2010 Made in New Zealand

A crowd favourite and an established performance season, 2010 Made in New Zealand celebrates NZ Music Month with new dance works by New Zealand choreographers.

Featuring two major new works;

Purlieu by Malia Johnston to new music by Eden Mulholland. Like the earlier work Miniatures it is based on, Purlieu is an exploration of the body’s relationship to small, precious and confined spaces. The work is being presented at the World Expo in Shanghai later this year and is partly influenced by its theme – 'better cities, better living'. Dancers explore the preciousness and precariousness of space and place as they interact with a constantly shifting landscape of small objects and spaces. The resulting forms, images and physicalities are metaphors for the many ways in which we both affect and change, and in turn are defined and constricted by, the built environments that surround us.

i changed by Sarah Foster, with music by Andrew Foster,  is an introspective exploration of social perceptions where voyeurism, exploitation, exhibitionism and exclusion are all part of a fast moving creation that is guaranteed to provide surprise and excitement onstage. This is a sexy must-see piece exploring the notion of ‘touching’ and sometimes inappropriate touching!

The programme also features two solo works – a solo by Michael Parmenter (Somebody’s Darling) inspired by the unknown grave at Millar’s Flat, Central Otago and to music by Douglas Lilburn, and a solo by Ross McCormack (Stealth) inspired by the graffiti art of DLT to music by Jody Lloyd.