Intertwine is an official selection of the 2010 The Sydney Fringe!!!

DATES: 8pm Tuesday 14th Sept
8pm Saturday 18th September
6.30pm Wednesday 22nd September

VENUE: The Italian Forum Cultural Centre. Norton St Leichhardt (near Parramatta Rd end)

TICKETS: on sale 1st August www.thesydneyfringe.com.au

The Sydney Fringe Festival is a peek underneath at the urban and the unconventional, a two week perv at what's happening next. From 10 to 26 September 2010, we'll be bursting up from the underground with a two week festival of music, performance, theatre, food, comedy, visual and digital arts.

Intertwine. Continents away from the original cultures that inspire them, Ghawazi Caravan are taking artistic license; transforming ancient practices to bring delight and mystery in a dynamic dance production that intertwines cultural traditions and an irrepressible creative spirit.

With beautiful fusions of the Occidental and Oriental, these Tribal Bellydancers blend Middle-Eastern, Flamenco, classical Indian, North and West African dance... and their own dramatic vision.

Intertwine for The Sydney Fringe has a complete musical score by the acclaimed musicians of ZenRasa, who create a unique sound and style. They draw upon musical traditions and instrumentation of the Middle East, Japan, India, and Africa. With the spirit of respect for the original art forms, they take a creative and innovative approach to fusion, making a unique cross-cultural performance experience.
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Some feedback from Intertwine in 2009:
“I was blown away by Intertwine’s adventurous and borderless creativity. Visually stunning, it presented a symbiotic relationship of dance and music." - Jill Day, local dancer and actor.
"Of course the compelling Ghawazi Caravan had the audience mesmerised! I thought it was a highly professional, theatrical dance event, full of joy, colour and delight." - Cathie Gorman, dancer and teacher.
“Intertwine was a feast for the senses – exotic rhythms, sensual dance, dynamic performers.” - Deb Hill, musician.

As American Tribal Style belly dance is a contemporary fusion dance style that seamlessly blends varied traditions, the music created for ‘Intertwine’ meshes instruments such as the Shakuhachi (Japanese flute), the Sitar and Egyptian percussion instruments in an unusual and beautiful way.

For 'The Intertwine Project', Devi Mamak's idea is to draw together dancers, musicians and artists of varied disciplines and styles, braiding their talents together into a compelling and cohesive whole and to present the result in a theatre style environment.

Over months of collaboration, creativity and rehearsal, the show has become a visual and auditory feast of dances and music from around the world. From current re-workings of the ancient Middle East, through to the ‘gypsy’ dances of India, the raw energy of African dance, passionate Flamenco, right through to contemporary dance and back again. Old 'Ghawazi favourites' presented alongside entirely new work.

On Saturday 13th June 2009, the first performance of ‘Intertwine’ was hosted in the beautiful Carrington Hotel Grand Dining Room, Katoomba.

On the night of the sold-out show, the mood between the dancers and musicians was pure excitement and happiness to be finally showing this work that they so enjoyed creating. The night went off with out a hitch and flowed beautifully throughout the two 40 minute halves …thanks to preparation by all as well as a great sound and lighting crew. Audiences were treated to a joyful, mysterious, colourful and diverse show and they responded by having a fantastic time, and being very vocal about it! An impromptu encore was called for so the dancers streamed out into the audience, getting the more than willing crowd onto and in front of the stage while the musicians jammed.

After this success, Devi and Ghawazi Caravan couldn’t imagine stopping at one show. Devi is now working on creating a series of shows under the umbrella of ‘The Intertwine Project’.

The project will continue using the collaborations already in place from ‘Intertwine’ as well as expanding the network of talented people that Devi and Ghawazi Caravan work with. The goal is to create beautiful theatre shows combining the talents of our friends in ways that may never have happened before, changing and developing over time.

We hope to see you at further incarnations of 'The Intertwine Project'!