The New New Zealand Dance Company
By Rain Francis. Across the Tasman, a dedicated team of artists has been working tirelessly to create a new dance company, The New Zealand Dance Company, to be exact. Heading the charge is Shona...
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By Rain Francis. Pre-eminent choreographer and award-winning writer Douglas Wright’s work rapt is set to be performed in The Hague at the prestigious Lucent Danstheater next April. Douglas Wright Dance...
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Creative New Zealand is calling for applications from established New Zealand choreographers for the $65,000 Creative New Zealand Choreographic Fellowship. The fellowship provides the time and/or...
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By Rain Francis. Douglas Wright returned recently from The Netherlands. His company performed the acclaimed work Rapt at Lucent Danstheatre in Holland’s dancing capital, Den Hague. The all-star cast...
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Bianca Hyslop, principal dancer of Atamira Dance Company, has been awarded the esteemed Eileen May Norris Dance Scholarship. The scholarships are awarded to individuals between 18 and 25 years old who...
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By Rain Francis of Dance Informa. The Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards, which celebrate excellence and innovation in Pacific arts, were presented at a ceremony in Wellington on 14 November...
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By Rain Francis of Dance Informa. Two dynamic New Zealand contemporary dance companies will perform at one of Europe’s most prestigious dance festivals this month. Okareka Dance Company and The New...
View ArticleNZ Dance News – April 2014
By Rain Francis of Dance Informa. Mao’s Last Dancer, Li Cunxin, will tour New Zealand this month, as part of the Asia New Zealand Foundation’s 20th Anniversary celebrations. Best known for his...
View ArticleNeil Ieremia’s Black Grace makes Edinburgh debut
By Rain Francis of Dance Informa. Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the largest arts festival on the planet, and Kiwis are about to descend on it in full force. More than 200 New Zealand artists travel to...
View ArticleNZ Dance Company presents ‘Rotunda’ in NZ & Aus
When he was 18 years old, officially too young to enlist, Martin Raymond Butler begged his parents to let him sign up for the army to fight in World War One. While his mother refused, his father...
View ArticleNew Zealand Dance News – August
Here is your latest New Zealand dance news: DANZ (Dance Aotearoa New Zealand)’s Executive Director, Dr Tania Kopytko, leaves DANZ this month. She joined DANZ in 2004, having previously served as a...
View ArticleNew Zealand Dance News – September
Here is your latest New Zealand dance news! The Royal New Zealand Ballet continues touring its major hit, The Vodafone Season of A Midsummer Night’s Dream this month. The brand new ballet by...
View ArticleNew Zealand Dance News – October 2016
Find out what’s happening in the New Zealand dance scene this month! The New Zealand School of Dance (NZSD) 2016 Graduation Season is fast approaching in what promises to be an outstanding variety of...
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