Footnote Dance: Made in NZ 2011
24/09/2011 - 25/09/2011
21/09/2011 - 22/09/2011
Christchurch Arts Festival 2011
Production Details
Nature of the Beastby Julia Milsom and Rick Harvie
Subsequently Confused by Victoria Columbus
Living Arrangements by Lyne Pringle (Christchurch)
Instances (when we are like horses) by Malia Johnston
body/fight/time by Malia Johnston and Emma Willis (Wellington)
Violence, romance, collision, and frailty are all themes explored by New Zealand’s longest running professional contemporary dance company. The Season is renowned for presenting new works that are in turn heart-warming and daringly provocative. This year sees iconic dancer Lyne Pringle’s take on Chris Knox’s love songs, celebrated choreographer Malia Johnston expanding the horizon of physical possibilities, new comer Victoria Columbus take an existentialist turn, and Julia Milsom asks her beautiful dancers to behave like beasts!
Lyne Pringle’s Living Arrangements is a heart-warming look at the tender side of life. An icon of the New Zealand dance community, Lyne’s new work is about “how frail, goofy, tender and beautiful relationships can be.” Lucy Marinkovich and Francis Christellar perform a duet set to Chris Knox’s Not Given Lightly and The Outer Skin.
Award winning choreographer and Artistic Director of WOW, Malia Johnston contributes two new works to this year’s Made in New ZealandInstances (When We Are Like Horses) performed recently for the City of London Festival, and body/fight/time a full-length work that playfully explores images of collision, impact and conflict. With co-director/dramaturge, Emma Willis and long-time collaborator, musician and composer, Eden Mulholland her work is an engaging look at how our bodies define us.
Victoria Columbus is an emerging talent, and her debut work with Footnote Subsequently Confused explores ideas of mimicry and exposure. With music by Jody Lloyd and dancers Lucy Marinkovich, Olivia McGregor and Manu Reynaud this piece takes a close-up look at what makes us tick.
Julia Milsom is one of Christchurch’s most daring choreographers. In her first commission for Footnote she explores the animal side of humanity with Nature of the Beast. This comic yet subversive work is made in collaboration with Christchurch film-maker Rick Harvie and composer Andrew McMillan, and features dancers Olivia McGregor and Lucy Marinkovich. The work is influenced by Portuguese artist Paula Rego and her feminist work Dog Women.
Made in New Zealand 2011 is part of a performance tour for the REAL Festival and Christchurch Arts Festival.
Footnote Dance: Emily Adamns. Lucy Marinkovich, Oliviua McGregor, Francis Christeller, Manu Reynaud are joined by Rifleman Productions: Paul Young, Marianna Rinaldi, Kilda Northcott, with Carl Tolentino (courtesy NZ School of Dance) for body/ fight/ time.
2 hours
Footnote satisfies
Review by Ann Hunt 29th Sep 2011
FOOTNOTE’S latest season of four new works is exciting, innovative, extremely well danced and deserves to be widely seen.
Company members Francis Christeller and Lucy Marinkovich are joined by newcomers Emily Adams, Olivia McGregor and Manu Reynaud who fit well into the mix.
The major work of the evening, body/fight/time is from the tireless Malia Johnston. Choreographically and visually satisfying, it also stimulates intellectually. The 50 minute work is a collaboration between Johnston, producer Adrianne Roberts and co-director Emma Willis and has a wonderful score by Eden Mulholland. John Verryt (set,) Rowan Pierce (AV design,) and Brad Gledhill (lighting design,) make a stunning team. Images are projected onto Verryt’s moveable panels, with the Company dancing in unison or counterpoint in front of them. Three other dancers supplement the company: Mariana Rinaldi, Carl Tolentino and Paul Young. All work as a brilliant ensemble.
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A programme of breadth and substance
Review by Paul Young 25th Sep 2011
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Elastacised loose limbs know no bounds.
Review by Greer Robertson 22nd Sep 2011
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