Raewyn Whyte
Raewyn Whyte was Editor (Dance) for Theatreview and managed the dance reviewers network nationally until 2021. She has been a freelance arts writer since 1983, reviewing dance and theatre in New Zealand and Canada. She is a regular contributor to DANZ Magazine and Radio NZ arts programming, and was formerly a regular contributor to the NZ Herald and NZ Listener, and a weekly columnist for The Georgia Straight (Vancouver). A dancer who turned to writing about dance as a better way to understand the way choreography communicates meaning to an audience, she has an MA from Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC, Canada where her research examined the development, scope and limits of contemporary dance criticism in North America, 1880-1990. She is a member of IAPWE (International Association of Professional Writers and Editors), an indexer, and remote copy editor for BookSprints Limited. She was a Theatreview Trustee and was an Executive member of the New Theatre Initiative who built Q Theatre in Auckland. She has been writing for Theatreview since 2009. Raewyn now lives in the Far North and is no longer reviewing dance performance.
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Raewyn Whyte's reviews
SWING
Auckland, Christchurch
10/09/2015 - 19/09/2015
"Swing when you're winning..
"Captivating, endearing, heart-warming tale..
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SHORT + SWEET Dance 2015 - Show 2
Auckland
04/09/2015 - 05/09/2015
"Broad array includes some gems..
A Midsummer Night's Dream (RNZB)
Wellington, Christchurch, Auckland, Napier, Global
20/08/2015 - 12/04/2020
"The course of true love never did run smooth..
"A feel-good ballet to enjoy at home..
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1918
Wellington, Auckland, Havelock North
28/05/2015 - 24/10/2018
"Poignant and profound..
"Le Moana presents 1918..
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TE MANAWA (2015)
Auckland
19/07/2015 - 19/07/2015
"Haka theatre show warmly appreciated by whanau..
YOU DANCE 2015
Auckland
01/07/2015 - 02/07/2015
"Entertaining, energetic and able..
"Large ensemble works particularly impressive..
SALUTE - Remembering World War
Auckland, Hamilton, Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, Napier
22/05/2015 - 25/06/2015
"Movement knows no bounds..
"Dancers give everything they have..
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NEXT BIG THINGS hosted by Ben Hurley (2015)
Auckland, Wellington
25/04/2015 - 28/04/2015
"Well executed and witty potty humour..
"A richly variegated array of teasers..
iTMOi (in the mind of Igor)
Auckland
19/03/2015 - 21/03/2015
"Auckland Arts Festival: iTMOi..
"Dark and dynamic with periods of ritual madness..
I AM
Edinburgh, Scotland, Auckland
16/08/2014 - 07/03/2015
"Cosmological figures in play..
"I AM: ASB Theatre..
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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: PAH
Auckland
10/03/2015 - 15/03/2015
"Flickering entities..
"Mysterious vignettes..
Hua Nui - to be Fruitful, to be Productive
Auckland
13/03/2015 - 13/03/2015
"Pride and delight in flowing hula..
CEDAR LAKE CONTEMPORARY BALLET
Auckland
12/03/2015 - 15/03/2015
"Sterling choreographic lineup..
"Dissonant themes in debut triple bill..
EAT THE YOUNG FRESH
Auckland
24/02/2015 - 28/02/2015
"A black comedy-musical roller coaster..
STRIPPED BARE
Auckland
12/02/2015 - 18/02/2015
"Barely..
"A radically revealing solo performance..
Spiegelworld EMPIRE
Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch
21/10/2014 - 15/02/2015
"Much to like..
"Spiegeltent home to slick, professional pick‘n’mix..
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IMPRINT
Auckland
24/10/2014 - 25/10/2014
"Confident young dancers in mix of short works..
TASSEL ME THIS
Hamilton, Christchurch, Auckland, Dunedin
27/09/2014 - 18/03/2015
"Spectassular..
"From the lowliest of materials, something rich and strange emerges..
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eye
Wellington, Auckland
13/02/2014 - 19/10/2014
"Richly developed work leaves memorable images..
"eye and I are one..
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FRESH (2014)
Auckland
09/10/2014 - 10/10/2014
"Communication goal shared bydivergent dances..
"Some fresher than others.....
Q&Q with A&A
Auckland, Christchurch
26/09/2014 - 11/10/2014
"A game of three halves..
"Living Inside the Question..
BBE: The Night Sky Returns
Auckland
02/10/2014 - 04/10/2014
"Exuberant, enterprising, cosmic extravaganza..