Events
Dancing with Chinese gymnasts
Submitted by Rachel McAlpine on Sun, 02/05/2012 - 06:20
The hoops, ribbons and ball dances of Angle Poise will be revived next Sunday, 12 February, when we dance at the Chinese New Year celebrations.
Dancing for each other at Paekakariki, swim in the sea, barbecue. Must be Christmas!
Submitted by Rachel McAlpine on Sun, 12/11/2011 - 05:58Today all four Crows Feet groups got together to strut our stuff in the Paekakariki Memorial Hall. Great to see what the other groups are doing! Elizabeth took photos to immortalize this (totally informal) event—see them soon.
Scarlet Heels in Paekakariki, Sunday 27 November
Submitted by Jan Bolwell on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 19:04
Rachel McAlpine, our most senior Crows Feet dancer, has written a saucy, delightful book 'Scarlet Heels' which is dedicated to the Crows Feet Dance Collective.
On Sunday November 27th at 3pm at St Peters Hall, Paekakariki, nine quaint and sexy stories from 'Scarlet Heels' will be read by Crows Feet director Jan Bolwell, and Paekakariki actors Perry Piercy and Vivien Bell with music by Gilbert Haisman.
Rona Bailey Memorial Lecture 2011: 'Dance is a Weapon'
Submitted by Rachel McAlpine on Fri, 11/11/2011 - 04:52
Tuesday 22 November 2011, 5.15pm for a 5.45pm start
Rona Bailey Room, Te Whaea: National Dance & Drama Centre, 11 Hutchison Road, Newtown, Wellington
Entry by koha. Drinks and nibbles will be served.
Marianne Schultz, a PhD candidate and tutor in the History Department, University of Auckland, will talk about Rona Bailey as a member of the New Dance Group. The New Dance Group played a key role in pioneering modern dance in New Zealand in the 1940s.
Wellington forum: Producing in the Performing Arts
Submitted by Rachel McAlpine on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 21:14
Free free public forum is for everyone interested in the performing arts. It is a networking opportunity for producers and everyone in the theatre community. All welcome!
Oh dear, bang goes the Repertory Theatre
Submitted by Rachel McAlpine on Tue, 09/07/2010 - 01:19
So sad to see this lovely old building destroyed in the Christchurch earthquake.
And sadly, this was to have been the venue for our performance in Christchurch on 25 September.
Crows Feet Kapiti
Submitted by Jan Bolwell on Tue, 08/31/2010 - 07:50Crows Feet Kapiti began in May this year, and there are now over twenty women who regularly attend class. They are a fabulous group and great at improvisation. At the moment they are working on a dance called Pink Ribbon to music by the same name by Radha Sahar. They will perform this dance in October at the Coastlands Mall in Paraparaumu as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This will be the group's first public performance.
Crows at Ten: surveying ten years of dancing
Submitted by Rachel McAlpine on Mon, 11/30/2009 - 18:33
On 18 November we surprised our Director Jan Bolwell well and truly. For weeks we'd been working in secret on a show that encapsulated the entire history of Crows Feet Dance Collective.
The Wednesday session began as usual with a workout until 8 pm. But not quite as usual: everyone was early, and we hid props, food and bottles in the green room. And a certain hilarity bubbled just below the surface.
Jan's play DOUBLE PORTRAIT:Finding Frances Hodgkins is coming to Wellington
Submitted by Jan Bolwell on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 20:27
Following a successful season at the Mahara Art Gallery in Waikanae in May, DOUBLE PORTRAIT: Finding Frances Hodgkins is coming to the New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Shed 11, Wellington Waterfront.
Jamming in Jamaica
Submitted by Liz Melchior on Sun, 08/30/2009 - 04:13I went to a conference in Jamaica...watch this space for more detail!!!
