CODA evokes Lindsay

Norman Lindsay, was an Australian artist who held court in the beauty of the Blue Mountains. He who tended upon the sirens so that they might inspire him in his southern idyll, was a devotee and connoisseur of the Australian showgirl and burlesque. He would have revelled in the many exultations of fun and beauty that are rising in his name around Sydney. Here is such a one. And Winter Magic brings more naughty cheek, costumery and frivolity to the mountains so that art, so closely aligned with love, may thrive.

Coda is a tremendous group of musicians who try new things, always innovative with a fantastic reflection on our rich culture right here in the Antipodes. The performance at the sydney Opera house recreated a soiree of the bohemian Sydney of old, and birthed something new into the world by making the tableaux come to life in the 21st century.







I have posted earlier about an innovative performer Lola, whom has included elements of Australian art traditions (namely Norman's Etchings) into her work as a burlesque vamp, seems quite a rich seam the Australian Boheme.