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.
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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.
US dance course ‘valuable opportunity’
US dance course ‘valuable opportunity’
After five years in the field of inclusive mixed-ability dance, Hahna Briggs will travel to the United States next month to train with the best.
Heathcliff, it’s me
Heathcliff, it’s me
Out on the wiley, windy Octagon in Dunedin are Terry MacTavish (left) and Theresia Nel, at the Southern Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever on Saturday.
Differences disappear in dance
Differences disappear in dance
His family did not have the money for him to go to university but Antonio Bukhar has forged a different path to higher education.
'Privilege' dancing as the black swan
'Privilege' dancing as the black swan
Royal New Zealand Ballet principal dancer Nadia Yanowsky performs as the black swan in Mario Radacovsky’s Black Swan, White Swan. It is a privilege to dance, she tells Rebecca Fox.
Cancer spurs choreography
Cancer spurs choreography
Choreographer Mario Radacovsky’s outlook on life was turned upside down by cancer. Twenty years later he tells Rebecca Fox how it informed his career.
NZ 'mother of modern dance' dies
NZ 'mother of modern dance' dies
Free of a frail body, Shona Dunlop MacTavish's ''shining spirit'' is free to dance again.
Dunedin's doyenne of dance dies
Dunedin's doyenne of dance dies
New Zealand's "mother of modern dance'', Dunedin woman Shona Dunlop MacTavish, has died aged 99.
Dancer encourages others to speak up about eating disorders
Dancer encourages others to speak up about eating disorders
Jenna Morris-Williamson describes dancing as her happy place and could not imagine a life without it. But behind closed doors, the vivacious dancer has battled demons during her time at dance school.
Circus 'as an artistic experience'
Circus 'as an artistic experience'
On their 10th anniversary, circus theatre company The Dust Palace is going from strength to strength. Rebecca Fox talks to its founders about how they tell a story.
Spiralling through space
Spiralling through space
Maths meets dance in the premiere of a new contemporary work by New Zealand choreographer Victoria Columbus. She talks to Rebecca Fox about the Fibonacci sequence.
Dance collaboration a celebration of cross-culture diversity
Dance collaboration a celebration of cross-culture diversity
Penny Neilson reviews Hemispheres, a collaboration between dancers from different countries and backgrounds.