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Whetu, the Matariki Short Works Tour 2010 by Atamira Dance Company - Briar Wilson
"Made in New Zealand" - Footnote Dance Company 2010 - Felicity Molloy
A Gentle Understanding - Dance and music to play with your heart - Julia Barry
The Hungry Attic by BackLit Productions - Felicity Molloy
To Fergusson with Love: A Community Dance and Walking Show - Brent Harris
An Evening of Music and Dance presented by Jennifer De Leon, Sjouke van Houten and Friends - Julia Barry
2008 Auckland Dance Highligts - Bernadette Rae
Tierra Flamenca in Tempo 08 - Raewyn Whyte
enTer - Pointy Dog Dance Company at Tempo 2008 - Raewyn Whyte
Tempo 08 opening week highlights - Raewyn Whyte
TEMPO 08 - Touch Compass - Harmonious Oddity - Felicity Molloy
TEMPO 08 - Atamira Dance - Mapunapuna - Felicity Molloy
Mark Morris Dance Group - Mozart Dances The Civic, The Edge, Auckland 22nd August 2008 - Felicity Molloy
Illusion Dance Theatre, Devonport, June 2008 - Felicity Molloy
Green Fire Islands....massive potential - Felicity Molloy
Shen Wei Dance Arts: Rite of Spring & Folding - Mark James Hamilton
Dark Tourists - A new work by Malia Johnston & Emma Willis - Lyne Pringle
One Night Out dancing (in Hamilton) - Francesca Horsley
The TOWER season of Red, Aotea Centre at the EDGE, Auckland, 14th February 2007 - Felicity Molloy
Complexions Contemporary Ballet - Felicity Molloy
Kanan Deobhakta Dance Company -- Keeping the Home Fires Burning, Tempo 2007 - Linda Ashley
Corporacion Tango at Sky City Theatre 20th October 2007 - Felicity Molloy
Touch Compass 10th Anniversary season - Bernadette Rae
Hot – hip hop showcase, Tempo dance festival 2007 - Mark James Hamilton
Silent Fires by Kanan Deobhakta Dance Company, Tempo 2007 - Mark James Hamilton
Loud - percussive dance showcase, Tempo 2007 - Mark James Hamilton
TRiPLe8FuNk, Alice in the Underground, TEMPO 2007 - Mark James Hamilton
Old Yeller, Tempo Festival 2007 - Mark James Hamilton
Les Mills Dance Your Socks Off (2007) - Jennifer Shennan
Atamira presents Whakairo, Concert Chamber 2007 - Bernadette Rae
Tempo, World Dance Showcase (Auckland: TAPAC, 29 September 2007) - Mark James Hamilton
Unitec, En-tour-age in Christchurch - Body Festival of Dance and Physical Theatre (2007) - Mark James Hamilton
One Night out Dancing, Hamilton 2007 - Caroline Gill
Works in progress: Paper Tiger and Mondo Nuovo - Raewyn Whyte
Moth in the Christchurch Art Gallery (2007) - Mark James Hamilton
Celestial atmosphere - Francesca Horsley
Chunky Move at Christhcurch Festival - "I want to dance better at parties" (2007) - Mark James Hamilton
Crossings Festival - STEM Dance Kampani (2007) - Mark James Hamilton
Postscript - dance and Auckland Festival AK'07 - Raewyn Whyte
Russell Kerr's final Swan Lake - NZ Ballet in Auckland, June 2007 - Raewyn Whyte
Mecha by Josh Rutter at LNC (2007) - Alexa Wilson
LNC May 2007 -- some notes from the audience - Willy Weasel
Extreme makeover - dance at Auckland Festival 2007 - Francesca Horsley
Tutus On Tour - Bruce Mason Theatre, Auckland March 2007 - Briar Wilson
Dark Tourists - a dance tourist responds... (2007) - Derek Tearne
Fluid Echoes Dance at Hamilton Gardens Summer festival - Caroline Gill
Memoirs of Active Service by Atamira (2006) - Bernadette Rae
MOTH in Nibelheim (2006) - Andrew Paul Wood
