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Press release 4th Nthld Circus Festival 2009
Quotable Quotes
“How fantastic. Circus Kumarani’s performance broke the ice and gave the delegates of the conference something to talk about all weekend”.
Janice McClean, Lions District 202G Convention, Oct 2006
“I’m an old Navy officer and after watching that Kumarani Show I had a tear in my eye”.
Ed Hayhoe, Lions District 202G Convention, Oct 2006
“The single best thing about Kumarani is that all those children grow up accepting disabled adults as a normal part of life. When I went to school they were ‘the others’, somehow outside society”.
Vern Woods, parent, August 2006
“Circus Kumarani created a show that was pacy, skilful and full of fun and humour where audience and performers were lifted into a space of high energy and connectedness. The circus format demands constant attention, support and trust between members of the troupe both in terms of practically achieving feats of balance, strength and dexterity but also in terms of holding the attention and creating strong focus for an audience. They performed seamlessly with the audience clamouring for more at the end of an exhilarating hour. The range of activities involved in creating such a show for performers, administrators and other back-up / infrastructure is huge. I sat watching wishing I lived in Dargaville so that my family and I could be in some way involved with such a fabulously creative and cohesive community. This is the finest example of true integration and cross-community project I’ve come across and would strongly support them as they seek to further develop their work and play!"
Charlie Grimsdale Panacea Arts Charitable Trust/Giant Leap June 2006
“The whole performance was truly magical and just made the dinner and the event so special. Many delegates have told us that it was the highlight of the conference”.
Sarah Davey
President of VASS (NZ Federation of Vocational and Support Services)
“That was the best thing I’ve ever seen”
Sarah Davey re VASS conference performance in Rotorua, June 2006
“I can’t think of a better example of a community cultural development project in NZ at the moment – in that everything Kumarani does feeds back into a wider group of people, whether it’s through performances or on a more one to one level”
Bronwyn Bent – Acting Executive Director, Arts Access Aotearoa, Mar 2006
“The show is great and the actors even more professional, but what struck me the most was the (intellectually disabled) artists confidently introducing themselves, laughing and joking during the intermission, whereas the year before they were wallflowers.”.
Pete Carter – Disability Services Directorate, Ministry of Health, Nov 2005
“I’ll never forget the day Thomas turned up at Kaurilands Skills Centre and said he wanted to start a circus. My reply was “Mate, you’re in the right place”. I think we’d been waiting 15 years for him to turn up”
Shane Lardner – Chairperson, Kumarani Trust Board, August 2004
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