BIG IN JAPAN

Step into the high-low life of Geisha girls, swinging trapeze performers, hula dancers, blues notes, wicked beats and feats of rare rope and web artistry. Aerialize transformed Newtown Theatre into an Asian influenced bar hosting experimental contemporary musicians and showcasing students of Aerialize -Sydney Aerial Theatre.

Acts included stunning aerial silk performances, swinging cloud swing artists, rope acts, the Spanish web with special performances from Hula Delux and contemporary blues singer Mary-Jon Berna. Berna performed in a new collaborative performance with lyrical singing trapeze artists Shelalagh McGovern.

Sydney?s brilliant groove band Entropic mixed up a concoction of live ambient dance music with snatches of improvisation from the trumpet, guitar and piano. Sydney?s electronic DJ Deep Child played fantastic, smoky dub-funk tracks from his highly acclaimed albums Chocolate Dubs and Hymns from Babylon.

Big in Japan performed at the Newtown Theatre 2002.