Dedicated to dance
Former Cantabrian Malia Johnston has been wowing audiences throughout New Zealand for years. She talks to Lynda Papesch about dance moves from tippy toes to WOW shows. Teaching children’s dance classes first showed Malia Johnston that her true career lay not in science and animals, but dance. As the creative director at […]
Pointe in time
Christchurch-raised ballet dancer, Joshua Guillemot-Rodgerson, has returned from ten years dancing in the US due to Covid-19 and taken up a position with the Royal New Zealand Ballet. He tells Morgan Tait what it’s like to be a performer amidst a pandemic. “The biggest way that Covid-19 has affected me is that it […]
Dancing home, from afar
Forced to reimage dance in a contactless, Covid-19 world, Switzerland-based Sumner-raised contemporary dancer Emma Murray has been selected for Christchurch-based Movement Art Practice (MAP)’s residency, which will be run and shown digitally for the first time at the end of this month. Emma found her feet as a dancer at six-years-old and went […]
Making musical magic: the Entertainment Company
As the name suggests, the Entertainment Company is able to knock your socks off, providing your function with the most awe-inspiring choreographed music and dance extravaganzas in town. Director/Choreographer Sandy Gray has years of experience putting on the most magical and spell-bounding performances, thanks to her team of Christchurch’s most talented dancers, musicians, […]
Evolution of a dream: Evolution School of Dance
For Nicky Falloon, Evolution School of Dance was the realisation of a dream and the blossoming of a life-long love affair with dance, which continues today. Evolution School of Dance was created by Nicky to give children and young adults throughout Christchurch and beyond a unique chance to realise their dreams of learning […]
Shake it off: get moving with these five music or dance based workouts that are so much fun it will make you forget you’re exercising
Whether you’ve got fantastic rhythm, or two left feet, we’re going to help you find your groove. Balboat, ballet, ballroom and other traditional forms of toe-tapping fitness have received a major facelift with a new generation of dance taking the world by storm. We’ve got the rundown on the moves you need to make your […]
The dames of dance: how the award winning dance group ‘Molls Dolls’ got their collective groove on
Molly Chapman was four years old when she donned her first pair of tap shoes and clicked her way across the floorboards. Born and raised in Dunedin, Molly grew up in a family that was, and still is, very involved in musical theatre. “My sister plays leading roles and directs musicals in Dunedin, and my […]