My Brown Paper Clouds is a professional contemporary dance work made specially for young audiences (ages 2-7). The performance takes you on a journey into the imagination through dance, physical theatre, music and play. Drawing inspiration from our beautiful landscape that is the Yarra Ranges, this show builds mountains in front of your eyes, takes a boat ride down the Yarra, and has you dancing among the trees. This all done using our bodies, our piles of recycled brown paper, and our wonderful imagination.
(40 mins duration with a chance to play with the performers after the show)
My Brown Paper Clouds on tour!
My Brown Paper Clouds presented to enthralled audiences of children and parents at Perth Fringe World and Adelaide Fringe Festival, and now in Helvetica is ecstatic to be bringing this playful performance to the local community of the Yarra Ranges. This seven performance tour has been made FREE thanks to the incredible support of Yarra Ranges Council.
Yarra Ranges Tour
All performances start at 11:00am and workshops at 12:00pm A FREE performance of My Brown Paper Clouds PLUS a dance and music workshop after the performance ($5pp) bookings are essential for performance and workshop, as places are limited WARBURTON The Redwood Centre, Wednesday 4th April YARRA GLEN Memorial Hall, Thursday 5th April MONBULK Living & Learning Centre, Friday 6th April MOUNT EVELYN Scout Hall, Monday 9th April UPWEY Burrinja, Tuesday 10th April KILSYTH Japara, Wednesday 11th April OLINDA Community House, Thursday 12th April |
The Workshops
The post performance workshop is the artistic platform for cultivating the creative expression of the participating children. The workshop is designed to aid the imagination of the child through story telling, improvisation and self expression. In Helvetica’s performing artists are practising professional arts facilitators in theatre, dance and music, with over 20 years experience in arts-in-education between them. The aims of the workshop are to:
● Be an opportunity to use imagination, creativity, and self expression
● Cultivate an inclusive environment, were all participants have the opportunity to be a part of the in Helvetica Ensemble
● Invigorate play through artistic engagement
● Provide a safe and nurturing environment without a competitive purpose,
● Get up and move, using the body to tell stories
The post performance workshop is the artistic platform for cultivating the creative expression of the participating children. The workshop is designed to aid the imagination of the child through story telling, improvisation and self expression. In Helvetica’s performing artists are practising professional arts facilitators in theatre, dance and music, with over 20 years experience in arts-in-education between them. The aims of the workshop are to:
● Be an opportunity to use imagination, creativity, and self expression
● Cultivate an inclusive environment, were all participants have the opportunity to be a part of the in Helvetica Ensemble
● Invigorate play through artistic engagement
● Provide a safe and nurturing environment without a competitive purpose,
● Get up and move, using the body to tell stories