Confirmed Dance Performers in Plaza
International Dance Day 3rd May 2008
3.00pm - 5 mins
Welcome by MC Rodney Moore
3.05pm - 6 mins
SWIS Bollywood Dance Group.
Classical Indian dance elements blended with Western dance styles as seen on MTV or in Broadway musicals.
3.10pm - 6 mins
cHip cHop cRew.
cHip cHop cRew has taken Wellington by storm! Four girls aged 14 years have taken their passion for hip hop and combined it with their experiences in traditional Chinese dance to produce a dynamic and unique form of dance. It’s a fun way for the girls to maintain interest in their culture.
3.17pm - 7 mins
Newtown Junior Scottish Country Dancing Club.
Scottish Country Dancing or "reeling" is a form of social dance involving groups of mixed couples of dancers tracing progressive patterns according to a predetermined choreography. Country dancing is often considered a type of folk dancing although this is not strictly true - having its roots in the courtly dances of the Renaissance, when it first became popular around the 18th century, it filled the niche that is occupied today by ballroom dances such as the waltz or tango, as a fairly refined form of entertainment. Scottish Country Dancing should not be confused with Scottish highland dance which (today) is a sport rather than a social pastime. [Wikipedia]
3.25pm - 7 mins
Agapi Dance Company - WPAC
Agapi Dance Company is made up of 2nd Year commercial dance students from the Wellington Performing Arts Centre. Throughout the year members of the Company will be performing in a number of different events - dance-videos, shows, cabarets, schools tours etc – that will culminate in their Graduation Performance in December. The emphasis is on variety - Agapi perform a number of dance styles, including jazz, tap, ballet, lyrical, hip-hop, cabaret and show-dance. The Director of the Company is former Royal New Zealand Ballet principal dancer, Anne Anderson, who is assisted by a number of well-known Wellington choreographers, including Leigh Evans and Jo Mills. http://www.wpac.org.nz/
3.33pm - 8 mins
Lublin Dance Company - Polish
Lublin Dance Company has been performing Polish Folk Dances and Song for over 26 years to both the Polish and wider communities in New Zealand and Australia. We have given over 350 performances at multi-cultural concerts, festivals and extravaganzas. Our repertoire includes both national and regional dances. If you would like to join Lublin and be part of a wonderful group of dancers, we have practice on Monday nights at the Polish House, 257 Riddiford St Newtown, starting at 7.30pm.
3.41pm - 7 mins
Salsa Bomba
Salsa Bomba with Kasia Salsa was used in the 1960’s to describe modernized Latin American Big Band dance music, and the dance performed to this music. Salsa soon became a catchy term to market ALL Latin dance music. Salsa also means sauce, in particular a spicy, Mexican tomato-based sauce. So you could say that Salsa is “saucy and spicy”! Salsa Bomba teaches mainly Cuban (AKA Casino/circular) and a little bit of linear Salsa, and we also teach some Merengue (from The Dominican Republic). http://salsabomba.salsadrome.co.nz/
3.49pm - 4 mins
Russian Shawl Dance
Russian Shawl Dance in Khorovod style (pronounced horavod) stress is on the last vowel .This has been choreographed to represent the ancient folk tradition of khorovod dance found across Russia. These were seasonal dances usually performed by women. This shawl dance is based on the slow northern style, where such dances were danced in the late summer evenings after the harvest was in. They were used to display the beauty and skill of marriageable women and show off their dowries such as hand embroidered shawls, river pearl necklaces and head dresses and richly embroidered regional costumes. Tatiana and Tania Kopytko http://www.danz.org.nz/
3.57pm - 7 mins
Tap with Leslie Bowman
Tap with Leslie Bowman placed 6th at the World Dance Challenge (9 -13yrs) in Las Vegas last July 2007 also won six 1st places at the Australian National Dance Championships 2007, and 3rd place in the Battle of the Countries, held at the Gold Coast in January 2008.Leslie is the winner of the Junior Hollywood Tour at the HOLLYWOOD: The Ultimate Dance Competition which will be in July 2008. Leslie will be performing a 3 speed tap dancing on International Dance Day.
4.05pm - 7 mins
Kildunne School of Irish Dancing.
Irish Dance can broadly be divided into social dance and performance dances. Irish performance dancing is traditionally referred to as stepdance. Irish stepdance, popularized in 1994 by the world-famous show "Riverdance," is notable for its rapid leg movements, body and arms being kept largely stationary. Most competitive stepdances are solo dances, though many step dancers also perform and compete using traditional set and céilí dances. The solo step dance is generally characterized by a controlled but not rigid upper body, straight arms, and quick, precise movements of the feet. [Wikipedia] peterandjill@paradise.net.nz
4.13pm - 7 mins
Flamenco
Flamenco is a Spanish musical genre with strong, rhythmic undertones and is often accompanied with a similarly impassioned style of dance characterized by its powerful yet graceful execution, as well as its intricate hand and footwork. Flamenco embodies a complex musical and cultural tradition. Although considered part of the culture of Spain in general, flamenco actually originates from one region: Andalusia. The roots of flamenco are not precisely known, but it is generally acknowledged that flamenco grew out of the unique interplay of native Andalusian, Islamic, Sephardic, and Gypsy cultures that existed in Andalusia prior to and after the Reconquest. (Wikipedia)
4.21pm - 4 mins
Wellington New Chinese Friendship Association - one
Wellington New Chinese Friendship Association has been in operation since 2003. We will be performing two dances, a traditional Inner Mongolia styled dance and a modern Chinese dance celebrating For more information call 04 970 7568 (evenings).
