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PLEASUREDOME - The Ultimate 80's Musical Experience
Pleasuredome, Avondale, Auckland - opens 28 September
"A friend dragged me to an underground club in New York City – it was something you could only find in that city, a fusion of beautiful people, music, lights – a sensory overload. It was the most incredible and wildest night of my life and, for near forty years, I've been working on the right vehicle that could re-create that seminal ride." ~ Rob Tapert
Pleasuredome
TEMPO
4-15 OCTOBER 2017
Tempo Dance Festival is currently the only pan-genre professional dance festival in New Zealand. The 14th annual festival will be held in Auckland’s theatre precinct, featuring 40+ events, including ticketed shows, community events, free public performances and installations, artist talks and demonstrations, a legacy honouring and community development forums. Since 2001, the charity New Zealand Dance Festival Trust, through its vehicle Tempo Dance Festival, has been providing a platform for emerging and mid-career dance artists to show their work to the New Zealand public. New Zealand’s dance artists deserve higher public awareness of their talent but it is expensive to stage and publicise a show so Tempo offers free venue, marketing, publicity, technical and other support to enable our talented artists to present their work to the New Zealand public.
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CONTRAST
National Tour from 22 October to 11 November 2017
A double-bill of exceptional new dance work from Footnote New Zealand Dance, CONTRAST is the combination of two distinct choreographic voices, Sarah Foster-Sproull (Auckland, New Zealand) and Emma Murray (Bern, Switzerland) featuring Adam Naughton and Joshua Faleatua from The Human Agency.
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ATC'S NELL GWYNN
ASB Waterfront Theatre - closed
LONDON, 1660. The drab, grey Puritans have gone and theatre is all the rage once more. There's a new fad for putting a woman, an 'actor-ess', on the stage and when The King's Company at Drury Lane casts the pretty, witty orange seller Nell Gwynn as its first leading lady, its royal patron, Charles II, is immediately smitten. Having captured the heart of her King, the unlikely heroine takes her country by storm and becomes a 17th century media sensation. Nell Gwynn featured Vida Gibson from The Human Agency.
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
Congratulations to all the teams and individuals who competed in the 2017 World Hip Hop Dance Championship in Phoenix, Arizona recently. Special recognition is also given to the parents, sponsors and dance companies who made this happen for them. IDCO ended up placing 4th with Yung ID placing 12th out of 60 crews in the Megacrew division. Swagganauts placed 5th and Masque placed 12th out of 65 crews in the Varsity division. The company took 4 crews, with a total of 78 dancers to Hip Hop Worlds.
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Television and Film
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MORTAL ENGINES
Sir Peter Jackson has offered the world the first glimpse of Mortal Engines. The Kiwi director, who is co-writing and producing the big budget adaptation of Philip Reeve's book, has shared a single piece of concept art via his Facebook page. Directed by Christian Rivers, the story takes place in a steampunk post-apocalyptic future where cities are mobile and perambulate the planet devouring each other for fuel. The main character Tom Natsworthy lives in one of these giant cities (named Traction City), but his life alters when he encounters a mysterious young rebel woman from the Outlands. Filming is well underway in Wellington.
DEAR MURDERER
TVNZ1 STARTED 7 SEPTEMBER 2017 AT 8:30PM
Working class boy Mike Bungay climbs the rungs of the Wellington legal establishment making a name for himself as a very talented criminal barrister while rubbing a lot of people the wrong way. Coming this September, on TVNZ 1 from Screentime Production. The producers, Screentime New Zealand, say “the series will have you roaring with laughter one minute and weeping the next. It will not just be a ‘crime and trial’ piece but, rather, an intimate, personal encounter with one of New Zealand’s great and enduring characters.” Keep an eye out for Ryan Wolf, Justin Haiu and Karlton Laing from The Human Agency.
BORN TO DANCE
An explosion of talent. The first ever hip hop dance film to come out of Australasia. Well-known for his role as 'Munter' on the NZ hit show Outrageous Fortune, Tammy Davis directed his debut feature film 'Born to Dance', and Nathan Kara, Richie Cesan, Josh Cesan, Carlos Skipper, Rosalie Van Horik, Justin Haiu and Laurent Dunningham gave outstanding performances in the film choreographed by Parris Goebel. The female lead, Kherington Payne, is a well-known actor and dancer from the States.
SHORTLAND STREET
The character of Jack Hannah, played by Reuben Milner, on Shortland Street has been dealing with some interesting issues on the show. Reuben says he always dreamed of being an actor when he was growing up, but it wasn't until he got involved in drama at High School and was awarded the drama prize for Year 12 that he considered it being something he could make into a career. He also spent several years as a member of the Northland Youth Theatre. Shortland Street was his first television acting gig, but during his time away from the show he also managed to squeeze in a role in local series Terry Teo.
Shortland Street facebook page
ASH vs. EVIL DEAD
Lionsgate and Starz have announced a deal under which Lionsgate will buy Starz for a combination of cash and shares valued at US$4.4 billion. The combined company will have a library of 16,000 film and television titles; an independent TV business with 87 original series on 42 networks; a feature-film operation and a portfolio of 30 channel platforms. Starz made the Spartacus TV shows in NZ and is currently producing the second season of Ash vs Evil Dead. Both shows were made through producer Rob Tapert.
GALLIPOLI - THE SCALE OF OUR WAR
MUSEUM OF NEW ZEALAND - TE PAPA TONGAREWA
To mark the World War I centenary, Te Papa has joined forces with Weta Workshop to take viewers back to Gallipoli. They get to experience the triumphs and countless tragedies of this 8-month campaign through the eyes and words of the ordinary New Zealanders who were there. The Human Agency was honoured to be a part of this process. The exhibition opened on the 18th of April to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the commencement of World War I.