We Are Gathered Here Today with Raewyn Hill at Tapac (2006) - Bernadette Rae
The Collective (Maria Dabrowska, Alexa Wilson, Kristian Larsen) at Tatai Hono (2006) - Sue Cheesman
Mau's Requiem and Alyx Duncan's The Nature of Wishing (2006) - Francesca Horsley
Fluid and You are not alone you are just in Zew Zealand - Sue Cheesman
Poyema's Twixt Tones at The Venue, Wharepuke (2006) - Mike Nettman
The Collective and Best of LNC - Innovative new dance in Auckland (2006) - Francesca Horsley
Trinity - three faces of the Royal NZ Ballet, Auckland (2006) - Raewyn Whyte
Triple bill - Trinity by the Royal NZ Ballet in Wellington (2006) - John Daly-Peoples
Triple Treat - Trinity - Royal NZ Ballet in Wellington (2006) - Jenny Stevenson
Flash and dash on ice - Swan Lake and The Imperial Ice Stars (2006) - Raewyn Whyte
Intensely Physical - Feats of Fancy, Footnote in Auckland (2006) - Francesca Horsley
Upward mobility - Touch Compass Acquisitions 06 - Gilbert Wong
Black Grace & Friends; Illusion Place Chapter 1; Beyond the Box (2006) - Francesca Horsley
Footnote Forte Season (2006) - John Smythe
Acquisitions 06 - Touch Compass - Bernadette Rae
Direction needed - Black Grace & Friends at Te Papa (2006) - Deirdre Tarrant
Black Milk in Wellington: The Wright Stuff (2006) - Deirdre Tarrant
Black Grace & Friends at Te Papa (2006) - John Smythe
Black Milk in Auckland - Malevolence (2006) - Francesca Horsley
Black Milk in Wellington: Darkness and Life (2006) - John Smythe
Black Milk at Sky City Theatre, Auckland (2006) - Bernadette Rae
Black Milk at The Regent Theatre, Dunedin (2006) - Ali East
NZ Ballet's The Wedding; Aarero Stone by Carol Brown and Charles Koroneho (2006) - Francesca Horsley
Aarero Stone - opportunity wasted - Deirdre Tarrant
Aarero Stone: Where is the key (2006) - John Smythe
()Scape by Corrupt Productions - Francesca Horsley
Polish Folkloric Dance Spectacular (2006) - Jennifer Shennan
Veterans' Day - The best of dance in 2005. - Francesca Horsley
Whitireia Performing Arts Graduation season (2005) - Jennifer Shennan
Commotion: A Michael Parmenter Retrospective, March 2005 - Mark Amery
MAUI (2005) - Jo Thorpe
A Right Royal Gala indeed, Wellington Opera House, 21 September 2005 - Jo Thorpe
We are gathered here today by Raewyn Hill: Every time a bell rings... (2005) - Francesca Horsley
Just the Worst Time of Year for a Revolution by Chor:us collective (2005) - Brent Harris
Black Grace 10 – a decade of works by Neil Ieremia (2005) - Raewyn Whyte
Black Grace presents 10 at Alinghi Base (2005) - Bernadette Rae
Daniel Belton's Soma Songs (2005) - David Eggleton
NZ Ballet's Dracula: Dancing with vampires (2005) - John Daly-Peoples
A MILLION KISSES TO MY SKIN, Royal New Zealand Ballet (2005) - Francesca Horsley
The Mystery of the Disappearing Body by Guy Ryan (2005) - John Daly-Peoples
NZ Ballet - A Million Kisses to My Skin, Milagros, Concerto (2005) - Raewyn Whyte
A Million Kisses to My Skin, Triple Bill, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Westpac St James Theatre, 12-15 May 2005 - Jenny Stevenson
Why stand we still? - Caroline Gill
Michael Parmenter's Commotion Retrospective; Touch Compass Ten of Hearts (2005) - Francesca Horsley
NZ Ballet Tutus on Tour (2005) - Francesca Horsley
Underland - Dancing into your Subconscious (2004) - Rebecca Williams
Conjecture 6.0 - Kristian Larsen reviews John Smythe - Kristian Larsen
