Seasoned Symposium
A fabulous time was had by members of the Val Deakin Dance Theatre who attended the bi-annual Seasoned Symposium in Christchurch over Easter.
All attended workshops by a range of teachers from Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, Brazil and Australia – and Jane Roseman taught a workshop as well. Jane, Shelley Prestney, Inge Vink, Davina Moffat and Catherine Donlon danced two works by Val Deakin – the finale to For Roberto and a section of Forever Bubbles (to a fantastic reception) in the last night’s performance Bloom. As a special surprise, all attended a circus arts workshop and tried their skills on trapeze, silks, hoops, tightrope and juggling. The above dancers were joined by dancers Alison Taylor and Marie Hermo Jensen, also from New Plymouth. All great fun!
There was time to talk about dance in New Zealand and how to encourage people to realise that dance is not only for young people, and how to better co-ordinate events among the regions and share teachers, choreographers and knowledge.
There was even time for a Paparazzi Evening, with everyone dressed to the nines – in outfits from the 20’s to some cutting-edge fashion.
A huge shout out to the tutors and organisers of the event – a lot of planning and hard work to make it such a successful event. And plans already being made to attend again in 2027. Come and join the dance!