New Zealander Raewyn Hill has been appointed artistic
director of the Queensland contemporary dance company
Dancenorth.
Hill, the artist in residence at the Hong Kong Academy for
Performing Arts, begins her new Townsville-based role on
January 1 2010.
Dancenorth chairman Mike Butler said Hill was highly regarded
for her flair in balancing a strong physicality with a
precise technical vocabulary and had managed her own
professional dance company for many years.
Born in 1972 in Oamaru and graduating from the New Zealand
School of Dance in 1992 with the Best All Round Student
Award, Hill has received nu merous awards and critical
acclaim throughout Australasia. She retired from performing
in 2006.
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