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2006-04-18
The New Zealand International Arts Festival will once again run a Show & Tell to assist in the commissioning and producing of new work. We are currently seeking proposals for projects to be selected for the next Show & Tell, to be held during the first week of November 2006.
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2006-04-12
Exciting news from the USA, our 2006 Festival website has been nominated for a Webby Award! Help us snatch international victory by following the link and voting for us. Congratulations to SPRINGLOAD, the company and Festival sponsor behind the website development and design.
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2006-04-07
The 2006 New Zealand International Arts Festival is over. And what a fantastic Festival it has been. More people have attended the Festival than ever before. I hope that all of you have had enjoyed it and had a good time. There have been many highlights
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2006-03-20
The largest event of the Festival’s 20-year history continues free to the public 24 hours a day in Waitangi park until 9 April. The information centre and DVD showing also continues until 9 April and are open 10am till 6pm daily.
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2006-03-15
We have reached the last week of the Festival. What a ride it has been. There are still tickets to most shows still to come including The Dragon's Trilogy, Les Arts Sauts, Pitch Black and Parsifal.
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2006-03-14
Get close to the action in the great seats we still have available at the 2pm matinee of Aterballetto this Saturday. Superbly talented, the ensemble of 20 dynamic and beautiful dancers perform choreographer Mauro Bigonzetti’s work with utter commitment and skill. Aterballetto's first visit to our shores brings a riveting triple-bill full of a zest for life and Italian flair.
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2006-03-14
New York-based musician, conceptual artist and writer Paul Miller is here in New Zealand to present his audio-visual performance project Rebirth of a Nation, a remix of D W Griffith's 1915 film The Birth of a Nation. Miller uses the film as a springboard to create new social commentary, revealing how the original film’s symbols and myths endure today. “To me this film is a parable for when power and corruption go unchecked,” says Miller. “The whole idea is to break the film apart… Griffith was one of the masters of editing. So I was re-editing his edit.”
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2006-03-13
Due to popular demand the New Zealand International Arts Festival is pleased to announce an additional session with celebrated and controversial reporter on the Middle East Robert Fisk, as part of the New Zealand Post Writers and Readers Week.
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2006-03-10
The scale of tomorrow night’s production is breathtaking. I managed to get a sneak preview of the set up in the Michael Fowler Centre during rehearsals today and it gave me goosebumps (see photo). There entire stage and half of the choir stalls behind are taken up with instruments! The percussion section alone fills the half of the choir stalls.
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2006-03-07
Hailed as one of the major forces in the flamenco world today, Eva Yerbabuena’s Festival performance will showcase her intimate and powerful dance Eva - the piece that secured her success and reputation.
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