An exciting opportunity!

Written by Daz Martin on 25 October 2011

CoLab is seeking Expressions of Interest from artists, animators, dancers, and/or filmmakers to create a new work for screen that directly interrogates the inflight experience. The New Work for Screen commissions are an opportunity to feature in Air New Zealand’s Inflight Entertainment program.

This would be a great opportunity to showcase your talents to an INTERNATIONAL audience!

For more details, click here!

Teaching Opportunity!

Written by Ana Martino on 05 October 2011

Dancing Like the Stars 2012 Needs You!

The second Dunedin season of Dancing Like the Stars is seeking experienced, enthusiastic dance teachers to be a part of this exciting, important primary school programme.  See here for more details.

DANZ: Dance and Beyond - Christchurch

Written by Daz Martin on 06 September 2011

Please put the November 19/20 Dance and Beyond Christchurch dates in your diary and let your networks know.

 The programme will begin with a shared lunch around noon on Sat 19^th Nov and chance for all to meet and discuss dance issues on a Christchurch community wide focus.

 This will be followed by one to one mentoring sessions of 1 hour, on the Saturday afternoon 19 Nov and Sunday 20th Nov between 10am and 4pm

 

Look out for further information

Jamie Bull  - Dance and Beyond Facilitator

Dance and Beyond professional development project – what is it about?

 

In 2011 DANZ will be running a professional development programme Dance and Beyond - in Nelson/Blenheim, Christchurch and Dunedin.

This project has arisen from talking to local people about development.

 The programme is free but it requires commitment to full participation in order for it to be effective for the participants. So it is important that the dance community communicates it willingness to get involved or identifies barriers to involvement etc. You also need to be a current member of DANZ.

 The tutor/facilitator is Jamie Bull, who has extensive experience in all aspects of directing a dance company, producing, the role of an agent and mentoring/advising. Jamie will be travelling to the regions for the forum/mentoring sessions as she lives on the Kapiti Coast.

 The aim of the programme is to develop individual and collective strength through looking at -  Confidence/skill building in identified areas, visibility of dance/arts, connection, vision and planning.

The programme content will be established after group discussion, but may cover such areas as:

Clarification of vision/plans
Career pathways
Company development
Choreographic development
Mentoring skill development
Producing/promotion
Entrepreneurship
Peer support and local dance infrastructure development

A specific topic for discussion at each session

 

Between sessions there will be one to one communication available with Jamie, plus tasks for participants, relating to individual skill/career development.

 

Who? - The programme is for dance and allied performing arts people – so it could be for dancers, choreographers, teacher/tutors, producers and event organisers, dance/arts admin, physical theatre/theatre.

 

This project is kindly supported by Creative New Zealand through a special one-off grant for dance sector capacity building.

 

 

New DANZ resource - Warming Up and Cooling Down to Keep Injury Free

Written by Ana Martino on 25 May 2011

Warming Up and Cooling Down to Keep Injury Free

DANZ is concerned about the need to improve best practice and avoid dance injuries. This resource is aimed at the recreational and social dancer, but contains good general information on warming up and cooling down that is relevant to all dance. There are two sections:

Quick Tips by dance celebrity Brian Jones
Comprehensive Guide to warm up and cool down by studio specialist Tania Huddart

Available now on the DANZ website, go to: http://www.danz.org.nz/resources_health.php