The New Zealand Dance Company

The New Zealand Dance Company (incorporated as The New Zealand Dance Advancement Trust) is an Auckland based, nationally focused contemporary dance company.

NZDC ' The Fibonacci' by Victoria Columbus – photograph by John McDermott

Established in 2012, by co-founders Chief Executive/Artistic Director (and Arts Laureate) Shona McCullagh[1] and the founding General Manager Frances Turner, the company sought to break the paradigm of dance companies operating on a project by project basis, presenting work by one choreographer, and moved instead to a sustainable model of presenting a variety of choreographic works.

About

The New Zealand Dance Company's (NZDC) vision is to create new connections to dance by staging compelling, relevant works in highly engaging ways that not only entertain, but resonate long after the experience is over. NZDC was formed to build a hotbed of diverse, creative voices by attracting new talent whilst also reclaiming dancers and choreographers who have left New Zealand shores. NZDC's point of difference exists in providing a full-time home for challenging and growing New Zealand contemporary dance culture.

The New Zealand Dance Company performs live to more than 30,000 people annually in New Zealand and around the globe. NZDC has developed nine programmes of work with 25 different creations in our repertoire by choreographers spanning New Zealand, Australia, Holland and South Korea. NZDC are onstage at least once a year in its base city of Auckland and tour New Zealand annually. NZDC delivered six international tours – to the Holland Dance Festival (twice), Australia, Germany, Liverpool, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Canada.

In addition to a professional Company, NZDC has a bustling Youth and Community Engagement Programme[2] that touches close to 8,000 people per year through weekly classes, masterclasses and workshops for all ages and levels – including its popular over 60s Feisty Feet classes.

Dancers
  • Carl Tolentino[3]
  • Chrissy Kokiri[4]
  • Katie Rudd[5]
  • Ngaere Jenkins[6]

Management
  • Co-Artistic Directors - Victoria Columbus[7] and James O'Hara[8]
  • Executive Director - Janine Dijkmeijer[9]
  • Artistic Manager - Caroline Bindon
  • Producer - JP Bolton
  • Marketing and Funding Manager - Ashley David
  • Administrator - Emma Broad
  • Dance Education Coordinator - Cathy Livermore
  • Accountant - Christine Rice

Works

 
This Fragile Planet (2020)
Location - Auckland Fringe Festival and Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival
Choreographers - Nina Nawalowalo and Tom McCrory (The Conch), Ross McCormack
International Tours (2019, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014)
Location - Canada, Belgium, Luxemburg, Paris, Liverpool, Germany, Holland, Australia, Netherlands
Matariki for Tamariki (2019)
Location - Auckland, Northland
Choreographer - Sean McDonald
Kiss the Sky (2019, 2017)
Location - Bay of Islands, Wanaka, Invercargill, Wellington, New Plymouth, Nelson, Hamilton, Auckland
Choreographers - KIM Jae Duk, Victoria Columbus, Stephanie Lake, Sue Healey
Tamaki Tour
Location - Auckland
Choreographers - Sean McDonald, Mia Mason, Lucy Marinkovich, Chrissy Kokiri, Taniora Motutere, Ashleigh Perriot, Tupua Tigafua, Bianca Hyslop, Scott Ewen, Omea Geary, Malia Johnston, Joshua Cesan
Lumina (2018, 2016 ,2015)
Location - Paris, Liverpool, Hamilton, Christchurch, Nelson, Auckland, Germany, Holland, Whangarei, Napier, Wellington, New Plymouth
Choreographers - Stephen Shropshire, Louise Potiki Bryant, Malia Johnston
OrphEus - A Dance Opera (2018)
Location - Auckland Festival, New Zealand Festival Wellington
Choreographer - Michael Parmenter
The Absurdity of Humanity (2017, 2016)
Location - New Plymouth, Marlborough, Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland
Rotunda (2015, 2014, 2013)
Location - Tauranga, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Auckland, Adelaide, Melbourne, Parramatta, Geelong, Den Haag, Amsterdam, Auckland
Choreographer - Shona McCullagh in collaboration with dancers
Language of Living (2014, 2013, 2012)
Location - Invercargill, Christchurch, Nelson, New Plymouth, Tauranga, Auckland, Whangarei, Hawke's Bay, Wellington
Choreographers - Shona McCullagh, Michael Parmenter, Sarah Foster-Sproull, Justin Haiu, Tupua Tigafua, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Shaun Parker's Trolleys
Winner of the Argus Angel Award (Brighton Festival, UK)
Location - UK, Spain, Belgium, France, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Australia, Auckland
Choreographer - Shaun Parker

References
  1. McCullagh, Shona. "Shona McCullagh". The New Zealand Dance Company. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  2. Engagement Programme, Youth and Community. "MĀTAURANGA/ EDUCATION". The New Zealand Dance Company. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  3. Tolentino, Carl. "Bridging Styles with Carl Tolentino". DANZ. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  4. Kokiri, Chrissy. "Dancing the Language of Living". The Wireless NZ. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  5. Rudd, Katie. "A part of our life force". Taranaki Daily News. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  6. Jenkins, Ngaere. "Ngaere Jenkins". The New Zealand Dance Company. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  7. Columbus, Victoria. "Dance Company Appoints World Class New Leadership Team". Scoop. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  8. O'Hara, James. "Dance Company Appoints World Class New Leadership Team". Scoop. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  9. Dijkmeijer, Victoria. "Dance Company Appoints World Class New Leadership Team". Scoop. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
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