Avoca composer and filmmaker Yantra de Vilder’s award winning Credo musical performances will return to her homeland in March after stunning audiences around the country.
Credo Means ‘to believe’, by extension to believe in the power of arts and culture holding the space for an authentic brave new world, apart from the authoritarian versions that are emerging from the past.
Credo has been performed in Sydney, the Northern Territory and the Northern Rivers to both critical and popular acclaim, stunning audiences with the power of the original scores, lyrics and artistic projections.
Composed and created by de Vilder, Credo is a contemporary song cycle expanding on her international award winning music art films from an online film festival audience into a live theatrical event
Credo was developed through the artist residency program at Wyong Art House last year before moving onto the northern rivers where it was further developed as part of a flood resiliency program, attached to Yantra’s love project Pianos for the People.
Immersed in stunning film visuals featuring Yantra de Vilder on piano, Andy Wilkie on vibraphone and The Ephemera Choir, this unique production is a form of storytelling through a multi-disciplinary artist’s eye.
Written during lockdown and the Northern Rivers floods, Credo is birthed within a cauldron of unprecedented global restrictions and a quickening of artistically dangerous moments – a time when singing and dancing were forbidden.
“I believe music and the arts have the power to lift our spirits,” de Vilder said.
“I believe they are essential services. I believe in an authentic brave new world where we rise up for creativity and humanity.”
The one-off Central Coast performance will be held at Avoca Beach Theatre on Sunday, March 17.
Tickets are available at the theatre’s website or events.humanitix.com/credo-avoca-beach-theatre
PERFORMANCE HAS CHANGED DATE & VENUE – Now Saturday 16th at a private venue – limited seats – https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/credo-a-multi-arts-manifesto-tickets-860491030837