Pathways Talk (Livestream)- All about studying at NZSD
New Zealand School of Dance is a national institution, official School of the Royal New Zealand Ballet and centre of excellence for pre-professional dance training. The School remains committed to providing outstanding dance education and developing well-rounded dancers who can succeed at the highest level.
Those interested in full-time study at the New Zealand School of Dance are invited to join our LIVE PATHWAYS – an informal information-sharing talk hosted by NZSD Director, Garry Trinder and other senior faculty members, who will answer your questions about:
The various programmes offered at NZSD, including our Scholars and Associate Programmes
What to expect from full-time dance training at NZSD
The audition process
What we are looking for at the audition
Date: Wednesday, 5 July
Time: 6.15 PM – 7.15 PM * You will receive the link to our live stream once you submit your registration.
In this, our 55th anniversary year, the New Zealand School of Dance is thrilled to again be appearing at Southward Theatre from 4 – 6 November, with outstanding performances of both classical ballet and contemporary dance. The repertoire will feature exciting highlights and cutting-edge choreography.
Performances
4 Nov – 7.30pm
5 Nov – 1.30pm
5 Nov – 7.30pm
6 Nov – 1.30pm – CANCELLED
Ticket Prices
Adult: $25
Senior / Student/ groups of 10+: $19
Children 12 and younger: $15
In this, our 55th anniversary year, the New Zealand School of Dance is thrilled to again be appearing at Whirinaki Whare Taonga from 20 – 22 October, with outstanding performances of both classical ballet and contemporary dance. The repertoire will feature exciting highlights and cutting-edge choreography.
Performances
20 Oct – 7.30pm
21 Oct – 7.30pm
22 Oct – 2.00pm
22 Oct – 7.30pm
Ticket Prices
Adult: $20
Children 12 and younger: $13.50*A booking fee will apply
The New Zealand School of Dance Associates Programme identifies classical ballet and contemporary dance students from all over New Zealand who have a talent for a career in dance performance. Students aged 13 – 16 are chosen by audition, ensuring those with aptitude can take class with similarly talented dancers.
City
Venue
Date
Wellington
Te Whaea
17 September 2022
Auckland
Wellesley Studios
18 September 2022
Christchurch
NASDA
2 October 2022
Applications are now open and close on Friday 26 August 2022 at 11.59pm NZST.
The New Zealand School of Dance is thrilled to return to the Whare Whakaari Theatre at Te Whaea for our 2021 Graduation Season from 19 – 27 November.
Current Level 2 guidelines require limited seating. Please book your tickets early to avoid disappointment. CLICK HERE to book.
This year’s programme is a proudly Kiwi showcase including seven newly-commissioned and two existing works , choreographed or restaged by acclaimed NZ-based artists. A thrilling season celebrating the talent and accomplished artistry of the New Zealand School of Dance contemporary dance and classical ballet students awaits.
Performances 19 – 27 Nov: 19.30 Sun 21 Nov: 14.00 No performances on Mon 22 Nov
Ticket Prices Adult: $39 Senior / Students: $28 Children 12 and younger: $18
We thank the Stout Trust (proudly managed by Perpetual Guardian), the Australian High Commission, Peacocke Dance Trust and Pub Charity for providing funding towards this project.
Hip hop and contemporary dance holiday programme | $250
Calling all wahine and tane aged 14 – 18! We’re excited to announce our very first Tū Ignite programme. This four-day recreational holiday programme is for dancers of all backgrounds and levels of ability. Expect workshops in contemporary dance, hip-hop and more that will keep you moving in new and innovative ways.
Tū Ignite teachers include New Zealand School of Dance tutors, guest teachers from The Company NZ in Wellington and other incredible dance artists.
Discover new skills, refine movements and explore ideas these winter holidays!
Tū: the action of standing or rising
Ignite: The flames of creativity, leadership and confidence in rangatahi
Tū Ignite workshops are also available to schools and communities by prior arrangement. NZSD has already made arrangements with secondary schools in Auckland. If you’re interested in hosting a Tū Ignite workshop for your school or community, please contact us.
Image: 2021 NZSD 3rd Yr contemporary dance students. Photography by Stephen A’Court
A series of informal talks for young dancers interested in the pathway to full-time study at the New Zealand School of Dance.
NZSD faculty provide insights from the School’s perspective and answer questions on:
The programmes at NZSD
What to expect from full-time dance training
How to apply
What it takes to audition successfully
As a national institution and the Official School of the Royal New Zealand Ballet, the New Zealand School of Dance remains committed to providing exceptional dance training and developing well-rounded dancers who can succeed at the highest level.
Click Here to Register
Wednesday 14 July, 18.15 pm – 19.15 pm
Te Whaea National Dance & Drama Centre, Newtown
Observe Ben Rudisin & Harrison James teach the classical ballet students of the New Zealand School of Dance
$20 per person | General Admission
NZSD offers an intimate experience watching Ben Rudisin teaching the 1st Year classical ballet students, while concurrently, Harrison James will teach the 2nd and 3rd Year classical ballet students. This will be followed by tea and a Q&A, with NZSD Director Garry Trinder interviewing Ben and James on their journeys in dance.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
10.00 – 11.30 am Dance Studio 4: Ben Rudison teaching 1st Yr classical ballet students *
10.00 – 11.30 Dance Studio 2: Harrison James teaching the 2nd and 3rd Year classical ballet students*
11.30 – 12.00 Refreshments
12.00 – 12.30 Q&A
*Patrons will be at liberty to move from one studio to another at appropriate junctures in the class.
