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NEWS:
The next evolution of
'we don't dance for no reason'
featuring 'The Tatana Village Chior' will be premiered late 2011 in Melbourne, Australia. Details soon.
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AI NA ASI A MAVARU KAVAMU (We Dont Dance For No Reason)Aaron Choulai, VADA & Tatana Village Choir (Papua New Guinea)We Dont Dance For No Reason is a major music collaboration directed by Aaron, working with music artists from Tatana Village, his home village in Papua New Guinea and Melbourne jazz artists VADA.We Dont Dance For No Reason demonstrated the capacity of the arts to inspire cross-cultural exchanges that are genuinely meaningful The Age Newspaper, 29 October 2007an enriching experience of the lush, traditional songs of Papua New Guinea and subtle yet complex harmonies of Aaron Choulai ABC OnlineccThe collaboration was originally commissioned by the Queensland Music Festival, and was performed as a highlight of the 2007 Festival. The work was then re-presented as part of the Melbourne International Arts Festival in October 2007 with four sold out performances at Arts House, Meat Market. In March 2008 the group presented the work in Port Moresby with support of DFAT, a landmark event for the group and for the arts community of Papua New Guinea. In March 2009 the group presented an adapted version of the collaboration at the WOMADelaide festival to a combined audience of over 100,000 people. The project is also the subject of a documentary film currently in production.the choir members exuded delight and devotion as their voices combined in exquisite harmonies [they] were so infections and uplifting that they made me feel like jumping to my feet and dancing for no reason at all. Jessica Nicholas, The Age NewspaperWe Dont Dance For No Reason is currently exploring international touring options for 2010 and 2011. You can contact Producer Kate Ben-Tovim for more detailed information about the project including a full-show DVD and full techical specs.Kate Ben-Tovim katebentovim_gmail.comAaron is also starting development on a new collaboration with artists from Papua New Guinea for more details you can contact Producer Kate Ben-Tovim, and details will be added to this site in the future.
