Dancers - New Zealand

Date: 2020-2021

By: National Dance Archive of New Zealand; Pringle, Lyne, active 1980-2000s

Reference: OHColl-1630

Description: Four interviews with senior women in the New Zealand dance industry. The interviews were commissioned by the National Dance Archive of New Zealand Ngā Kaitiaki Taonga Kanikani o Aotearoa and conducted by Lyne Pringle between 2020 and 2021. The interviewees were Jenny Stevenson, Jamie Bull, Shona McCullagh, and Carla Van Zon. Title supplied by Library. Earlier interviews by the National Dance Archive of New Zealand are described at OHColl-0208. Quantity: 4 Interview(s). 34 digital sound recording(s). 10 Electronic document(s). 4 printed abstract(s) include recording agreement forms. 1 folder(s) biographical information forms. 1 folder(s) project report. Search dates: 2021

Date: 1985-1986

From: Creative New Zealand: Collections relating to the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council and Creative NZ

By: Connew, Bruce, active 1970-2007

Reference: PA12-5783

Description: People participating in an international dance course for composers and choreographers held in Christchurch, New Zealand, in January 1986. Photographed by Bruce Connew of Icon, Auckland. High school children participating in the Theatre Corporate schools programm held at Opononi in 1985. Quantity: 18 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: May 1979

From: Creative New Zealand: Collections relating to the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council and Creative NZ

Reference: PA1-q-970

Description: `Arts Jamboree,' the Central Regional Arts Council's conference held at Tararua College, Pahiatua, from the 18th to the 20th of May 1979. Events included drama, dance, clowns, movement workshops, fancy bread making, video photography, building constructions from pipes and string, a Maori concert party, and an exhibition of arts and crafts. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1969. 1975

From: Woods, Keith, 1928-1997 :Photographs relating to dance in New Zealand

Reference: PA12-7102

Description: Dancers, Bali, Indonesia, 1975. Dancers, northern dance seminar, New Zealand 31 March 1975. Scenes from Black and White Minstrel Show, His Majesty's Theater, Auckland, July 1969. Quantity: 19 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: January 1986

From: Creative New Zealand: Collections relating to the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council and Creative NZ

By: Connew, Bruce, active 1970-2007

Reference: PA12-5782

Description: People participating in an international dance course for composers and choreographer held in Christchurch, New Zealand, in January 1986. Photographed by Bruce Connew of Icon, Auckland. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [ca 1970-2013]

By: Jenden, Paul John, 1955-2013; Solino, Louis, 1941-2022

Reference: PA-Group-00899

Description: Photographs, mainly of Paul Jenden and Louis Solino, chiefly relating to a range of dance, musicals and productions. Includes several digitised images. Relationship complexity - Costumes and related sculpture have gone to Te Papa and some offered to Dowse Art Museum. See Jenden, Paul, 1955-2013 : Papers at Library reference MS-Group-2279 Quantity: 59 colour original photographic print(s) colour original photographic print(s). 49 b&w original photographic print(s) including two mounted on card. 22 electronic scan(s) of original colour and black and white photographs. Physical Description: Photographic prints, digital images Transfers: From Ephemera Collection - Eph-D-OPERA-Jenden, Eph-E-DANCE-Jenden, Eph-G-OPERA-Jenden: Posters relating to dance, musicals and productions associated with Paul Jenden. See also Drawings, Paintings and Prints (DPP-Group-0007), Manuscripts (MS-Group-2279) and Published. - To Drawings & Prints Collection - 3 loose pages of sketches. Processing information: 2 items were removed from frames by the library

Date: 1996

From: National Dance Archive of New Zealand: Photographs

Reference: PA12-3713

Description: Colour transparencies (35 mm) of images portraying dancers of the Douglas Wright Dance Company and their production of 'Buried Venus' of 1996. Photographer not identified, but most likely Peter Molloy. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 7 colour original transparency/ies 24 frames. Physical Description: Colour transparencies, 35mm strips. Transfers: Originally tranferred from Archives & Manuscripts, 2003-169-13/1A & 1B..

Date: 1996

From: National Dance Archive of New Zealand: Photographs

Reference: PA12-3712

Description: Two colour transparencies of images portraying dancers of the Douglas Wright Dance Company and their production of 'Buried Venus' of 1996. Photographer not identified, but most likely Peter Molloy. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 2 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Two colour transparencies, 8.8 x 12.5 cm. Transfers: Originally tranferred from Archives & Manuscripts, 2003-169-13/1A & 1B..

Date: 1996

From: National Dance Archive of New Zealand: Photographs

Reference: PA12-3714

Description: Colour transparencies (35 mm) of images portraying dancers of the Douglas Wright Dance Company and their production of 'Buried Venus' of 1996. Photographer not identified, but most likely Peter Molloy. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 7 colour original transparency/ies 7 frames. Physical Description: Colour original transparencies, 35 mm frames. Transfers: Originally tranferred from Archives & Manuscripts, 2003-169-13/1A & 1B..

