簡介
《初祭》是一部與祭祀相關的現代舞作品。第一段由艾思普森舞蹈團藝術總監娜塔莉·韋恩創作，艾思普森舞蹈團表演。音樂是由澳大利亞著名的作曲家彼得·斯科爾索普（Peter Sculthorpe）專門創作。編導以澳大利亞原著民的祭祀儀式為素材，用澳大利亞著名的攝影師馬克斯·杜培（Max Dupain ）和奧利夫·柯頓( Olive Cotton)的經典圖片影像，與人類求愛、婚禮、葬禮、友情等這些普遍的情感相疊映，營造出了幾個極具共鳴的主題環境。
其人
Olive Cotton (1911-2003) was a pioneering Australian modernist female photographer of the 1930s and 40s working in Sydney. As a female photographer in Australia of that era, she was overlooked and her work at the Dupain studio was considered "art" rather than commercial. Cotton only became a national "name" with a retrospective and touring exhibition 50 years later in 1985. A book of her life and work came out in 1995. Olive Cotton captured her childhood friend Max Dupain from the sidelines at photoshoots, e.g. "Fashion shot, Cronulla Sandhills, circa 1937" and made portraits of him.[1] They were briefly married in 1937.
家庭生活
奧利夫·柯頓( Olive Cotton)，1937年與馬克斯·杜培（Max Dupain ）結婚，但婚姻很短。分居兩年後，兩人只在1944年離婚。
1944年奧利夫·柯頓與農民羅斯麥金尼結婚。這家人後來搬到庫拉瓦沙。她有一個女兒薩莉1946年出生，兩年後，一個兒子，彼得。從1959至1963年她曾在考拉高中數學。第二年，她打開她的攝影工作室，並留在庫拉瓦沙生活，直到她2003年去世。
