ADELAIDE BANK FESTIVAL OF ARTS
The Adelaide Festival of Arts is one of the great arts festivals. It has created a strong tradition of innovation since 1960, inspiring celebration and presenting diverse art from across Australia and around the world. Held in the warm South Australian autumn in every even year, this is a large-scale multi-arts event of extraordinary richness and diversity.
Each Festival program includes opera, theatre, dance, classical and contemporary music, cabaret, new media events, Adelaide Writers Week (the largest literary festival in the world), outdoor entertainment, visual arts exhibitions, master classes, forums, a late night club and much more.
Over the past 25 Festivals, Adelaide has seen a wonderful celebration of music. This we continued for our silver 25th anniversary in 2008, undertaking an in-depth exploration of the contemporary canon, with Musical Mavericks, an examination of classical music with Australia\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s and the world\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s greatest living composers.
Other threads woven through the 2008 program included an exploration of light and enlightenment. Light through various visual arts projects including the Festival-curated Speed of Light exhibitions across several galleries, and Northern Lights, celebrating the entire North Terrace precinct as one of the great cultural boulevards of the world, complemented by events in every major venue along the strip.
And Enlightenment through many of the works inspired by Eastern arts and religions, with Akram Khan\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Sacred Monsters, Cohen and Glass\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Buddhist-inspired Book of Longing, the Indian/Sri Lankan A Midsummer Nights Dream, the Mahavishnu Orchestras Meeting of the Spirits, and John Adams Buddhist/Kerouac-inspired Dharma at Big Sur to name but a few.
The 2010 Festival will be staged from 26 February - 14 March.
www.adelaidefestival.com.au
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CONTACT:
Kristy Rebbeck
Marketing Executive
Ph +61 8 8216 4444
Fax +61 8 8216 4455
Email info@adelaidefestival.com.au
Website www.adelaidefestival.com.au
