Ten Days spotlights Tassie
Local artists to shine as key festival releases program packed
THE celebration of our magnificent state will take centre stage at one of Tasmania’s longest standing arts festivals.
Ten Days on the Island will celebrate its 20th birthday next year with a journey across the island to bring the arts to every corner of the state.
In 2021 artistic director Lindy Hume is taking the reigns for the second year, and has announced three special events before the full program is released in January.
“Reflecting on our decision in March to shape the 2021 festival as a celebration of Tasmanian artists now feels like a defining, empowering moment in the rich 20- year history of Ten Days on the Island,” Hume said.
“Leaping boldly into this homegrown program, we have curated a series of unique experiences in local landscapes through which Tasmanian artists will imagine, create and response from the perspective on this extraordinary place in these extraordinary times.
“The whole program buzzes with global connectedness and the confidence, innovation, brilliance and ingenuity of local artists animating our festival.
“We will reveal more abundant riches in January but, as a taste of things to come, we are delighted and proud to share these three special events.”
The festival’s opening is set to be marked by mapali - Dawn Gathering in Burnie, where the community will come together to celebrate daybreak with a Welcome to Country.
Director David mangenner Gough will work alongside TasDance’s Adam Wheeler, percussionist Yyan Ng and the Goldberg Aberline Studio and hundreds of artists, community groups and schools to create a special event with performers from the Tasmanian Aboriginal community.
In the state’s North, Hume has worked to uncover the story of the Marvellous Corricks, a family of travelling performers whose achievements will be celebrated with a gala event.
The festival is teaming up with the National Film and Sound Archive and Queen
V Victoria Museum a and Art Gallery for a an event in the Princ cess Theatre. Hobart audiences will be in for a treat with a performance of new production Hide the Dog. Arts Minister Elise A Archer welcomed the e early release of part of t the program.
“It’s an international program developed by artists in Tasmania and it’s so very inspiring that our artists have stepped up to the plate and that Ten Days has the courage and confidence to create an almost entirely local program.” The festival will be in the West and North- West on March 5- 8, North and North-East on March 12- 14, and in the South from March 19- 21. The full program will be announced on January 28, with tickets for all early release shows on sale through ten-days. org. au from November 26.