The World At Our Feet

About The World At Our Feet

Two community groups join forces in a fusion of world music (Shortis and Simpson’s Worldly Goods Choir) and dance (Canberra Dance Theatre’s GOLD dancers).

The result is a fascinating mélange of rhythm, harmony, shape and texture. The World at Our Feet takes the audience on a journey from abstract sound and movement; from Shakespeare inspired lyrics to complex co-ordinations.

The participants have experimented with various creative experiences - group song writing and composition, improvisation, interpreting musical processes in dance and vice versa, using languages and vocal drum rhythms as a starting point, and more.

The main narrative comes from the participants, as they speak in their own words of their experiences of communal singing and dancing- the joys, the delights, the fears, the discovery.

The World At Our Feet is uplifting, surprising, innovative, and inclusive.

The World At Our Feet is part of the Upstaging Canberra Festival presented by Council on the Ageing.