WOMAD

Spinning Mountain

From New Zealand

Produced by Wellington’s renowned children’s theatre company, Capital E in collaboration with leading Balinese artists, Spinning Mountain transports its audiences into the magic world of traditional Balinese creation myth. This outstanding mystical theatre draws on the Balinese theatrical tradition of juxtaposing the sacred and the profane, the traditional and the contemporary. Enter the magical world of Mt Mandara, a fiery volcano whose sides glow with red embers and whose crater top is a dazzling source of brilliant light reaching all corners of the sky. It is an ancient world where dragons fly, giant turtles carry mountains on their backs, demons battle immortals and beautiful goddesses rise from the sea.An exciting journey into traditional Balinese mythology will enthral children and take adults on a journey back to the good old days when make-believe adventures were a daily ritual! Spinning Mountain has its world premiere performance at WOMAD New Zealand 2007.