4.26pm - 8 mins
Crows Feet Dance Collective - Contemporary
Crows Feet Dance Collective performing Quintet.
Contemporary Dance is the name given to a group of 20th century concert dance forms. It is a collection of systems and methods developed from Modern and Postmodern dance. Thus contemporary dance is not a specific dance technique. European, Canadian and American contemporary dance differ from each other in a number of ways. (Wikipedia) Crows Feet Dance Collective is an all-woman 35 to 67 years old contemporary dance group based in Wellington, info@crowsfeet.org.nz
4.35pm - 7 mins
Ceroc.
Ceroc is a funky partner dance generally done to modern music. Ceroc is often Described as the easiest of partner dancers to learn because we don't have tricky footwork and we use moves from all sorts of other dance styles.
Classes are held on Wednesdays and Thursdays at the Wellington Performing Arts Centre. Contact Mandy or Adam at Ceroc Wellington for more details 04 565 0965,021 217 9863, ceroc@cerocwellington.com, http://www.cerocwellington.com/
4.42pm - 7 mins
Pump Dance - one.
In the 1990s, as hip hop music evolved and grew further away from funk, it became slower, and more aggressive. This modern hip hop music gave birth to new styles of hip hop dancing partly inspired by the old school styles, most of them focusing on upright dancing as opposed to breakdance which is better known for its floor-oriented movements. Some more specific styles of new school hip hop are referred to krumping, harlem shake, snap dance, clown walk, crip walk, grinding, hyphy and walking. Classifying these newer hip hop styles as a unique dance style of its own has grown common with larger street dance competitions. Many of the newer styles of hip hop are a common sight in today's music videos on television channels such as MTV and BET. [Wikipedia]
4.50pm - 8 mins
The Tap Arts Project.
A style of American theatrical dance using precise rhythmical patterns of foot movement and audible foot tapping. It is derived from the traditional clog dance of northern England, the jigs and reels of Ireland and Scotland, and possibly the rhythmic foot stamping of African dances. Popular in 19th-century minstrel shows, versions such as "buck-and-wing" (danced vigorously in wooden-soled shoes) and "soft-shoe" (danced smoothly in soft-soled shoes) developed as separate techniques; by 1925 they had merged, and metal taps were attached to shoe heels and toes to produce a more pronounced sound. The dance was also popular in variety shows and early musicals. Tap dance was developed in the United States during the nineteenth century, and is popular nowadays in many parts of the world. [Wikipedia] http://www.thetapartsproject.org.nz/
4.58pm - 7 mins
Wanganui City Beat – hip hop.
Making their second appearance, the Wanganui College based dance group will perform a fusion of hip hop dance styles.
5.06pm - 7 mins
Sasa.
Samoan dance style with beautiful hand gestures and clapping rhythms.
5.13pm - 4 mins
Wellington New Chinese Friendship Association - two
5.18pm - 7 mins
Seek Dance Dance
Seek Dance Crew, known as Seek, is an all girl hip hop dance crew who have been together since February 2007. They all strive to fulfill their passion through dancing and love sharing and learning different dance styles. seekdancecrew@gmail.com
5.25pm - 7 mins
Vivalatinadance.
Tango Argentine’s Tango began in Buenos Aires in the late 1800s. With its mesmerizing beat, melody and nostalgic, Tango peaked in popularity in Paris in the 1930s. While dancing Tango there is one leader and one follower, who through their embrace and connection, make smooth and flowing movements around the dance floor. With subtle and sensuous movements, turns and rhythmical footwork that reach and express ones feelings of desire, lament, pain and joy, even someone with “two left feet” can learn the Tango. Viva Latina Dance teaches several styles of Argentine Tango, ranging from the social salon style to the more advanced show tango. vivalatinadance@yahoo.co.nz
5.33pm - 4 mins
Orletta Dance Group - Polish
5.37pm - 7 mins
Feetwithheat - Rock’n’Roll
Feetwithheat will perform Rock’n’Roll also known as Jitterbug or East Coast Swing. A 6-count style of dance that uses the double and triplets swing rhythm. The East Coast Swing is an offshoot of the Fox trot, “invented dance” (by the American Society of Teachers of Dancing in 1942). In the 1950’s the dance was reintroduced to the public as Eastern Swing (by the various dance associations) in an effort to re-sell the same dance to the public by identifying (the popular and recognized) Swing as Rock’n’Roll. Generally a more upright dance (compared to the Lindy Hop), and danced to upbeat tempos written in 4/4 time – such as the 1950’s and 1960’s Rock’n’Roll era music. (Adapted from FeetwithHeat website http://feetwithheat.co.nz/)
5.44pm - 7 mins
Rock and Roll
Performances 2008
