Fertile Ground — Ashleigh Musk & Michael Smith

** Fertile Ground by Ashleigh Musk & Michael Smith will be presented OFFSITE at St. Ambrose Community Centre, Brunswick **

— Suspended in time, vulnerable bodies navigate a forest of cement.

Fertile Ground manipulates space, sound and bodies within a brutalist oasis of concrete bricks.

Micro cityscapes rise and crumble as the audience and performers move through avalanches of decay; observing together the gritty transformations that reveal spaces for hope and action.

Care and burden. Weight and weightlessness. Fertile Ground bears witness to a failing paradise and asks the question: How do we care for what we have inherited?

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Co-choreographer and Performer: Ashleigh Musk
Co-choreographer: Michael Smith
Sound Design and Performance: Anna Whitaker
Touring Performer: Jenni Large
Dramaturgy: Liesel Zink
Access and Inclusion Consultant: Daniele Constance
Accessibility Consultants: Lauren Watson + Rachael Missingham
Costume Design: Jessica Palfrey
Original Lighting Design: Chloe Ogilvie

Fertile Ground has been assisted by Creative Australia, with development support from Metro Arts, Dancenorth, Lucy Guerin Inc and WXYZ studios, HOTA, Home of the Arts, Ausdance QLD and Australasian Dance Collective. This season of Fertile Ground is proudly sponsored by the Northern Territory Government.