Who says middle aged women can't be ballerinas?

Dear God Degas is based upon the famous ballet paintings of Degas performed to the music of Ligeti. The Crows had particular delight in dressing as nineteenth century ballerinas, and there was some disappointment when others were cast instead as the mothers of the ballerinas.

Director Jan Bolwell danced to role of the ballet master, who can be seen standing in the wings, or conducting class in the studio in the Degas paintings.

 A dance about the life of Isadora Duncan. 

Jan Bolwell said of the dance:

"I am indebted to the work of American solo dancer Annabelle Gamson, who has spent a lifetime studying the dances of Isadora Duncan."

"This show is about one of New Zealand women's most important and enduring icons, the New Zealand Woman's Weekly. I picked up the 70th anniversary publication on the magazine and I thought - what a great idea for a dance show. Meg Bailey, a member of the dance group who works at the National Library, took us into the bowels of the building where we spent hours pouring over old copies of the Woman's Weekly."

Crows Feet Dance Collective performed Requiem in Dunedin as part of the Fringe Festival 2008.