Harrison James was born in Paraparaumu, New Zealand and trained at San Francisco Ballet School’s Trainee Program in California and the New Zealand School of Dance. He danced with Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet and Béjart Ballet Lausanne before joining The National Ballet of Canada in 2013 as a member of the Corps de Ballet. Harrison was promoted to Principal Dancer in 2016.
Recently, Harrison made his debut as Eurydice in the world premiere of Orpheus Alive and Armand in Marguerite and Armand. He has danced such lead roles as Leontes and Polixenes in The Winter’s Tale, Prince Florimund in The Sleeping Beauty, Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Peter/The Nutcracker in The Nutcracker, Lensky in Onegin, Albrecht in Giselle, James in La Sylphide, Jack/The Knave of Hearts and Raj/Caterpillar in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Count Danilo Dailowitch in The Merry Widow, Vronsky in Anna Karenina, L’Aviateur in Le Petit Prince, Des Grieux in Manon, the title role in Apollo, Oberon in The Dream and Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire. His repertoire includes Swan Lake, Nijinsky, Frame by Frame, Chaconne, Etudes, Paquita, The Second Detail, The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, Genus, Watch her, Being and Nothingness, Angels’ Atlas, Emergence, Carousel (A Dance), Piano Concerto #1, Paz de la Jolla, Spectre de la Rose, The Dreamers Ever Leave You and The Sea Above, The Sky Below.
In 2019, Harrison won the Rolex Dancers First Award for his performance as Alexei Vronsky in Anna Karenina, Oberon in The Dream and the title role in Apollo. In 2015, he was awarded the Patron Award of Merit by the Patrons’ Council Committee of The National Ballet of Canada.
About Ben Rudisin
Ben Rudisin was born in Woodbridge, Virginia and trained at the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem and Houston Ballet II in Texas. Ben joined The National Ballet of Canada as a RBC Apprentice in 2013 and was promoted to First Soloist in 2019.
Ben has danced such lead roles as Diaghilev in Nijinsky, Rothbart in Swan Lake, Prince Gremin in Onegin and the male lead in Being and Nothingness as well as Paris in Romeo and Juliet, Icicle in The Nutcracker, The Mad Hatter in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, L’Allumeur in Le Petit Prince. His repertoire includes roles in The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Cinderella, The Winter’s Tale, Nijinsky, Anna Karenina, The Merry Widow, Manon, Frame by Frame, A Streetcar Named Desire, La Sylphide, The Four Seasons, The Concert, Chaconne, Allegro Brillante, Symphony #9, Carousel (A Dance), The Second Detail, Approximate Sonata 2016, Chroma, Genus, Angels’ Atlas, Emergence, Cacti, Petite Mort, Paz de la Jolla, Night, Orpheus Alive and The Dreamers Ever Leave You.
Thank-you to all the talented and enthusiastic participants of the School’s inaugural Summer Intensive. We thoroughly enjoyed starting the new school year with you!
Save the dates for Winter School 2021, where we hope to dance with all of you again: 12 – 16 July 2021.
All photography below by Julia Forsyth of Joyful Dance Photography.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
Photography by Julia Forsyth of Joyful Dance Photography. Copyright New Zealand School of Dance 2021
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
Photography by Julia Forsyth of Joyful Dance Photography. Copyright New Zealand School of Dance 2021
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
Photography by Julia Forsyth of Joyful Dance Photography. Copyright New Zealand School of Dance 2021
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
Photography by Julia Forsyth of Joyful Dance Photography. Copyright New Zealand School of Dance 2021
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
Photography by Julia Forsyth of Joyful Dance Photography. Copyright New Zealand School of Dance 2021
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
Photography by Julia Forsyth of Joyful Dance Photography. Copyright New Zealand School of Dance 2021
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
Photography by Julia Forsyth of Joyful Dance Photography. Copyright New Zealand School of Dance 2021
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
Photography by Julia Forsyth of Joyful Dance Photography. Copyright New Zealand School of Dance 2021
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
Photography by Julia Forsyth of Joyful Dance Photography. Copyright New Zealand School of Dance 2021
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
Photography by Julia Forsyth of Joyful Dance Photography. Copyright New Zealand School of Dance 2021
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
NZSD contemporary dance graduate Holly Newsome teaching contemporary dance technique to the senior class. Photography by Julia Forsyth
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand School of Dance Director Garry Trinder teaching senior classical ballet students. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
NZSD contemporary dance tutor Daniel Jaber teaching improvisation to senior contemporary dance students. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
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New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
NZSD contemporary dance tutor and graduate teaching junior contemporary class. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
NZSD alumna and classical ballet tutor Turid Revfeim teaching junior classical class. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.
NZSD Summer Intensive 2021
New Zealand Summer Intensive 2021. Photography by Julia Forsyth.