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Lumina is based on the interactions of light, using lighting and audio-visual technology to make a dynamic experience. Photo: John McDermott
After sell-out shows in Germany and Holland earlier this year, the New Zealand Dance Company (NZDC) is bringing its latest performance to Mahurangi College Hall on May 6 at 7.30pm.
Lumina was performed at the prestigious Holland Dance Festival in January and received standing ovations in Germany, filling 1000-seat halls.
NZDC founder and artistic director Shona McCullagh lived in Leigh for nine years and still spends weekends at her Mahurangi home and insisted Mahurangi be included in the short North Island tour.
“Smaller communities in New Zealand have the right to see high quality work by national performers,” Ms McCullagh says. “Because of my affiliation to the area I thought we could make it work. I’m really excited to bring a work of this calibre to Mahurangi.”
The Mahurangi show will be the smallest on the tour and follows a sell-out NZDC performance at the hall in 2013.
The work has been developed by three choreographers – two from NZ and one international – and features contemporary music by Paddy Free from Kiwi electronica group Pitch Black, Eden Mulholland and Phoenix Foundation drummer Chris O’Connor.
“My provocation to the choreographers was to create a work that illuminated an intersection with light. The result is a visually dynamic show which is the culmination of stunning light design and audiovisual design, interfaced with technology. It’s very accessible and has great music from contemporary composers.
“Light is like a character in the work. One of the three performances, called Brouhaha, includes audiovisual projections dancing along with the live dancers, creating an intersection of the two forms.”
Shona started the NZDC in 2011 and the company has had three international tours in the past three years.
Info: nzdc.org.nz/node/lumina-tour/
Mahurangi Matters has a double pass to giveaway.
Write your name and number on the back of an envelope, post to Lumina Competition, Mahurangi Matters PO Box 701 Warkworth or email editor@localmatters.co.nz with the subject line: Lumina. Competition closes April 27 2016.
