Miramar South Kids - Awesome!

Rehearsing Ocean Wave

2 weeks to go!

BIPEDS Productions in collaboration with the  

TRUST PORIRUA CITY BRASS

15 September, 6.30pm, ASB Sport Centre  

72 Kemp Street, Kilbirnie

Celebrating community through music and dance 

with an Oceanic theme - Gareth Farr, Handel, Music from Titanic the film!
Surf life saving drills, great contemporary dance and more!

Artists include – 

Java Dance Company, Seminal Films, The Company NZ   

Miramar South School, Seatoun School, Generation Zero  

Rob Marshall plus Environmental Advocates

Ticket Prices –  

$15 Adults, $5 Children and Pensioners   

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BRING YOUR NEIGHBOURS - THINK OF THE PLANET - WALK, TAKE THE BUS OR BIKE!

Ocean Wave 2012 Poster

Images from Ocean Wave project in Dunedin - look out for Ocean Wave in the Eastern Suburbs of Wellington September 15th 6.30 pm in the groovy, alternative and huge  ASB Indoor Staduim. The first arts event in this iconic new building that looks like a flying saucer on the water front.

OCEAN WAVE CONCERT A SENSATION!!!

Life Savers

Titanic

St Kilda

 I was so proud of the Forbury children - they actually stole the show! Moving people to tears of joy with their passionate dancing.

I will post some more images and footage as they come to hand.

Here are links to the  Channel 9 story ,  ODT article and Star article

All at sea: With Forbury School pupil Sophie Smith (10)

 The Brass Band and all the other performers were incredible as well - a celebratory community dance event to gladden the heart.

Next Phase - "Ocean Wave"

Contemplating video component of the concert.
Found this great little clip by Nic Reeves food for thought about carbon emissions.
The surfing community rallies to support a cause.
350 World climate change awareness day 

Fabulous Forbury!!

The past few weeks have been swallowed up by total immersion in the shifting tides at Forbury School.
At present we are waiting waiting to see whether the school will close and merge with MacAndrew Intermediate. This has had a major impact on the community - consequently we had a large march down George St to the Octagon to voice our opposition to this possibility. Story here
This term my challenge has been to learn the names of every student in the school - I reckon I'm sitting at 70% of 145 at this point - it has made a huge difference in the interaction with the children. The whole school has embraced the theme of Oceans this term - awesome!
This phase (5months) of the project wraps up with a showing in the school hall on the last day of term.
It will be an ecstatic-celebratory- fish swishing- rolling- crashing-popping-whispering-roaring, full school choreography!

One of the pieces I am choreographing for the Brass Band concert is to a Gareth Farr work Waipiro - grand oceanic and beautiful - a group have been working after school to achieve more complex choreography. There will be about 16 of them. Joining them will be Rasa Dance Company and a savvy group of dancers doing surf life saving choreography.