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ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE MELBOURNE FESTIVAL
At Arts Centre Melbourne, we bring people together
for remarkable experiences. Provoking and inspiring, Melbourne Festival seeks
to connect art forms, people and ideas. At the heart
of Melbourne’s culture of creativity, we curate
unique experiences that bring people together and
break new ground in culture and the arts.
Sitting beneath our iconic Spire, we’re Australia’s
largest and busiest performing arts centre. Each
year we stage more than 4,000 performances
and public events and welcome over 3 million
people through our doors. In fact, as a cultural and
architectural landmark in our nation’s cultural
capital, we’ve showcased the best of Australian and
international performing arts for over 30 years.
artscentremelbourne.com.au
Melbourne Festival is one of Australia’s leading
international arts festivals and has an outstanding
reputation for presenting unique international and
Australian events in the fields of dance, theatre,
music, visual arts, multimedia, free and outdoor
events over three weeks each October.
Artistic Director Jonathan Holloway
Executive Director Kath M Mainland CBE
MAMMALIAN DIVING REFLEX
Based in Germany and Canada, Mammalian Diving
Reflex is dedicated to investigating the social
sphere, always on the lookout for contradictions
to whip into aesthetically scintillating experiences.
They create site and social-specific performance
events, theatre productions, participatory gallery
installations, videos, film, art objects and theoretical
texts, collaborating with non-artists to create work
that recognises the social responsibility of art
fosters a dialogue and dismantles barriers between
individuals of all ages, cultural, economic and social
backgrounds. Mammalian brings people together in
new and unusual ways around the world, to create
work that is engaging, challenging, and gets people
talking, thinking and feeling. They make ideal
entertainment for the end of the world.
04—22 OCTOBER 2017
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Melbourne Festival acknowledges the Traditional
Custodians of the lands on which we live, learn and
work. We pay our respects to the Kulin Nation and
all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander elders.
OFFICIAL WINE PARTNER
OF MELBOURNE FESTIVAL
JOIN US AT THE FESTIVAL LOUNGE, FORUM MELBOURNE
Now pouring Mandala wines and open late every night of the Festival. See you there!
With support from
Media Partner
mammalian.ca