The three works in this year’s Pacific Dance Festival Triple Bill showcase had their beginnings in personal experiences. Trip, choreographed…
My Own Words
2019 New Zealand Dance Events: 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 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…
Dance performances Jan – March 2019 and associated reviews
Please send event information and review links to be added – raewyn@allmyownwords.co.nz Follow this link 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.…
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 January til March 2018 … plus review links. As always, if your details…
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…
