Review Archive
Chris Jannides (PhD) was the founder of the pioneering NZ dance company Limbs. Chris then went on to create a second company in Australia, Darc Swan, whose focus was primarily dance-in-education. On returning to New Zealand, he was Head of Dance at Unitec School of Performing and Screen Arts in Auckland for 9 years before relocating to the UK to complete a practice-based PhD. His doctorate produced a system called the bodymAPP, which is a movement improvisation tool derived from a close analysis of pedestrian activity. Now living in Wellington, Chris is a full-time movement tutor at Toi Whakaari, the NZ Drama School, where he is developing its movement curriculum, as well as using his doctoral research as a teaching tool for the training of both actors and dancers.
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
SALUTE - Remembering World War
Auckland, Hamilton, Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, Napier
22/05/2015 - 25/06/2015
"Movement knows no bounds..
"Dancers give everything they have..
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KARST - NZSD CHOREOGRAPHIC SEASON 2015
Wellington
15/05/2015 - 23/05/2015
"CELEBRATION OF CRAFTING, LEARNING AND IMAGINATION..
EMBODY2
Wellington
23/04/2015 - 25/04/2015
"Provokes wider speculation..
TRIUMPHS AND OTHER ALTERNATIVES
Wellington, Auckland, Napier, Nelson, Christchurch
22/04/2015 - 18/10/2016
"Wonder, comedy, yearning, surprising..
"Powerfully unique in its presentation and performance..
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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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PEDAL.PEDDLE
Wellington, Auckland
13/03/2015 - 04/03/2017
"Patchwork narcissi..
"A solo to remember..
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BACK-YARD ODDITY
Wellington
05/03/2015 - 06/03/2015
"Quizzical. Experimental. Perfect for a Fringe..
"Subaquatic story surfaces sideways, crabwise..
Shaanxi Little Plum Blossom
Wellington
15/02/2015 - 15/02/2015
"Stock in trade repertoire by elite Chinese troupe..
