Yes, it’s true. Derek and I have moved from inner city Grey Lynn to the stunningly beautiful but remote Hokianga.…
My Own Words
2020 NZ Dance Calendar April to June
April 4-5 April – Hansel & Gretel (2019), The Royal NZ Ballet – Facebook Live (streaming). Reviews: Theatreview (1), (2),…
2020 NZ Dance Calendar – October to December – performances and review links
Please send me details of New Zealand dance events not listed here – live or online. raewyn@allmyownwords.co.nz OCTOBER 3 Oct…
2020 NZ Dance Calendar July to September
July NB for Tempo TV details, please visit their Facebook page 1 July then archived – Dancing at Dusk –…
Lockdown notes
It will be around 23 April before we know how effective the NZ-wide lockdown to prevent the spread of the…
2020 NZ dance calendar Jan – March
23-24 Jan 2020, Auckland – Flamenco ensemble Tierra y Mar led by Paul Bosauder – Q Theatre Loft 8.30pm 26…
Musicality and mindfulness, positioning, placement and passion: ballet’s fundamentals in Bold Moves
Caption: Soloists Mayu Tanigaito and Massimo Margaria in William Forsythe’s Artifact II. Bold Moves by the Royal New Zealand Ballet.…
2019 New Zealand Dance Calendar with review links for October – December
Updated regularly. Please send event info and/or review links to be added – raewyn@allmyownwords.co.nz. Follow the links for reviews of…
Worlds apart – review of Pacific Dance Festival 2019 Triple Bill, Mangere Arts Centre, Friday 14 June 2019
The three works in this year’s Pacific Dance Festival Triple Bill showcase had their beginnings in personal experiences. Trip, choreographed…
2019 New Zealand Dance Calendar with review links for July-September
Updated regularly. Please send event info and/or review links to be added – raewyn@allmyownwords.co.nz. Follow the links for reviews of…
Dancing til the end of life as we know it
Hofesh Shechter’s Grand Finale brought visions of an apocalyptic future to a stage drenched in a dense haze which roiled…
Worlds apart
As It Stands by Muscle Mouth (NZ) at ASB Waterfront Theatre , 8-10 March.Blood Water Earth by Santee Smith and…
2019 New Zealand Dance Calendar with review links for April – June
Updated regularly. Please send event info and/or review links to be added – raewyn@allmyownwords.co.nz. Follow these links for Jan –…
2019 discoveries – compelling reading from terrific writers
I have recently enjoyed immersing myself in books by a number of writers who are new to me, and in…
2019 NZ Dance performance calendar with review links Jan – March 2019
Please send event information and review links to be added – raewyn@allmyownwords.co.nz Follow these links for April – June 2019;…
Robot reporting – an update
I have been keeping an eye on the phenomenon of robot reporters (aka newsbots) for almost a decade. Over time,…
Line:Curve and being at home in your body
Footnote dancers in Elliptical Fictions choreographed by Zahra Killeen-Chance with backdrop imagery by Richard Killeen. Photography by Caroline Atkinson Photography Review…
2018 Dance Performances and Reviews: October – December
What’s on in dance around New Zealand from October to the end of December 2018 … plus review links once published. …
Mozart’s music a marvellous inspiration
A shortened version of this review appeared in the NZ Herald on 9 July 2018 Marvellous music by Mozart has…
Hello Aloalii
Aloalii Tapu’s dance theatre work Goodbye Naughton closed out week one of Pacific Dance Festival 2018 with a cheering audience.…
