{"id":1206,"date":"2010-10-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/news\/artist-interweaves-cultures-in-colourful-performance\/"},"modified":"2017-10-14T04:47:21","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T04:47:21","slug":"artist-interweaves-cultures-in-colourful-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/artist-interweaves-cultures-in-colourful-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist interweaves cultures in colourful performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/Portals\/0\/kuolga.jpg\" alt=\"Artist interweaves cultures in colourful performance\" \/><figcaption>Clare Kuolga Meere<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A unique show created by a Baha\u2019i storyteller and musician, Clare Kuolga Meere, had its premiere in Redcliffe, Brisbane on 23 October.<\/p>\n<p>In creating \u201c2 Pela Island\u201d, Ms Kuolga drew on her personal background which leads her to describe herself as a \u201cchild of two tribes but a woman of one world\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Kuolga, who uses the performance name Klare Kuolga, was born in the Papua New Guinea Highlands and then moved to Australia where she was adopted by Irish-Australian parents.<\/p>\n<p>She involves her audience in a true story of cultural diversity that portrays the cultures of the Nebilyer Valley in the Western Highlands of PNG and of indigenous Australia, showing their similarities and differences.<\/p>\n<p>The show employs storytelling, dance, music, theatre and multi-media. It is presented against a colourful backdrop in the dot-painting style of Aboriginal Australian artists.<\/p>\n<p>Audience members are invited on to the stage to dance and to wear colourful PNG character masks that enable them to fully participate in the story, which explores the concept of personal identity.<\/p>\n<p><b>Album<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Described as \u201can innovative, captivating and uplifting musical journey presented in the dance, pop and ballad genres\u201d, the show concludes with songs selected from Klare Kuolga\u2019s debut album, <i>Bend Down a Little,<\/i> which recently was made available on iTunes.<\/p>\n<p>Co-written with Colin Webber, the album covers such topics as the equality of men and women, spiritual search, the unity of mankind, prayer, happiness and meditation.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Kuolga, who lives in Bellmere, Queensland, says she has been blessed to be part of two very distinctive and diverse cultures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis experience and a life long journey to find an understanding of myself led me to develop the production,\u201d Ms Kuolga says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing a part of two cultures has enriched my life experience in understanding diversity,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the same time it has also made me aware of the profound similarities that we all share as members of the human race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy big question was where did I belong and where did I come from. The man who answered that question was an Aboriginal elder, Uncle Ray Wymarra, a Baha\u2019i who told me quite simply that I belonged to the human race and that my country was the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday I identify as a world citizen linking cultures through education and the arts\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A unique show created by a Baha\u2019i storyteller and musician, Clare Kuolga Meere, had its premiere in Redcliffe, Brisbane on 23 October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-releases","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Artist interweaves cultures in colourful performance - 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