Exhibition Information
TV Commercials
MOBILE STRIKE
Sarah Iwasko kicks some serious Arni butt in the international Mobile Strike Campaign.
TVC Link
AIR NEW ZEALAND MIB SAFETY VIDEO
Laurent Dunningham choreographed and assisted casting the dancers for the recent Air NZ Men In Black safety video.
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TRUSTPOWER
Helene Holman features as Broadband in the current Trustpower campaign. Broadband falls in love with Energy, and he does gas as well.
TVC Link
ANCHOR
Nathan Kara shows us some amazing moves in the new Anchor Milk 'Must Be Milk Muscle' campaign.
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KFC SUPER ZINGER BURGER
Josh Cesan calls it out ...
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EARTHCARE
Laurent Dunningham lays it bear ...
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Air New Zealand
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Mortal Engines
Dear Murderer
 Born To Dance trailer
 Shortland Street facebook page
Te Papa Gallipoli Exhibition
Mobile Strike
Trustpower
Anchor - Must Be Milk Muscle
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News & Opportunities
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LIVE EVENTS
The first half of the year had us roving all over Auckland! Our Bill Hammond inspired ravens turned up at Tapapakanga for a muddy weekend at Splore and then hit the streets for White Night Kingsland. They even donned Hawaiian shirts for the Vodafone Summer Festival which was a blast.
The Tinsel Monsters - voracious party animals that they are - were equally as busy with highlights including the Myers Park Medley and World Masters Games events in Auckland and Cambridge. We were back down at Queens Wharf in July with the debut appearance of our delightful Dancing Referees!
July also bought more street performance for First Thursdays on K'rd. It was a delight to host the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party in St Kevin’s Arcade where the public were treated to complimentary cups of hot tea and banter with with the Hatter and March Hare. It wouldn’t be wonderland without the White Rabbit... and the Drag Queen of Hearts (the lovely miss Kita Mean) reminded us what we love so much about K’rd.
Our fabulous mimes popped up everywhere from private parties to the Takapuna Beach French Festival and of course Remuera Bastille Day which is always an amazing day. As well as the return of our mimes to Bastille Day, we also had a beautiful yellow submarine photo prop custom made (manned by Jacques Cousteau and his crew of course) and two very pink, Performing Poodles (who are amazing real humans - not amazing real dogs). We were thrilled to have talented Auckland artist, Misery, on board to paint one of her famous characters live at Remuera Gallery… AND the weather was AMAZING.
We loved working with Deloitte on another super fun corporate gig recently - they always have such wonderful themed events. Other corporate clients this year include Heritage Carpets and Sovereign who enjoyed lush installations by our agency and gorgeous featured performances by our skilled performers.
Bring on the rest of the year!
NZ Lion Series 2017 'One Year to Go'
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Steinlager Rugby Awards 2015
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THE ACTORS' PROGRAM 2018
New Zealand’s aspiring actors are being offered a foot in the door of their chosen profession by some of the nation’s leading performers and teachers. The Actors' Program is a one-year, intensive, industry-related course. Tutors are all professional practitioners and potential employers currently working in the New Zealand stage and screen industry. Applications for the 2018 course are now open and close on 31 August. Applicants must be at least 19 years of age at 1 January 2018. The first round of auditions for the 2018 intake start in Auckland on Friday 6 October 2017.
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TOI WHAKAARI - NEW ZEALAND DRAMA SCHOOL
WELLINGTON 2018
The Bachelor of Performing Arts (Acting) is a three-year intensive degree programme designed to train a Responsive Actor. This is an emotionally, intellectually and physically demanding course and students need to bring a mature approach. Successful applicants must be 18 years of age by the first day of term. Applications for 2018 are open now and close on Friday 18 of August 2017. Audition workshops for applicants seeking admission to Toi Whakaari in 2018 will be held from the 2 to 17 September in Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Christchurch and Ashburton.
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ATC SUMMER SCHOOL
AUCKLAND - JANUARY 2018
Every January ATC Summer School plays. Often experimental and always surprising, summer school is a dynamic theatre-making intensive for anyone aged 15 - 19 who wants to get onstage with Auckland Theatre Company. Don't miss a thing! Get Play reminders, group bookings info and play reading details emailed to you - sign up. Registrations open in October and auditions are in December.
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MASSIVE COMPANY - FREE INTRO WORKSHOPS
SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER 2017
Massive Company LOVES to play, pretend, explore, devise and make theatre. They work with the connection between actors and the idea of the game between actors, this is fundamental to all their theatre making. They also love to make physical work that involves you being the generator and maker of what you perform. They want to encourage you to be the best you can be, to discover how you can be a dynamic performer that people will love to watch on stage. Workshops are for 14-25yr olds (workshops offered during the tour of THE WHOLEHEARTED are $10.00)
Massive Company
2017 NEW ZEALAND DANCE COMPANY SEASONAL SCHOOLS
High quality contemporary technique, partnering and choreography taught by some of NZ's leading practitioners and NZDC dancers at seasonal schools in January, April, July and October.
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2017 NEW ZEALAND DANCE COMPANY CLASSES
NZDC Company Classes happen throughout the year when NZDC is in residence at Wellesley studios. They warmly invite you to join them in their body research and technique classes. These are advanced/professional level dance classes. Watch for weekly updates by following this link.
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Andi Crown Photography
Sacha Stejko Photography
Kelly Newland Photography
ATC Summer School
Massive Workshops
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