Dance Performers
International Dance Day 2nd May 2009
Te Papa Marae
3.00pm
Rodney Moore (MC) Introduction
3.03pm
Cazimo with CubanFusion
Like many other Latin dances Salsa has its roots in Cuba. Cha Cha Cha is the newcomer of Latin American Dances. The name is an imitation of the "rythm" from dancing Cuban side steps. Its a cheeky, lively and flirtatious dance. Reggeaton is a form of dance music which became popular in Latin American during the early 1990s. It blends Jamaican music influences of reggae and dancehall with those of Latin America, such as bomba and plena, as well as that of hip-hop.
Cazino.Com from CubanFusion formed literally the moment Rafael Ferrer landed in New Zealand in October 05, CubanFusion's performance troupe Cayion.Com showcases a range of Afro-Cuban dance styles from Rumba to Reggaeton and everything in between.
From Rumba to Reggaeton, Cuban dancer/choreographer Rafael Ferrer performs and teaches a range of Afro-Cuban dance styles including Rumba, Son, Mambo Cha Cha Cha, Cuban Salsa/Casino and Reggaeton.
For more information visit http://www.cubanfusion.co.nz/
3.07pm
Contemporary Dance and Hip Hopwith Leslie Bowman
Contemporary Dance is a style of theatrical or artistic dance that focus on movements using particular parts of the body. The style tends to express movement through the whole body with the emphasis on the use of gravity, momentum, moving on and offthe floor, balance, and suspension. Dancers often have contact with the floor and make use of all levels – low, medium, and high. Some specific techniques have their own defining features, such as the contraction of the lower abdomen in Martha Graham's technique . Hip hop refers toa dance style which primarily dances to hip hop music. In its widest definition it includes breaking, popping, locking, krumping and house dance.It can also include the many styles simply labelled as hip hop, old school hip hop (or hype), hip hop new style and freestyle.
3.12pm
Irish with 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]
3.19pm
Pre School Creative Dance with Jaqui Bisley
Parents and children share a dance experience creating story dances to a wide range of classical and popular music. Classes aim to instil a basic musical competence, an ability to move in time with the music and express the joy of movement.
3.24pm
Jazz with 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/
3.31pm
Indian Classical Dance with New Zealand Academy of Bharata-Natyam
Bharata-Natyam is one of the classical dance forms of South India. This dance style developed with aestetic beauty and spiritual intensity in the temples of South India over thousands of years.
A large number of enthusiastic pupils from diverse cultural backgrounds attend various courses at the Academy. These classes are conducted throughout the week during afternoons and evenings and all day Saturday from Studios on Level 1, No 22 Webb Street, Wellington.
3.38pm
Hip Hop with Infinite Dance Crew
3.44pm
Line Dancing with Outer Line Dancing
Line Dancing is no longer restricted to Country and Western music, especially in Australia and New Zealand. The group "Outer Line" was formed to demonstrate some of the diversity in modern line dancing. We incorporate dances to many music styles, including Pop, Latin, Rock'n'Roll, Irish, Carribbean and Rock, and also the occasional Hip-Hop, Jazz or Reggae number.
There are several venues in the Wellington area where people can attend line dance classes - Wellington city, Lower Hutt, Johnsonville, Tawa, Whitby, Poirua, Wainua-o-mata, Silverstream and Raumati. Classes are available for levels from beginner to advanced, both in daytime and evenings. For information call (04) 5891217.
3.51pm
Zilzal Tribal Belly Dancing with Sylvia Edge-Perkins
Tribal style bellydance is a group improvisational form of bellydance based on a shared vocabulary of movements, cues and formations. This dance forms has its origins in twentieth century Amercia and infuces bellydance with Flamenco and Indian influences.
Contact Sylvia Edge/Perkins for more details: 389-2911, 027-81709
3.58pm
Hip Hop with Pump Dance Studio
Hip Hop, funk and jazz classes for dancers of all ages and abilities. Preschool classes available now! Classes held at level 1, 302 Taranaki St, Wellington. Check out the website, http://www.pumpdance.com/ for class timetables and more information.
4.05pm
Swing with Feet with Heat
Swing dances from the 1920's to the 1950's, including partner and solo dancing.
FEET with HEAT 4DANCE is Wellington’s only dedicated Rock’n’Roll and Swing dance studio. Promising fun and frivolity for all! http://www.feetwithheat.co.nz/
4.12pm
Can Can with L.O.D. Pender Dance Studios
The cancan originated from the risque quaters of 19th Century Paris, synonymous with venues such as Moulin Rouge, it was considered a scandalous and provocative dance, and sometimes, there were even attempts to repress it being performed. It has however lasted the test of time and continues to be a very well known and popular dance style, famous for the use of high "cancan" kicks, leg splits, cartwheels, and fast vivacious dancing which can be very tiring for the performers! Dancers ususlly wear skirts held up high with layers of ruffles underneath, as well as darks stockings, and sometimes garters and roses / a style that continued from its 19th Century origins. There are many examples of the cancan in art: Paplo Picasso, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Georges Seurat have all used the cancan as subject mater, in can be found in ballets such as La Boutique Fantasque and Gaite Parisienne, and most recently in famous films such as Can-Can featuring Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine, and Moulin Rouge starring Niclole Kidman and Ewen McGregor. lopenderdance@gmail.com for more information.
4.19pm
Hip Hop with Pump Dance Studio
Hip Hop, funk and jazz classes for dancers of all ages and abilities. Preschool classes available now! Classes held at level 1, 302 Taranaki St, Wellington. Check out the website, http://www.pumpdance.com/ for class timetables and more information.
4.25pm
Chinese with Wellington New Chinese Friendship Group
Wellington New Chinese Friendship Association has been in operation since 2003.
For more information call 04 970 7568 (evenings).
4.28pm
Russian with Malinka Dance Group
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. Performers areTatiana and Tania Kopytko
http://www.danz.org.nz/
4.35pm
Tango with Viva Latina Dance Company
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
4.42pm
Chinese with Wellington New Chinese Friendship Group
Wellington New Chinese Friendship Association has been in operation since 2003.
For more information call 04 970 7568 (evenings).
4.46pm
Salsa with 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 Merengue (from The Dominican Republic). http://salsabomba.salsadrome.co.nz/
4.53pm
Flamenco with Jill Tanner LLoyd
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. peterandjill@paradise.net.nz
5.00pm
Samba with CloMudrik, Zamba Ben Dance Company and Brazeadand Band
CloMudrik & Zamba Ben Brazilian performing company with live music from Brazeadand Band
