Review Archive
Sarah Knox (MCPA) is a lecturer in Dance Studies at the University of Auckland. She currently teaches practice and theory including choreography, dance technique, professional practices, is responsible for a large proportion of the department’s performance programmes and international tours, and is involved in Postgraduate supervision. Sarah has published research including ‘Artists Narratives’ in the book Moving Oceans: Celebrating Dance in the South Pacific (co author Dr. Rosemary Martin, Editors Associate Professors Ralph Buck and Nicholas Rowe, Publisher: Routledge). Sarah holds a Master of Creative and Performing Arts where she explored professional contemporary dancers’ experiences of agency within choreographic collaboration. She is currently studying towards a doctorate investigating the acculturation of creativity in choreographic education at tertiary level. Sarah trained at the New Zealand School of Dance and has performed with Black Grace, Footnote New Zealand Dance and has worked extensively as a freelance artist since 2002. She is also a dance-maker and has created works for the New Zealand Fringe Festival (2010, 2012), Tempo (2015), Footnote New Zealand Dance (2008, 2010, 2016), University of Auckland (2016) and Dance Nucleus (Singapore, 2016).. She began reviewing for Theatreview in 2015. See: http://www.creative.auckland.ac.nz/people/dance/sarah-knox
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
SYNTHESIS
Auckland
28/02/2017 - 01/03/2017
"Dance fusion with personal appeal..
"Synthesis: They don’t come for the ladies..
MEA TAU
Auckland
28/02/2017 - 04/03/2017
"Mea Tau: Hilarious, clever, effervescent..
DREAM MAN
Auckland
24/02/2017 - 25/02/2017
"She entices us in..
COMPOSURE
Auckland
25/02/2017 - 25/02/2017
"Composure: occasionally, and sometimes unsettled..
MINIATURES
Auckland
11/10/2016 - 11/10/2016
"Miniatures: a world, within a world, within a world..
FRESH 2016
Auckland
05/10/2016 - 07/10/2016
"Creative thinking and a strong narrative evident in all five pieces..
"Emerging works in a diversity of genres..
INSOLENT RIVER: A TANGO
Auckland
04/10/2016 - 06/10/2016
"Abstract and metaphysical, and mundane..
"Alternate casting offers subtle interpretive differences..
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Short + Sweet Dance 2016 - Season 2
Auckland
02/09/2016 - 03/09/2016
"Short + Sweet dance: A short time is a good time..
GISELLE - The Royal NZ Ballet
Wellington, Napier, Christchurch, Dunedin, Auckland
11/08/2016 - 03/09/2016
"Simply superb in every way..
"Giselle: Delicate, defined, and dynamic..
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Manaia - short works premiere season
Auckland
05/07/2016 - 09/07/2016
"New works in development..
"Manaia-connected choreographies..
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SUNSET AFFAIR
Auckland
05/07/2016 - 08/07/2016
"Sunset Affair: A melancholy gathering..
TRANSFER
Wellington, Auckland
29/06/2016 - 07/07/2016
"Experimental and traditional dance works face to face..
"Unforgettable dance experiences..
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Everything Anyone Ever Wanted
Auckland
21/06/2016 - 25/06/2016
"Everything Anyone Ever Wanted: Subjugating the fear of living..
YOU DANCE 2016
Auckland
31/05/2016 - 01/06/2016
"Dance is flourishing in our schools!..
"YouDance: Yes, you certainly can dance..
INFINITE SPACE
Auckland
20/08/2015 - 21/08/2015
"Full of promise but falls short..
BALLET REVOLUCION
Auckland
17/06/2015 - 21/06/2015
"Technique and talent outshine limitations..
"A Ballet Revolucion Indeed..
BBEALS
Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin
13/03/2015 - 28/03/2015
"A MYSTIQUE OF MAYHEM, WITH HUMOUR..
"All hail Jenny: Bbeals at the Maidment..
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3 in 2 1
Auckland
09/02/2015 - 12/02/2015
"3 in 2 1... Go!..
"Double body double and misfit mafia..
