'I started dancing when I was four': Retirement home resident's lifelong love affair with ballet
At 85-years-old, a Christchurch retirement village resident is still ballet dancing whenever she can.
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Good triumphs over evil forces
Good triumphs over evil forces
Heartbreak ruled Royal New Zealand Ballet’s 2020 season until last week when the company hit the stage for the first time this year in Sleeping Beauty. Rebecca Fox talks to artistic...
On her toes for the ballet
On her toes for the ballet
Finally, after years of fine-tuning her dancing skills, Srishti Singh’s opportunity to find fame making her debut with the Royal New Zealand Ballet has arrived.
Teens take 5 titles at NZ event
Teens take 5 titles at NZ event
Two Gore teens are celebrating after scoring five titles in a national dance competition.
Dance book ends hall’s lifespan
Dance book ends hall’s lifespan
Nostalgia lovers will be able to trip the light fantastic at the Balclutha War Memorial Hall next month.
Carisbrook crew on stage
Carisbrook crew on stage
Dance crew 10 Kura Hustlers from Carisbrook School in Dunedin took to the stage at the NZCAF Otago-Southland Aerobics and Hip Hop Regionals, held at ILT Stadium Southland in Invercargill yesterday.
Ballet refunds to be advocated
Ballet refunds to be advocated
The Royal New Zealand Ballet is reassuring customers it will try to secure refunds from under-fire Dunedin company Ticket Rocket.
Cirque du Soleil files for bankruptcy
Cirque du Soleil files for bankruptcy
Canada's Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group has filed for bankruptcy protection as the Covid-19 pandemic forced the famed circus operator to cancel shows and lay off its artistes.
Dance wherever you may be
Dance wherever you may be
The late Caroline Plummer’s vision to inspire, educate and bring healing and peace to the community through dance empowered Kristie Mortimer. So when the Covid-19 lockdown hit, she didn't let it stop her in her mission to bring dance to prisoners.
Support for save dance school petition
Support for save dance school petition
A petition to save a popular Queenstown dance school is well on the way to its goal.
Shock dance school closure 'a real bombshell'
Shock dance school closure 'a real bombshell'
In what one parent calls “a real bombshell”, Queenstown’s largest and longest-standing dance school shut up shop this week.
Honour welcomed as recognition of the arts
Honour welcomed as recognition of the arts
Playwright and dance theatre leader Jan Bolwell says her Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit award has given a welcome boost to the public profile of people in the arts.
Ballet to tell Grimm tale anew
Ballet to tell Grimm tale anew
Loughlan Prior and Claire Cowan let their imaginations run wild when creating Hansel and Gretel for the Royal New Zealand Ballet. They tell Rebecca Fox about ticking off a few firsts.
Dunlop MacTavish piece being recreated
Dunlop MacTavish piece being recreated
The extraordinary work of Dunedin dancer and choreographer Shona Dunlop MacTavish is being resurrected in her memory.
Dancers, athletes head for resort
Dancers, athletes head for resort
Lycra will be the outfit of choice at the Queenstown Events Centre this weekend when the resort hosts the NZ Schools Hip Hop, Sport Aerobics and Fitness Championships for the first time.
Transgender woman follows dream
Transgender woman follows dream
It’s impossible to pigeonhole Dunedin transgender woman Jenny Kendrick.
Once more, with feeling
Once more, with feeling
Thierry Guiderdoni and Patricia Barker’s roles might be behind the scenes these days but they still remember the feeling of performing the ballets themselves. They tell Rebecca Fox about passing...
Dancers 'Inhale, Exhale, Breathe'
Dancers 'Inhale, Exhale, Breathe'
Contemporary dancers Jake Callender and Sophie McClean perform with other members of the Otago Dance Association Performance Troupe in the atrium at the Otago Museum yesterday afternoon.
Mosgiel dance troupe to compete at the top
Mosgiel dance troupe to compete at the top
A group of talented young dancers from a Mosgiel studio will compete at the highest level of dance on offer in New Zealand, a choreographer says.
Extraordinary life expressed in dance
Extraordinary life expressed in dance
Putting his life story on stage as multidisciplinary dance collaboration Meremere has been therapeutic for dancer Rodney Bell. He tells Rebecca Fox about his at times turbulent life.