DANZ QUARTERLY

DANZ Quarterly is the publication of DANZ - Dance Aotearoa New Zealand.

The only national magazine for dance in New Zealand, DANZ Quarterly
presents dance articles, profiles and reviews from the contemporary,
ballet, educational and recreational dance sectors.

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Issue No 7 : April 2007   

CONTENTS

• Amanda Skoog and the RNZB
  Tania Koptytko talks to Amanda Skoog about her new role as General Manger of the Royal New Zealand Ballet and the changes she has seen in New Zealand dance.
• Cubanos on Queen Street
  Jennifer Little investigates how a little bit of Havana has come to Auckland.
• Top NZ Choreographers at AK 07
  Tempest by Mau
  Amata by Black Grace
  Dark Tourists by Malia Johnson
• Love Amongst the Light Footed by Catherine Wellington
  Georgina White, the second recipient of the Caroline Plummer Fellowship in community dance talks about her research into how dance leads to romance.
• Salsa Set to Rock Wellington’s Easter
  New Zealand’s First Salsa Congress
• ‘E’ Exerdance Getting Women off the Couch by Francesca Horsley.
  Retired Christchurch dance teacher Elizabeth Robinson has developed a dance exercise programme.
• DANZ in Schools – New Zealand Primary and Secondary
  School Dance
• DANZ Lesson Plan for Secondary Teaching (Year 7-13)
• SOUL in a New Space by Wilhemeena Gordon
  SOUL – centre of the body and mind, a boutique retreat for the arts, dance and holistic health.
• Raewyn Hill - Hanging up her dancing shoes
  Francesca Horsley interviews contemporary dance choreographer Raewyn Hill about her decision to give up dancing and her hopes for the future.
• Making it up as We Go Along :
  Lyne Pringle talks about her dance production company Bipeds and their show “Fishnet”
• Reviews:

  Sleeping Beauty (The Australian Ballet) reviewed by Francesca Horsley
  Ink (Maria Dabrowska) reviewed by Jack Gray
  Memoirs of Active Service (Maaka Pepene and Atamira Dance Collective) reviewed by Sue Cheesman
  The Jewel in the Ocean of Life: Pride, Power and Pathos (Kanan Deobhakta Dance Co.) reviewed by Linda Ashley
  Buckethead – The Lost Child (Tania Crow) reviewed by Alexa Wilson
  Giselle (Royal New Zealand Ballet) reviewed by Briar Wilson
  DVD Review: Move It (Anita Hutchins) reviewed by Sue Cheesman
  Book Reviews: Social Choreography - Ideology as Performance in Dance and Everyday Movement (Andrew Hewitt) and Dance Writings by Edwin Denby (edited by William Cornfield and Robert Mackay) both reviewed by Jennifer Shennan

   

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