Review Archive
Helen Balfour is a freelance teacher of Performing Arts. She has taught dance and drama in schools worldwide for 30 years.
Helen holds a Diploma of Arts, majoring in Contemporary Dance and Theatre Arts from the Victorian College of the Arts (Melbourne University). She has worked in schools, community and professional theatre in Australia, NZ and Europe.
Having established herself in Wellington, Helen teaches part time, runs an Airbnb, works with mature students teaching yoga and meditation and dances with and is presently choreographing for Crowsfeet Dance Collective.
Welcome to the review archive.
Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
Solace
Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch
01/08/2024 - 17/08/2024
"Rising upwards like an exhalation of breath..
"Connections between human emotion and an emerging mythology..
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Soft Graft
Wellington
05/07/2024 - 06/07/2024
"A thoroughly impressive performance..
Rituals of Similarity
Auckland, Wellington, Whangarei
01/08/2023 - 23/03/2024
"A must see..
"Artistic motivation, mentorship and marinading..
Jungle Book re-imagined
Wellington
23/02/2024 - 25/02/2024
"How prescient was Kipling..
"Glorious dance artists..
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Lick Off My Tears, Death is Also Dying
Wellington
21/02/2024 - 24/02/2024
"It’s a beautiful madness..
"Expresses the issues of our time..
NZ School of Dance Performance Season 2023
Paraparaumu, Wellington
16/11/2023 - 02/12/2023
"Young and optimistic mood..
"Classical season: a joy to see their talent..
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HANSEL AND GRETEL (RNZB)
Wellington, Palmerston North, Napier, Christchurch, Auckland, Dunedin
06/11/2019 - 29/10/2023
"Serious themes at the heart...
"Vale Jon T. Thank you...
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The Impossible Has Already Happened
Wairarapa, Wellington, Taupo, Auckland, Nelson
18/03/2023 - 05/04/2023
"Each dancer has a solo which is revelatory in defining their various identities. As an ensemble the company merged effortlessly…..
"It’s wonderful to note the liaisons between countries, makers, creators and performers coming together to collaborate. ..
FADE The Art of Dissociation
Wellington
10/03/2023 - 11/03/2023
"A sleek, sensitive, informative, impeccably crafted and performed dance/theatre piece...
The Retreat
Wellington
07/03/2023 - 11/03/2023
"Patriarchal dominance, the power of a cult and the weaknesses of humankind all wrapped up together in musical form...
DAUGHTERS OF WILLOW
Wellington
28/02/2023 - 02/03/2023
"Sense of anticipation, revealing mood and inquiry..
LIFT-OFF! 2023
Wellington
21/02/2023 - 25/02/2023
"Slick hour long show...
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES
Wellington
09/09/2022 - 10/09/2022
"The Emperor’s New Clothes - investments for life, high-risk, high return ventures..
UNDOING
Wellington
07/04/2022 - 30/07/2022
"Undoing - a plethora of dance conventions..
"Raises laughs, opens emotions, alerts us to human possibilities and frailties..
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Decodance Classical on Cuba
Wellington
23/07/2022 - 24/07/2022
"Decodance..
Dry Spell
Auckland, Hamilton, Hastings, Wellington, Whanganui
30/04/2022 - 18/05/2022
"The ego excesses of a Freddy Mercury..
"Playground for the audience...
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The Movement
Palmerston North, Porirua, Dunedin, Auckland, Havelock North
01/05/2021 - 19/06/2021
"Serendipitous rather than extra-mortal..
"Brave and thought provoking programme,..
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The Burdened
Wellington
16/03/2021 - 20/03/2021
"Commanding physical presence..
I’M NOT GOING TO LIE TO YOU
Wellington
10/03/2021 - 30/10/2021
"A wild gorgeous creature..
"A fabulous, intimate, memorable exploration..
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Wisdom of Waters
Wellington
02/02/2021 - 06/02/2021
"Rituals and symbolism feature in subtle and overt ways...
A Floor, Some Thoughts, and Us
Wellington
25/02/2021 - 28/02/2021
"Fabulously nimble, proficient dancers..
