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MAMAI’ATA Te Auaha theatre7 June 2019Choreographed by Te Hau WinitanaPerformers: Te Hau Winitana, Amanda Noblet, Ella Carling, Lily Ng Reviewed by Mona Williams Inano Dance performers presented Mamai’ata, which in the Cook Island language means The New Dawn. The opening scene presented women seated on the floor, draped in flow... Keep Reading
Pōhutu refers to the Southern Hemisphere’s largest active geyser, at Rotorua’s Whakarewarewa, a place of Mother Earth’s scalding, erupting water and violently bubbling mud pools. A duo of Bianca Hyslop and Rose Tapsell, embodied this powerfully restless, shape-shifting, earth-anchored fault-line to traverse the life history of... Keep Reading
“Truth depends on your angle of vision.” Having viewed the ballet from seats (low) in the stalls, I left the opening night’s performance of BlackSwan WhiteSwan dissatisfied with the narrative line and emotionally conflicted in spite of the technical excellence of the dancers and Radacovsky’s arresting choreography. I decided to view... Keep Reading
Mona Williams reviews the Royal New Zealand ballet's rendition of the Christmas classic, 'The Nutcracker', with live music performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. "Val Caniparoli, Lew Christensen’s protégé, choreographed this Nutcracker, endowing it with his inimitable stamp. A lively confection, it possessed charm..." Keep Reading
Brigitte Knight reviews a autobiographical work by Jan Bolwell and Mona Williams, 'Once Upon a Dance'. "As a playwright (Bolwell) and a professional storyteller/author (Williams), the two women find common ground in an enduring love of dance and musical theatre." Keep Reading
A review of the Natraj School of Dance's 'Skanda Ganapathi' by Mona Williams. Keep Reading
A review of Footnote ChoreoCo's Who Are We Now? by Mona Williams. Keep Reading
A review of Vivek Kinra and Mudra Dance Company's Samarpana by Mona Williams. Keep Reading
A review of the Royal New Zealand Ballet's Don Quixote by Mona Williams Keep Reading
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