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b'This post show Q&A was recorded on the 12th September 2015.\\n\\nThe signs are there: over the past few decades, humanity\\u2019s 5000-year collaboration with the honey bee has been building toward a grim conclusion.\\nIf we fail to heed their warning, could we be casually swept into the fossil record alongside them?\\nDance of the Bee is a remarkable interspecies musical collaboration: a work performed by three pianists, the vocalists of the Astra Choir and a live swarm of bees, housed inside a sculpted, transparent hive.\\nWoven through the mysterious song of the bees, the pieces range from soundscapes to intense virtuosic arrangements, punctuated by semi- improvised sonic excursions.\\nAs the bees sing, live video allows us to observe the marvel of the hive at work \\u2013 and to ponder on the fragile connection between our world and theirs.\\n\\nComposed by Martin Friedel\\nPiano/Prepared Piano Michael Kieran Harvey, Peter Dumsday, Joy Lee\\nThe Astra Improvising Choir Directed by Joan Pollock\\nThe Astra Choir Directed by John McCaughey \\nSound Michael Hewes\\nVideo Mim Whiting\\nSculptural Consultation Robert Bridgewater \\nBeekeeper Martin Friedel'