Review Archive
Dr Linda Ashley (PhD, University of Auckland) has been writing about dance since 1996 and has been a member of the Theatreview team since 2008. Her research interests include cultural pluralism, education, choreography and the older dancer. She has written several books – Shape Shifting: Examining Choreographic Process in Dance Education (2015), Dancing with difference: Culturally diverse dances in education, (2012); Essential Guide to Dance (third edition 2008); Dance Theory & Practice for Teachers: Physical and performing skills (Essential Resources, NZ, 2005, UK edition 2009). After many years in tertiary dance education she became a recidivist retiree, working as an independent dance researcher, lecturer and choreographer, leader of an annual Beach Project, and occasional performer, especially of her dance monologue The Youthansaia of Dance, a humorous autobiographical perspective on aging in dance. She reviewed dance for Theatreview from 2008-15. Sadly, Linda’s life was cut short by metastatic melanoma and she died in April 2016.
Welcome to the review archive.
Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
THE WINE PROJECT (2017)
Nelson, Tauranga, Wellington, Hamilton, Edinburgh, Scotland, Dunedin, Auckland, Havelock North, Wairarapa
18/10/2015 - 21/10/2017
"Bouquet charms, teases, taunts and celebrates..
"Expanding our minds and pleasure receptors..
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WATCH THIS SPACE...
Tauranga
29/10/2015 - 29/10/2015
"Mobile art works..
DIRT AND OTHER DELICIOUS INGREDIENTS
Wellington, Tauranga, Havelock North, Hamilton, Dunedin, New Plymouth, Auckland
14/03/2015 - 14/10/2017
"Dynamic, fresh and totally engaging..
"A heady whirlwind of flavour and laughter..
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Sei ‘O Fafine
Dunedin, Auckland, Christchurch
10/10/2014 - 28/11/2014
"Fragilities of family life unpicked..
"An unexpected treasure..
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Black Grace presents Xmas Verses (2014)
Auckland, Hamilton
29/10/2014 - 09/11/2014
"Dancers the sparkling stars of Xmas verses..
"Dance that sparkles with freshness, exuberance and wit..
TE MANU AHI (The Firebird)
Auckland
22/10/2014 - 22/10/2014
"Celebrating dance and live music..
PACIFIC DANCE PRESENTS PACIFIC CHOREOGRAPHERS
Auckland
16/10/2014 - 17/10/2014
"Quality performances and intelligent choreograph..
PRIME (2014)
Auckland
10/10/2014 - 12/10/2014
"Mature, magnificent, matriarchal..
FRESH (2014)
Auckland
09/10/2014 - 10/10/2014
"Communication goal shared bydivergent dances..
"Some fresher than others.....
MATAQALI DRIFT
Auckland
08/10/2014 - 08/10/2014
"Wildy spirited performance..
"Longing to re-connect..
Acquisitions '14
Auckland
06/08/2014 - 10/08/2014
"Acquisitions '14 - humanity exposed..
Spiritus Aitu
Auckland, Christchurch
05/03/2014 - 05/10/2014
"Brave season of connectivity and interplay..
Home, Land and Sea
Auckland
24/10/2013 - 27/10/2013
"Enormous potential in remarkable production..
Pacific Dance Triple Bill
Auckland
19/10/2013 - 19/10/2013
"Brave new worlds, future visions, spirits let loose..
Fault Lines
Christchurch, Auckland, Nelson
19/09/2013 - 16/10/2013
"A calm anxiety..
"Epic adversity..
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Tuakana PURE
Auckland
09/10/2013 - 09/10/2013
"Tuakana PURE, Fresh and Fault Lines at TEMPO..
"Tuakana: Pure..
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Takarangi - the Third Auckland Dance Project
Auckland
30/09/2013 - 30/09/2013
"Embodying a double spiral..
Viva Eclectika
Auckland
31/08/2013 - 31/08/2013
"Fusion in Difference..
YOU Dance - Auckland Youth Dance Festival 2013
Auckland
06/06/2013 - 07/06/2013
"Students put their best feet forward..
"A joyous occasion..
Short+Sweet Dance 2013 Week 2
Auckland
04/06/2013 - 08/06/2013
"Surprisingly bewildering..
Short + Sweet Dance Week 1, 2013
Auckland
28/05/2013 - 01/06/2013
"Serious, savvy, reflective, funny and scary..
Mixed Nuts 3 - Mythical
Auckland
27/02/2013 - 02/03/2013
"Show puts put a smile on your heart..
Swan Song
Auckland
13/02/2013 - 17/02/2013
"Swan Swimming Pool..
"Wet, Hot, Enchanting and Hilarious..
