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HĀKARI: DINNER PARTY

Otaki, Wellington, Auckland

15/05/2016 - 09/10/2016

"Giving life to stories through their dancing bodies..

"Colourful but colour blind performance executed with humility and aroha..

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BARE

Auckland, Palmerston North

26/05/2016 - 12/08/2016

"Beautiful, funny and real with glimpses of sad..

"Less is More..

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LUMINA

Auckland, Napier, Wellington, New Plymouth, Hamilton, Christchurch, Nelson

19/08/2015 - 23/05/2018

"Precision, passion and athleticism..

"Stunning!..

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MY DAD'S BOY

Wellington

26/05/2016 - 04/06/2016

"Insightful distillation..

MOVE

Auckland

21/04/2016 - 04/06/2016

"Significant cultural tāonga..

"When the the lights came up I hear a teenage daughter lean over to her father and say with a…..

BLUE MAN GROUP

Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch

24/05/2016 - 03/07/2016

"Both embraces and repudiates technology..

"Performance art mastered with pure clowning..

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THE VOICE IN MY HEAD

Auckland

24/05/2016 - 04/06/2016

"Quietly intense, insightful, commanding respect..

EVEREST UNTOLD

Auckland, Wellington

24/09/2014 - 11/06/2016

"A taste of the raw experience..

"Team Effort..

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Manahatta - Indigenous Dance Forum

NYC, USA

21/04/2016 - 21/04/2016

"Change in motion shook-awake..

SCOPE - NZSD Choreographic Season 2016

Wellington

20/05/2016 - 28/05/2016

"A beautiful celebration of physical prowess and artistry..

"FUSIONS OF LIFE..

THE WIZARD OF OZ

Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Auckland, Napier

04/05/2016 - 12/06/2016

"Artistic licence provokes sighs..

"Women are the standouts in the Wizard of Oz..

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A DORIS DAY SPECIAL

Christchurch, Invercargill, New Plymouth, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Tauranga, Wellington

24/04/2016 - 14/10/2017

"Beautiful, quirky, gutsy..

"Charming and touching..

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ICE AGE LIVE! A Mammoth Show on Ice

Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton

13/05/2016 - 29/05/2016

"Over-stimulation detracts from engagement..

"Makes the world of the film tangible and immediate..

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CASTLES

Wellington, Auckland

12/02/2016 - 03/03/2017

"Defying normal choreographic logic..

"Schizophrenic, enigmatic and perplexing yet rivetting..

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Love and Information

Wellington

19/05/2016 - 04/06/2016

"Poignantly mirrors contemporary experience of love and information..

Far Away

Wellington

19/05/2016 - 04/06/2016

"Justice done to subtle, evasive script..

THE ELEPHANT THIEF

Hamilton, Nelson, Wellington, New Plymouth, Auckland

05/12/2015 - 02/07/2016

"Stealing the Show..

"Immensely talented cast but play feels lost and confused..

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