DANZ Moves

Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 9:36 am
Press Release: DANZ

DANZ Moves

NEW ZEALAND DANCE Mar '10

Well this month seems to be all about Festivals. In Wellington the International Arts Festival is in full swing and the Fringe festival has just finished. Congratulations to Crows Feet for winning the award for best dance in Fringe.

Coming next are Pasifika Festival and Dunedin Fringe, both with heaps of dance. And Tempo dance festival is asking for expressions of interest for their festival in September.

Meanwhile DANZ workshops have started around the country. There is a variety of topics for those involved in all styles of dance and some really experienced tutors. Thank you to Creative New Zealand for supporting DANZ workshops and making them affordable.

DANZ in this email:
Dance Workshops

Dunedin Fringe

Mentoring

Dance Focussed Networks

Pasifika Festival

Tempo and Works in Progress

Carol Brown at Auckland Art Gallery

Dance Workshops

DANZ 2010 workshops are underway. Several topics start this month including Perfect Performance 3 in Wellington, How to Count, Breathe, Talk and Teach Dance in Palmerston North and Freelance Dance Work in Schools in Auckland. More workshops are offered through DANZ partnership projects.

DANZ training programme | DANZ Partnership Projects

Dunedin Fringe

Dunedin Fringe, 18 - 28 March has a strong programme of dance, including Heel Ruby by choreographers Camille Boyte, Emily Campbell and Zahra Killeen-Chance, a Dance Lab at the University of Otago and Te Ngaru Hou at the marae in Karitane. Several companies from over-seas, including France, Australia, India and Wellington are also coming to Fringe.

More on Dunedin Fringe | Submit your events to the DANZ Diary with our online form

Mentoring

One of the valuable services we offer to DANZ members is the DANZ Mentoring Programme. A mentor can act as a guide or someone to spring ideas off. The programme can be used for areas such as skill development in aspects of producing a new show, dance company growth, strategic development or career pathway direction. You can be mentored by someone you would like to work with or DANZ can suggest a mentor. Find out more on our website or call Tania Kopytko (04) 802 0534 or Susan Jordan (09) 370 0482.

DANZ Mentoring | Get more career help from DANZ Resources

Dance Focussed Networks

Cluster groups have been set up for DANZ members in Auckland to allow choreographers, dancers, producers and managers to meet regularly. The groups provide a forum to support each other and to upskill.

More about the Cluster Groups | Find people who work in dance in the NZ Dance Directory

Pasifika Festival

New Zealand's biggest pacific event is on this week. Pasifika Festival incorporates a week of events including workshops in Pacific Dance on 10 & 20 March offered by the Pacific Dance Project and DANZ and the tribal pop opera Po .

More on Pasifika Festival | Pacific Dance in New Zealand

Tempo and Works in Progress

Tempo dance festival is seeking expressions of interest (before 19 March) from those wishing to perform in the festival in September/October this year. Tempo is an umbrella festival that promotes a diverse range of dance performances, events and workshops across the Auckland region.

The DANZ Internship programme is providing a platform for emerging choreographers to present works in a performance setting. WIP '10 - Works in Progress will run in the lead up to Tempo with support from MIC Toi Rerehiko.

Tempo Expressions of Interest | WIP '10 (Works In Progress)

Carol Brown at Auckland Art Gallery

Choreographer, writer, teacher and lecturer in dance Carol Brown will be talking on Art in the Real World at Auckland Art Gallery next Monday, 15 March. Secondary teachers with year 12 & 13 students interested in a dance career should contact roger.taberner@aucklandcity.govt.nz or call (09) 307 7727. photo: Carol Brown Dances' SeaUnSea by Mattias Ek.

More dance events in the DANZ Diary | Submit your events to the DANZ Diary with our online form

DANZ in Wellington/Te Whanganui a Tara | phone 04 801 9885 | danz@danz.org.nz

DANZ in Auckland/Tamaki Makaurau | phone 09 370 0472 | auckland@danz.org.nz

DANZ membership

DANZ is the national organisation for New Zealand dance www.danz.org.nz

He tautoko i te ao kanikani i Aotearoa - Supporting the world of dance in New Zealand

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