Tree of Life
What do you see when you look at a tree?
Leaves and twigs and branches?
Or do you see a living thing
That moves and sings and dances…?
Aranyani, Goddess of forests and the wild, is dying. To recover – and for the plants and animals that she supports to thrive – she needs nourishment and balance in the world. It is down to a spiritual Sage and a Scientist – and you, the audience – to discover how to save her.
Tree of Life is a children’s dance theatre show, suitable for children aged 7+, which can be performed indoors or out. The show explores the connection between science and spirituality through the medium of trees and dance. It includes South Asian Bharatanatyam and Kathak dance styles, contemporary Western dance, as well as an ethereal, original music score and spoken word. There is also some ingenious audience participation using the latest in Microbit technology.
Drawing inspiration from Buddha attaining enlightenment under a Bodhi (fig) tree in India and Newton discovering gravity from an apple tree in the UK, Tree of Life weaves a tale of how these two events lead to a deepening of human understanding of our natural world, spiritually and scientifically.
Tree of Life is a work in development exploring the connection between science and spirituality through the medium of trees. It includes the south Asian dance styles of Bharatanatyam and Kathak, as well as contemporary dance, an original music score, Microbit technology and spoken word. Suitable for a family audience from ages 7+.
Tree of Life is supported by Arts Council England, Akademi, Cambridge Junction, DanceEast, Mercury Theatre, Hertfordshire Libraries, CUH-Arts and Cambridge Imagination and Curiosity.
| Date | Venue | Time | Tickets |
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Wednesday 12th March |
Hertford Library |
4pm – 5pm |