan Pianta school Bairnsdale
'Expanding Cultures: Arts and Local Government' conference, Bollywood workshop
Geelong Performing Arts Centre - choreographic development workshops with local performing groups
Chinese Museum 'Dancing Dragon' Festival performances
Spring Festival Bendigo, Hargraves Mall
Artplay at Moomba Festival, March 2007
Victorian Indonesian Language Teachers Association Conference, March 2007
Plan International Family Day, CERES Park, East Brunswick, March 2006
Brimbank Festival and Brimbank Celebrates the Commonwealth Games, March and November 2006
Our recent schools' shows, workshops and residencies have included:
Wayan puppet workshops, Yarra Plenty Library Watsonia
Foster Primary, 'Indonesian Celebrations' performance and workshops
Ormond Primary School
St Bede's Mentone, Indonesian martial arts workshops
Fintona School, Indonesian workshops and performanceCanterbury Primary
Dromana Secondary College
Brentwood Park Primary
Pakenham Consolidated School
Victorian tour with Regional Arts Victoria's Arts2GO program
Elwood Primary School
Milgate Primary School
Greenvale Primary School
Wonthaggi Secondary College
Haileybury College
Watsonia Library
Balwyn North Primary School
Ivanhoe Girls Grammar
St Josephs School, Springvale
Weeden Heights Primary School, Vermont South
Haileybury College drama camp
Aquinas College, Ringwood
Ivanhoe Girls Grammar School
Saltwater Child Care Centre, Footscray
Balwyn Primary School
Sunshine West Primary School
Hampton Park Primary School
Mercy College, Coburg
Rangebank Primary, Cranbourne
Lalor East PS
Robert McCubbin Primary, Box Hill
Portarlington Primary School
Leongatha Primary School
The University of Melbourne drama students
Sunshine North Primary
Ivanhoe Grammar
Great Ryrie Primary School
Chelsea Primary School
Geelong Grammar - Glamorgan Campus
Hampton Park Primary School
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