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Tor Colombus | Eddie Elliott

The New Zealand Dance Company (NZDC) invites you to indulge your senses in a complementary double bill by two dynamic New Zealand choreographers who bring to life an ancient sequence of nature and an environment that exists between fiction and reality.

First, float through time and space, observing nature’s mysterious golden spirals in NZDC Artistic Director Tor Colombus The Fibonacci. Then, ground down with feeling in the world premiere of emerging Māori choreographer Eddie Elliott’s Uku - Behind the Canvas, where confronting storytelling is at its most raw.

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"A tour de force…powerful and emotional…a post-lockdown celebration of community..."

Francesca Horsley
Theatre View



2022 PREMIERE SEASON

Auckland:
Friday 3 June, 7.30pm
Saturday 4 June, 7.30pm
ASB Waterfront Theatre


REVIEWS

“…triumphant with exhilarating kapa haka, hip hop and electric ensemble sequences.”
Francesca Horsley, Theatreview

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"NZDC IS ABUNDANT WITH HIGHLY CREATIVE MOVEMENT, EMOTION, FLOW AND STRENGTH. CONTEMPORARY DANCE AT ITS FINEST."

Jordan Lahood
Theatreview

CREATIVE TEAM

Uku - Behind The Canvas

Choreographer & Composer
Eddie Elliott

Composer
Alistair Deverick

Composer
Jason Wright

Lighting Designer
Jo Kilgour

Costume & Set Designer
Rona Ngahuia Osborne

Mātanga Mātauranga Māori
Tūī Matira Ranapiri-Ransfield

The Fibonacci

Choreographer
Tor Colombus

Sound & Spatial Designer
Rowan Pierce

Lighting Designer
Jo Kilgour

Costume Designer
Elizabeth Whiting

The Fibonacci was co-commissioned by NZDC and the Festival of Colour.

The creation of The Fibonacci was supported by the Susan Paterson Memorial Choreographic Commission, generously made possible by Jane Vesty, Brian Sweeney and Greg Fahey of SweeneyVesty.


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