DANCERS HEAD TO CHRISTCHURCH TO LEARN AND TO PERFORM
The biannual Seasoned Symposium for dancers is being held at Easter Weekend in Christchurch. The Symposium is a forum for mature dancers ( aged 45+) to share and extend their movement practice.
Seven dancers from the Val Deakin Dance Theatre in New Plymouth will be heading down there to dance, teach and attend workshops with several well-known New Zealand dance practitioners including Fleur de Thier, Mary-Jane O’Reilly, Jan Bolwell , Rawiri Hindle and David McMicken.
Dancer and teacher Jane Roseman will be teaching a workshop highlighting the humour, musicality, emotional nuance and expressive storytelling in choreographer Val Deakin’s work. Val was awarded the ONZM at New Year for her services to dance and choreography in New Zealand.
Five dancers from the Val Deakin Dance Theatre will also be performing excerpts from two of Val’s iconic works – For Roberto (recently seen as part of the Dance Theatre’s Connections programme) and Forever Bubbles – Val’s fun look at New Zealand women in the home in the 1920’s, 30’s and 40’s. Both these works have had a terrific reception when performed previously in New Plymouth, Eltham, Napier and Arundel (England).
The dancers heading down to Christchurch are Jane Roseman, Shelley Prestney, Davina Moffat, Inge Vink, Catherine Donlon, Karen Lewis and Alison Taylor.