COURTSHIP DANCE HEIGHT 3FT (1M) POLISHED BRONZE 1982 "Universal prologue to creation"

"Following the INNOCENCE and singularity of childhood comes the pairing of adolescence. Each section of COURTSHIP DANCE is cut from an Ovoid, the symbol of Life. I cast two pieces and mounted them together so that the shapes are reaching out to each other, yearning to touch, and to become one.

This dance image comes from a sight I saw many years ago in the bush of northern Australia when I was a cattle drover on the Fitzroy River stock route. I used to see pairs of giant Brolgas, 5 foot high, leap in the air, twisting together, bills clacking as they sparred, in a courtship dance. It is a wonderful sight to watch."

John Robinson