The Arts Centre in Melbourne made a adaptation of the 110 year old novel "Dot and the Kangaroo" by Ethel C. Pedley, called "Creatures". Peter remembers reading it when he was in grade five. The recent Tallarook Primary School excursion to the Arts Centre brought back the memory of it all those years ago. The adaption was very creatively done through ribon hanging/swinging (and all that) and with voices being made by others (to allow the ribon climbers/swingers to focus on their acrobatics). The kids loved the lively presentation. No photos were allowed of it so describing ribon acrobatics by adding a visual example from elsewhere (last picture) was needed. There were three "prepared" heavy duty ribons suspended from the rafters of the stage area and they were used in lots of different ways. It looked like fun. The rendition brought the old story alive, so much so that Peter will look about for a copy of that book to reread it.
Afterward the school was given an excursion of the Arts Centre. The room with the half million glass marbles (from Mexico) was a "hit". The backlit walls make everybody feel like they were on another planet or another dimension and inspired everybody to soak it all in.
An example of ribon hanging/swinging/even dancing...
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