Event highlights

Winter Film Series 2013

Sessions start at 6.00pm
Wednesdays 5 June – 10 July 2013

Catch some of the most exciting recent cinema about art, culture and ideas in a program curated and introduced by film critic and curator Simon Weaving.

Program and ticketing information available at nga.gov.au/winterfilmseries

Romantic and Revolutionary: Turner in music

3.00pm
Sunday 2 June 2013

Explore Turner’s genius with his contemporaries John Field, Felix Mendelssohn and Franz Liszt, the high Romanticism of Brahms and a new work, The fallacies of hope, by Australian Stephen Wittington.

Performed by the acclaimed Australian String Quartet: Kristian Winther (violin), Anne Horton (violin), Stephen King (viola), Rachel Johnston (cello).

$50, $44 concession, $42 members, $20 student (includes refreshments) | bookings essential (02) 6240 6502 or online here
James O Fairfax Theatre

Poetry and music in the life and art of J.M.W. Turner

2.30 – 3.45pm
Sunday 9 June

Actor John Turnbull portrays the Romantic era through poetry, accompanied by Giga Jeleskovic and his string ensemble. The sublime music of Purcell, Delibes and Schumann weaves around the poems of Byron, Dryden and Milton, and some of Turner’s own verse, connecting and complementing the rhythm, expression and grand emotion of verse.

$40, $38 concession, $35 members, $15 student (includes refreshments) | bookings essential (02) 6240 6502 or online here
James O Fairfax Theatre

Photographer: Lorna Sim

Life is a work of art

11.00am & 3.00pm
Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 June 2013

Canberra Dance Theatre established the GOLD company in 2011 – a group of over 55's who love life, dance and culture. Initially conceived as a 10 week project the GOLDs have become a dedicated company of people exploring movement and choreography to stimulate heart, mind and soul.

Life is a work of art will be a processional performance leading the audience through the National Gallery of Australia, as GOLD dancers perform short pieces created in response to works of art in the Gallery. The dance pieces will be created by four choreographers – Canberra Dance Theatre's Artistic Director Liz Lea, Jane Ingall and Indigenous choreographer Tammi Gissell. The performances will also include members of Canberra Dance Theatre to guide the audience through the space.

Canberra Dance Theatre celebrates its 35th Anniversary in 2013. The company's 30th Anniversary was also celebrated at the National Gallery of Australia and CDT is delighted to be able to continue its relationship with one of Australia's leading cultural institutions. Through Life is a work of art Canberra Dance Theatre and the National Gallery of Australia are committed to a project that engages the Canberra community, continuing a legacy of partnership and high-quality arts practice.

Life is a work of art - Celebrating legacy, cultures, art and the elders of Canberra and the world.

Free | Numbers limited | Register at http://goldsatnga.eventbrite.com/