Footnote New Zealand Dance

Anu Khapung at Princess Bay on Wellington’s South Coast. Photo by Caroline Atkinson Photography. A consistently creative and experimental company of outstanding professionals are enticing new audiences to dance up and down the country. New Zealand’s longest running contemporary dance company, Footnote New Zealand Dance,…

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The dancers are magnetic. Georgia Beechey-Gradwell, Tyler Carney, Joshua Faleatua, Adam Naughton and Anu Khapung are genuinely mesmerising. Alana Dixon-Calder, Theatreview Both Beechey- Gradwell and Naughton are lovely to watch, their timing almost perfectly impeccable and their impassive faces focus the audience’s eye onto the…

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Footnote New Zealand Dance is delighted to be seeking expressions of interest for a number of secondment positions during 2018. Our secondments provide an opportunity for final year tertiary students to join our family for one week: this is a great opportunity to experience the…

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For the third video in our Movement Biography series, in which we explore the worlds of our company members, we’re profiling Adam Naughton. Adam started as an intern for Footnote in 2015 for Flip, Pivot, Boom by Malia Johnston and in 2017 became a full-time…

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For the second video in our Footnote Movement Biography series (see Georgia’s here), we’re featuring NZSD-trained Tyler Carney. Tyler is a total animal lover/cat-lady and is our resident style guru. Read our quick-fire interview with Tyler and watch her video below to learn more about…

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As part of a programme that began in 2016 in partnership with Arts Access Aotearoa, we have been working on building conversations around accessibility into the planning of our New Zealand tours whenever possible. We believe that contemporary dance, and art in general, should be…

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“This is a programme which allows us to reflect on how we live and interact with others. It is intriguing and absorbing.” Tania Kopytko, Theatreview Read more… “The Footnote dancers are to be proud of themselves. A new generation of dance athletes showing us the…

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A double-bill of exceptional new dance work   Footnote New Zealand Dance has been at the forefront of contemporary dance for over 30 years. One of their missions is to foster a connection with New Zealand artists who are working overseas and to bring their perspectives back…

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Footnote New Zealand Dance creates an environment that offers opportunities for New Zealand choreographers based in Aotearoa or overseas to make and present their work to nationwide audiences. To support this mission, and to encourage practitioners to engage with the company in Wellington, the company’s…

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Footnote New Zealand Dance is pleased to announce the appointment of Claire O’Neil to its Artistic Advisory Panel (AAP). An experienced contributor to the New Zealand and international dance community, in recent years Claire choreographed MTYLand, Just Bet/Ween Us and Lifeworld (in five parts) for…

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