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"A captivating collection of solo dance works created by graduates from five decades of the New Zealand School of Dance: Mary Jane O’Reilly, Taiaroa Royal, Daniel Belton, Raewyn Hill, Emma Murray, Craig Bary, Sacha Copland, Janessa Dufty, Lauren Langlois and Eliza Sanders. Each piece has been crafted for ten of the exceptional contemporary dance students who will graduate in 2017. In celebration of the School’s 50th anniversary, commissioning choreography from these admired dance makers gives expression to the School’s culture through innovation and fresh thinking." September 2017. http://www.nzschoolofdance.ac.nz/

New Zealand School of Dance presents SCOPE, on stage May 2016. SCOPE explores the idea of the human condition and what our existence means to us. The production is a collaboration between the dance students of the NZSD and the production/stage-craft students of Toi Whakaari (New Zealand Drama School). Please click any thumbnail for a closeup view. Prints are available. Purchase here and now. Click the purple Add To Cart purple button to see the options. Print production is overseen carefully, and images are individually cropped & adjusted where needed, prior to printing. Print-delivery is available anywhere, NZ & overseas, at the website-checkout. Free print-delivery, via pickup, is available from Te Whaea, Hutchison Road, Wellington. Digital images are available, starting at only $5 for something suitable for Facebook. Click the Add To Cart purple button – you’ll receive digital images instantly, from the site, after purchase. stephen@photoboy.co.nz Call or text 027 446 0077, with questions or comments. https://www.facebook.com/stephenacourtphotographer

Choreographic Season 2015 - KARST at New Zealand School of Dance, Wellington. 15 to 23 May 2015. The choreographic talents of New Zealand School of Dance students are showcased in this annual performance season. Stepping out of the theatre, eleven final year contemporary dance students have created dance pieces to be performed in an immense public space. The architectural environment is changed in atmosphere and perspective by theatrical multimedia components as the show progresses. Production, lighting and costumes by students from Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School add intensity to an inventive collection of new dance works. http://www.nzschoolofdance.ac.nz/ Please click any thumbnail for a closeup view.

INSIGHT – a studio-performance photographed for the New Zealand School of Dance at Te Whaea National Dance & Drama Centre, Newtown, Wellington, NZ. http://www.nzschoolofdance.ac.nz/ Please click any thumbnail for a closeup view.

Still Dancing celebrated the 45th anniversary of the New Zealand School of Dance in 2012. The exhibition has had three shows. At The Pah Homestead, TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre, 72 Hillsborough Rd, Auckland in October and November 2013, coinciding with the Tempo Dance Festival. http://tsbbankwallaceartscentre.org.nz/ Secondly, at Expressions Arts And Entertainment Centre, 836 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt, to 26 January 2014. http://www.expressions.org.nz/ Still Dancing was first shown at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Shed 11, on Wellington's waterfront, in November 2012. http://www.nzportraitgallery.org.nz/ The exhibition consists of very large framed prints, made on the Canon ipf8300 Large Format Inkjet Printer, on Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl paper. Still Dancing is a 50-50 joint-venture project - ongoing income from the exhibition benefits the New Zealand School of Dance. (NZSD is NZ registered charity.) http://www.nzschoolofdance.ac.nz/ Click any thumbnail for a closeup view.

A tribute to the energy and passion of the moving form. Images from the exhibition 'Body', by Stephen A'Court in collaboration with choreographer Sarah Foster. The 'Body' exhibition features 22 large-scale prints from studio sessions with students from the New Zealand School of Dance. It was first exhibited at Toi Poneke Gallery, Wellington NZ in September 2009. The exhibition prints are now installed in the enormous Studio One dance studio at Te Whaea, the home of the NZ School of Dance. http://www.nzschoolofdance.ac.nz

INSIGHT – a studio-performance photographed for the New Zealand School of Dance at Te Whaea National Dance & Drama Centre, Newtown, Wellington, NZ. http://www.nzschoolofdance.ac.nz/ Please click any thumbnail for a closeup view.

The Residents inhabit a distressed, deconstructed world, with doors that float and staircases that lead to nowhere. A place where they come together by chance, uncovering mystery, chaos and creation through movement. Presented as the New Zealand School of Dance’s annual Choreographic Season, The Residents is a theatrical, curious and technically impressive dance show. The School's third year contemporary students have choreographed a series of dance works stimulated by their own eclectic backgrounds. Director, Victoria Colombus. Head of Contemporary Dance, NZSD, Paula Steeds-Huston. Please click any thumbnail for a closeup view. http://www.nzschoolofdance.ac.nz/

'And Then It Moved', the New Zealand School of Dance's Choreographic Season. Te Whaea Theatre, Wellington. 15 to 25 May 2013. Every year contemporary dance students are challenged to choreograph their own piece in their final year. They have collaborated with composer Thomas Press, cellist and composer Charles Davenport, and voice artist Flo Wilson, along with lighting and costume students from Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School. 'And Then It Moved' incorporates live music, games and unexpected theatrical elements. http://www.nzschoolofdance.ac.nz/

The New Zealand School of Dance's Choreographic Season titled 'On the Other Hand' introduces ten new works of expressive dance, examining conversation through movement. On stage in May 2012, Te Whaea Theatre, Wellington. Created by final year contemporary dance students, in collaboration with set designer Oliver Morse, and lighting and costume students from Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School. Artistic coordinator, On the Other Hand, Victoria Colombus. Head of Contemporary Dance, NZSD, Paula Steeds-Huston.

Coverage of a rehearsal of the New Zealand School of Dance's graduation performance at Te Whaea, Wellington, 16-26 November 2011. http://www.nzschoolofdance.ac.nz/

Photographs at a rehearsal of Sketch, the NZ School of Dance Choreographic season at Te Whaea, Wellington, NZ, in May 2011.

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