Royal seal of approval for year of dance (2004) - Bernadette Rae
Luminous Even In Darkness - Tempo Festival overview (2004) - Francesca Horsley
UNDERLAND’S DARK COLLABORATIVE BEAUTY (2004) - Jo Thorpe
Urban YOUTH Movement in This Life (2004) - Bernadette Rae
Certainty by Kristian Larsen (2004) - Jenny Stevenson
Weather & Tristan and zisolde, by Michael Permenter (2004) - John Smythe
Michael Parmenter's Weather & Tristan & Isolde (2004) - Bernadette Rae
Angels with dirty feet - Crucifixion by chemicals (2004) - Bernadette Rae
Raewyn Hill's Angels with dirty feet (2004) - Rosemary Penwarden
ANGELS WITH DIRTY FEET at Downstage, 23–29 September 2004 - Sally Christie
Critique of Mematopia, by Brent Harris and Tyler Fox (2004) - Alexa Wilson
Guy Ryan's The Fall Guy (2004) - Francesca Horsley
Angels with Dirty Feet by Raewyn Hill -- A hit with the angels (2004) - Jennifer Shennan
Festival of Russian Ballet (2004) - Dr. Karen Barbour, University of Waikato
Wings of desire - Madame Butterfly (2004) - Francesca Horsley
Black Grace New Works Tour 2004 - Dr. Karen Barbour, University of Waikato
Miniatures and Evil Fiona's Love Test (2004) - Francesca Horsley
Best Foot Forward, Footnote (2004) - Wendy Preston
Saltarello season, Royal NZ Ballet: Would you move, please? (2004) - Francesca Horsley
CONJECTURE 4: Audience participation and contemporary dance - Kristian Larsen
Dance films in NZ International Film Festival (2003) - Mary Jane O'Reilly
The very best in New Zealand dance in 2003. - Francesca Horsley
2003 Auckland Dance Highlights - Linda Herrick
The snails did it - Late Night Choreographers (2003) - Francesca Horsley
NZ Ballet's Peter Pan (2003) - Dr. Karen Barbour, University of Waikato
Three Dance Extravaganzas - The Lens, Late Night Choreographers, Scratch 'n Sniff Dance Shorts - Raewyn Thorburn
CONJECTURE 5.0 - Improvisation as a value shift in contemporary dance - Kristian Larsen
The Treaty Danced by Curve (2003) - Dagmar Simon
Slightly Synthetic: ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN PLACES TO START AND REST (2003) - Aaron Blaker
CURVE in Signed; Night by Raewyn Hill (2003) - Francesca Horsley
Black Grace: Surface - a Journey (2003) - Marianne Schultz
Atamira: Cultural Heritage - Individual Creativity (2003) - Wendy Preston
Romeo and Juliet: Fair would I dwell on form (2003) - Francesca Horsley
Romeo and Juliet - The colour of passion and blood (2003) - Dr. Karen Barbour, University of Waikato
Queen Camel and Best Foot Forward (2003) - Francesca Horsley
Bach / St Matthew Passion (2003) - Jennifer Shennan
Dance at IGNITE 03 truly igniting - Dagmar Simon
Atamira :CULTURAL HERITAGE - INDIVIDUAL CREATIVITY - Wendy Preston
Lifeform: A KISS, LOVE AND ARDOR - Linda Parker
Touch Compass: Acquisitions (2003) - Dr. Karen Barbour, University of Waikato
Opinion - Dance exploits - Alexa Wilson
Putahi and Punga Whakawhenua by Karen Barbour and Dorothy Coe(2003) - Christy Hartlage
Atamira and Touch Compass Acquisitions (2003) - Francesca Horsley
Imperial Russian's Nutcracker ballet a cracker of a performance (2003) - Dr. Karen Barbour, University of Waikato
Black Grace - SURFACE (2003) - Francesca Horsley
CONJECTURE 3.0 "Or Your Money back" - Kristian Larsen
Touch Compass Acquisitions 2003 - Bernadette Rae
RADIO Kristian Larsen/Throw - Disposable Choreography (2003) - Johnny Second C.D.E.
