April 20, 2007

Black Grace: AMATA

John Smythe      posted 27 Mar 2007, 01:10 PM / edited 27 Mar 2007, 01:11 PM

Further to the Black Grace review and comments, here are links to other reviews: 

Marianne Schultz for metrolive

http://www.metrolive.co.nz/home/ArticleDetailpage/tabid/134/ArticleID/1516/Default.aspx

Alexa Wilson for Theatreview

http://www.theatreview.co.nz/reviews/review.php?id=639

Raewyn Whyte on Upbeat (podcast available for 1 week)

http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/concert/upbt/amata_review

Bernadette Rae for NZ Herald

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1501119/story.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10430285

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Melody Nixon    posted 29 Mar 2007, 04:47 PM / edited 29 Mar 2007, 05:06 PM

You may add to that a recent Amata review on the Lumiere Arts Reader:

http://www.lumiere.net.nz/reader/item/897

Cheers.

[Thank you Melody – this review adds a lot of depth and understanding as to what the work itself is like, and now it is easier to see what it is that people are interpreting from their particular perspectives of awareness and opinion. JS] 

JC            posted 20 Apr 2007, 04:53 PM / edited 20 Apr 2007, 08:49 PM

John you may add to this list the most recent review of Amata published in the Dominion Post on the 19/04/07 reviewed by Jennifer Shennan.

http://theatreview.org.nz/reviews/review.php?id=678

quote;

“These are some of the hallmark athletic acts of daring that have given New Zealand contemporary dance its international reputation. AMATA is adding to that achievement.”

[Indeed this review now on theatreview and all Audience Members were advised. I hope to have another over the weekend based on the Wellington season. – JS]

Moya Bannerman            posted 20 Apr 2007, 08:40 PM

What I would like to add is my incredulity at the fact that the display ad for AMATA in today’s DomPost does not include the performance times!

Ring the ticketmaster phone number (if you happen to be close to a phone) and you are subjected to minutes of recorded messages and queue music – a real turn-off if you are on a cellphone and only want to find out the starting times.

Go to the website, if you happen to be close to a computer, and the info is multiple not very intuitive clicks away.

It really riles me that this highly subsidised company cannot get such a basic thing right in the interests of maximising its box-office income. Or perhaps some marketing guru – who probably gets paid better than most performing artists – could explain the rationale behind the failure to advertise starting times.