Review Archive
Nicole Wilkie is a dancer/choreographer and creative artist with a BA inPsychology (Otago University, 2014) and a contemporary dance degree from UNITEC (2018). She has danced with GASP! Dance Collective (Dunedin) and Lizzie Hewitt Dance (Christchurch), as well as contributing works for Tempo and Auckland Fringe festivals. She is a member of the MANU performance collective who toured to China during 2019. She has written for Theatreview since 2018.
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave
Auckland, Wellington
20/02/2024 - 09/03/2024
"Marvellous simulation of a vigorous, volatile transcendent rave..
"Entirely cohesive, outstanding work..
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THE BLOOM
Auckland
13/02/2024 - 17/02/2024
"Queer experience, queer intimacy..
"Slick, enticing choreography..
STRUCTURE
Auckland
29/04/2023 - 30/04/2023
"Visually beautiful and thought-provoking...
"Surfacing out of catastrophe and change...
Retail Therapy
Auckland
01/02/2023 - 03/02/2023
"A satirical look at the dangers of consumerism through contemporary dance..
Night and Mortar
Auckland
13/12/2022 - 17/12/2022
"A Drop of Dance with your Drink of Choice..
Showcase 2022 UNITEC
Auckland
17/11/2022 - 20/11/2022
"Unique Contemporary Dance Works Highlight Emerging Talent..
Separately, in Tandem
Auckland
01/05/2021 - 01/05/2021
"Vignettes are expertly woven together..
"Encompassing rich imagery..
EDWA 2020 - Virginia Kennard and Charles Koroneho
Auckland
01/12/2020 - 01/12/2020
"Limbo/Tick, tick, tick..
NGĀ WAI
Hawkes Bay, Auckland
26/11/2020 - 16/04/2021
"Incandescent expressiveness..
"Moments of shapeshifting provocation and pūrākau..
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UNITEC DANCE SHOWCASE 2020
Auckland
12/11/2020 - 15/11/2020
"Diverse dance works showcase extraordinary talent..
UNDERCURRENT
Raumati, Tauranga, Auckland, New Plymouth, Christchurch, Wellington
24/10/2020 - 12/11/2020
"Blistering new dance works..
"Wariness, disconnection, and partying with careless abandon..
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The Kiss Inside
Global
15/07/2020 - 19/07/2020
"Relatable, beautiful, challenging, engrossing..
STILL SOLO
Global
14/07/2020 - 16/07/2020
"Still images move..
DUST #ENBatHome
Global
29/04/2020 - 29/04/2020
"A raw embodiment of women in war..
BROKEN WINGS
Global
22/04/2020 - 24/04/2020
"Turbulent tale of tortured artist..
"An explosion of colour and imagination..
The Tower Season of Cinderella
Global, Auckland, Napier, Dunedin, Wellington
02/08/2012 - 19/04/2020
"Onwards to the Ball..
"Cinderella – A delight for all ages..
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (RNZB)
Wellington, Christchurch, Auckland, Napier, Global
20/08/2015 - 12/04/2020
"The course of true love never did run smooth..
"A feel-good ballet to enjoy at home..
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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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FACELESS HAIR CRY
Auckland
03/03/2020 - 07/03/2020
"Body caught in flux..
"An investigative journey of transformative femininity..
EMERALD
Auckland
14/02/2020 - 26/02/2020
"Dramatic, engaging cultural dance..
TOMO
Auckland
09/10/2019 - 10/10/2019
"Navigation of the physical and spiritual realms..
ABOUT OTHERS
Auckland
02/10/2019 - 03/10/2019
"Immersive, unique dance experience..
PŌHUTU
Wellington, Auckland, Rotorua
06/06/2019 - 15/09/2023
"We are transported to life at Whakarewarewa. Puarenga stream, bubbles and water...
"Tangible and intangible landscapes reimagined..
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