Best Feet Forward in dance 2002 - Francesca Horsley
Black Grace New Works Tour 2002 - Dr. Karen Barbour, University of Waikato
Raewyn Hill: When Love Comes Calling (2002) - Johnny Second C.D.E.
Touch Compass Lighthouse at the Aotea Centre - Bernadette Rae
Raewyn Hill - WHITE - a stream of consciousness review - Kilda Northcott
CONJECTURE 2.0 The State We're In - Kristian Larsen
Fracture (Guy Ryan) and Weather Vain People (Malia Johnston) - Rosemary Robertson
Migration and Marginality (reflections on the Vision Arts Forum 2002, University of Auckland) - Linda Ashley
Karen Barbour's Move Me (2002) - Rosemary Robertson
Save dance: Depth and accessibility in NZ reviews of and discussions about dance 2002 - Alexa Wilson
Performances at Auckland Dance Festival 2002 - Francesca Horsley
Inland, Douglas Wright & Dancers (2002) - Bernadette Rae
Dance trends and sucesses 2002 - Francesca Horsley
Dancers Benefit for Refugees - Francesca Horsley
Why do we dance? Dancers respond to 9/11 - Raewyn Whyte
A Century of Swan Lake (2001) - Raewyn Whyte
Atamira, Freshly Minted: Stunning collection of dance from young performers (2001) - Bernadette Rae
3D - Curve Dance Collective, Auckland Dance Company, Touch Compass Dance Trust, Guy Ryan Company - Bernadette Rae
3D - Touch Compass, Curve and Auckland Dance Company - Bernadette Rae
Dancing out demons - Bernadette Rae
Soundings. Daniel Belton and Good Company - Ann Hunt
Dance in the Raw!, Bipeds Productions - Ann Hunt
The Perfect Lie - Sean Curham (2000) - Bernadette Rae
Dracula. Royal New Zealand Ballet (2000) - Ann Hunt
Five Girls called Doris by Curve (2000) - Caroline Bell-Booth
CURVE - Five Girls Called Doris (2000) - Bernadette Rae
Karen Barbour this is after all the edited life (2000) - Hilary Falconer
Ballet sure-footed over brave new ground - Jenny Stevenson
Ballet revels in Seven Deadly Sins - Ann Hunt
Dress Sense - Sue Cheesman and Raewyn Thorburn - Dr. Karen Barbour, University of Waikato
Quick - Shona McCullagh and The Human Garden (1998) - Briar Wilson
Black Grace: Fia Ola - Let Me Live (1998) - Briar Wilson
Dance at WOMAD Aotearoa, 1997 - Raewyn Whyte
Watershed Next Wave Festival 1996 - Raewyn Whyte
White Oak Dance Project, Aotea Centre (1996) - Raewyn Whyte
A personal response to Buried Venus - Dr. Karen Barbour, University of Waikato
Eric Languet Dance Company and Opera New Zealand present Les Noces (1996) - Raewyn Whyte
Best of Dance for 1995 - Raewyn Whyte
Best of Dance for 1994 - Raewyn Whyte
Fairy Stories and Isadoras Tribe (1994) - Raewyn Whyte
Emerging choreographers and their achievements (1994) - Raewyn Whyte
Vivek Kinra in Ashta Nayika , national tour - Raewyn Whyte
Best of Dance for 1993 - Raewyn Whyte
Ann Dewey's "33.3 revolutions per minute" - Raewyn Whyte
Jordan & Presents "Bone of Contention" (1993) - Raewyn Whyte
Royal New Zealand Ballet in "Petrouchka" and "Pineapple Poll" (1993) - Raewyn Whyte
Dancing the Gay Fandango (1993) - Raewyn Whyte
The Mechanics of Fluids - Carol Brown (1995) - Dr. Karen Barbour, University of Waikato

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