Aloalii Tapu’s dance theatre work Goodbye Naughton closed out week one of Pacific Dance Festival 2018 with a cheering audience.…
My Own Words
Mystery novels coming soon
I am continuing my avid reading of mystery novels whenever I have time, and continue to maintain a list of…
2018 Dance Performances and Reviews: July – September
What’s on in dance around New Zealand from July to the end of September 2018 … plus review links. As always, if…
2018 Dance Performances and Reviews: April – June
What’s on in dance around New Zealand from April til the end of June 2018 … plus review links. As always, if…
2018 NZ Dance Performances and Reviews: Jan – March
What’s on in dance around New Zealand from y January til March 2018 … plus review links. As always, if…
Mystery novels ahead in 2018
I love reading my way through mystery series, especially when I discover a new writer whose characters and plots I…
97 productions in next 2 months in Auckland!
23 January 2017 For the past three weeks, I have been compiling a master list of Auckland dance and theatre-related…
The Billy Elliot Experience
by Raewyn Whyte NB a truncated version of this commentary appeared in the NZ Herald on 17 October 2017. Auckland…
Disturbing. Perturbing. Challenging.
by Raewyn Whyte The world premiere of Vou Dance Company’s challenging new work, VU, at Tempo Dance Festival 2016 shows…
Creative ingenuity features in Sunset Affair
by Raewyn Whyte A river of apricot silk, old-fashioned roller skates, and a large self-inflating air mattress are key objects…
The joy of reading mystery novels
by Raewyn Whyte (updated occasionally) When I have spare time, I love to read mystery novels — or really, to…
Looking back on 2015
by Raewyn Whyte There are many ways to sum up a year. This is a summary in progress. Some things…
The Cost of Freedom
by Raewyn Whyte The Cost of Freedom, developed by 44 writers with support from Book Sprints Limited. Marseille, France November…
Reading is easy, reviewing is not
by Raewyn Whyte Turns out it’s easy enough, and certainly enjoyable enough, to read the books for The Aussie Author…
APO Photographic exhibition celebrates dance
Friday 4 April – Sunday 9 May 2014 Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra The Auckland Dance Project Selected Images 2011 – 2013…
Shock! Horror! Journalists replaced by computers!
by Raewyn Whyte Oh my god. What chance do freelance writers have to earn a living now that computers can…
IN PROGRESS: A timeline of New Zealand tertiary dance development
Please note – further contributions are welcome! A Timeline of NZ Tertiary Dance Developments (for reference purposes) major milestones identified here have…
Upskilling’s the thing, but how do you choose the right area.
by Raewyn Whyte In a recent NZ Herald article, Scrapheap the fear for jobless over 50s, writer Wayne Thompson cites…
On being overqualified when engaging in a job search
by Raewyn Whyte The ongoing recession has had a significant impact on the flow of work for many small businesses…
Dancing the Gay Fandango (1993)
Dancing the Gay Fandango by Jenden & Solino BATS Theatre, Wellington, April 1993 Review originally published in NZ Listener, 30 April…