Date: [1980-1987]

From: Creative New Zealand: Collections relating to the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council and Creative NZ

Reference: PA12-5748

Description: Sequence of photographs depicting cultural activities in New Zealand. Included are musicians, actors, dancers, sculptures, ceramics, artists, art works, and posters. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [1980-1987]

From: Creative New Zealand: Collections relating to the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council and Creative NZ

Reference: PA12-5826

Description: Photographs taken during a performance of the dance `On the Move,' and the Laura Dean Dancers in action. Laura Dean Dancers was formed by American choreographer/composer in 1976 Quantity: 9 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1975-1976

From: Woods, Keith, 1928-1997 :Photographs relating to dance in New Zealand

Reference: PA12-7112

Description: Samoan dancers in South Pacific Festival of the Arts, Rotorua, 1976. Dancers in Instant Asia show, Singapore, 1975. Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies.

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP-Arts-Dance,modern,includes Footnote and Impulse

Description: Photographs relating to Modern dance, including Footnote Dance Company and Impulse Dance Theatre groups, compiled for internal use by the library of the Evening Post newspaper, ca 1950-2000

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP-Arts-Dance,modern,Limbs

Description: Photographs relating to the Limbs Dance Company, compiled for internal use by the library of the Evening Post newspaper, ca 1950-2000

Date: 1980-[1987]

From: Creative New Zealand: Collections relating to the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council and Creative NZ

Reference: PA12-5798

Description: Photographs of performances by the Limbs Dance company during their tour in 1980. Outreach Arts Center in an unidentified new Zealand city or town. Photographs show Edwardian brick and stucco building (possibly a redundant post office), people working in a courtyard, and paintings on exhibition in a gallery. Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1973-1987

From: Creative New Zealand: Collections relating to the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council and Creative NZ

Reference: PAColl-9090-09

Description: Unidentified Maori artist and tatooist. Photographs which probably relate to the national marae project, Nga Hau E Wha, in Christchurch. Exhibition of Pacific hats held November 1987. Portraits include - Rachel McAlpine. Justin MacDonnell. Ian McDonald. Artist Shona McFarlane. Philip Chatfield and Russell Kerr of the Royal New Zealand Ballet. John Kerr, Central Regional Arts Council. Eddie Isbey, Labour politician. Jan Kemp. Poet Sam Hunt. Composer Jack Body. Jonathan Besser, composer, musician, and broadcaster. Conductor Sir David Willcocks. Conductor Georg Tintner. Opera singer, Kiri Te Kanawa. 1973 film award winners Denis Taylor, Geoffrey Steven, Philip Dadson. Professor James White. Glenn Wiggs. John Watson. Author Ian Wedde. New Zealand Students Arts Council chairman, Tom Weston. Choreographer and dancer, Jamie Bull. John Stoddart. Artist Tony Williams. Ngoi Pewhairangi and Dalvanius Prime, 1984. Quantity: 33 b&w original photographic print(s). 95 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: [1980-1987]

From: Creative New Zealand: Collections relating to the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council and Creative NZ

Reference: PA12-5818

Description: Spots Before Your Eyes, probably a dance, but may be the name of a dance company. Photographs taken of dancers during a performance. Quantity: 20 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1960-1973

From: Woods, Keith, 1928-1997 :Photographs relating to dance in New Zealand

Reference: PA12-7099

Description: Nerida Nichols as Alice in Wonderland from painting by Charles Leslie. Scene from Africa Dances, 1960. Arabian ballet and scenes from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, 1964. Aboriginal dancers and muscians, Dawin, 1973. Quantity: 20 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [ca1974]-1982

From: Creative New Zealand: Collections relating to the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council and Creative NZ

Reference: PAColl-9090-03

Description: International dance course held in January 1982. Douglas Wright is one of the dancers taking part. Performances by dancers of the Bella Lewitzky Dance Company of Los Angeles, California, USA. Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1988-1992]

By: Hyams, David, active 1992-2008

Reference: PA-Group-00219

Description: Photographs of New Zealand contemporary dancers, taken ca late 1980s-early 1990s Source of title - Title supplied by Library Accompanying material - Photograph captions, and background information on the exhibition and the work of the Central Regional Arts Council (in Photographic Archive back file) The photographs were selected by photographer Grant Sheehan and then QEII Arts Council Dance Programme Manager, Sue Paterson, to be part of an exhibition which was toured nationally by the Central Regional Arts Council in 1992. They were also part of an exhibition mounted by DANZ for Auckland's Festival of Dance, Tempo, in October 2007. Quantity: 13 b&w original photographic print(s). 10 colour original photographic print(s) colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Provenance: The photographs were originally selected for the 1992 Central Regional Arts Council Contemporary Dance Photographic Exhibition, curated by David Hyams. The photographs were cared for by him until they were donated to the Library.