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Gathering Clouds

Auckland, Wellington

05/03/2009 - 28/03/2009

"The Pacific experience..

"Bach goes nicely with Pacific Grace..

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My Fair Lady

Auckland

26/03/2009 - 12/04/2009

"Aussie My Fair Lady is still ‘loverly’..

"The perfect musical?..

My Brilliant Divorce

Wellington

31/05/2008 - 11/04/2009

"A better version than the rest of the world has seen?..

"Conveniently packaged for mass consumption..

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Ella and Susn

Dunedin, Christchurch

25/03/2009 - 04/04/2009

"Surprises to stimulate and delight..

"Reality through the surreal..

Holding the Digital Mirror up to Nature

Auckland

23/03/2009 - 24/03/2009

"Interesting experiment..

Serendipity

Wellington

17/03/2009 - 28/03/2009

"Uncomfortable viewing..

"Nugget of a good play but short on serendipity..

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Solos

Auckland

20/03/2009 - 21/03/2009

"Art and beauty in movement..

"Enormously satisfying insight into an entire dance lineage..

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Back Story

Auckland

19/03/2009 - 11/04/2009

"A little inspired improv quirkiness helps make real characters out of stereotypes..

"Perfect last word in a festival of existentialism..

Tutus on Tour

Wellington, Auckland, Dunedin

26/02/2009 - 18/03/2009

"A variety show for the provinces?..

"Contemporary maestros jazz up classics in whirlwind tour..

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WOMAD 2009

New Plymouth

13/03/2009 - 15/03/2009

"More dance components please..

Turbine

Palmerston North, Wellington

30/11/2006 - 11/04/2009

"A splendidly explored dilemma..

"Winds of change..

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Wind Dancer: the story of Shona Dunlop MacTavish

Dunedin

28/02/2009 - 28/02/2009

"A courageous dancer in unusual settings..

Banging Cymbal, Clanging Gong

Auckland

20/03/2009 - 21/03/2009

"Passionate Barbarian breaks fourth wall..

Venus & Adonis

Auckland

18/03/2009 - 22/03/2009

"Goddess transformed by melancholy of unrequited love..

"Sumptuous avant-garde adaptation..

Slow Train

Auckland

19/03/2009 - 21/03/2009

"Earnest profundity lacks real teeth..

The Andersen Project

Auckland

19/03/2009 - 22/03/2009

"Tangible, rich, accessible and inspirational..

Heroic Faun Number One

Auckland, Wellington

19/03/2009 - 05/03/2011

"Clash of ego, ambition, fear and vulnerability..

"One-man faun tale goes the extra mile..

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