The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Cinderella entertains for a modern audience
Ross Brown The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Tower Season of Cinderella had a wonderful première in Wellington last night with Lucy Green in the title role, and Qi Huan as the Prince. Choreographer Christopher Hampson gave the ballet a magical quality, making it relevant for both traditionalists and modern audiences. To accomplish this, […]
Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Cinderella returns—along with 100,000 Swarovski crystals
Ross Brown Above Royal New Zealand Ballet Cinderella dancer Lucy Green. The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s production of Cinderella, choreographed by Christopher Hampson, returns to seven centres from August 2 to September 9. It had last been performed in 2007 and toured China, and was the Ballet’s most popular show before last year’s The Sleeping […]
Designing 007 opens at the Barbican in July, covering 50 years of James Bond design
Copyright ©1964 by Danjaq LLC and United Artists Corp. Above Sean Connery as James Bond at the Furka Pass, Switzerland, and the iconic Aston Martin DB5, during the making of Goldfinger (1964). With the 50th anniversary of the cinematic James Bond, exhibitions are being shown around the world to mark the occasion, but the Barbican […]
Miss New Zealand Katie Taylor WOWs Miss Universe with national costume
Photo credit: World of Wearable Art Ltd. For those in the Bahamas wowed by Miss New Zealand Katie Taylor’s national costume, we can now reveal more, since it has been shown there. The eagle-eyed fashionistas among you will have recognized it was having come from the Montana World of Wearable Arts’ show. Specifically, it’s In-Tui-Tion, […]
‘Milliner to the stars’ opens showroom
Her handiwork has dazzled on the dance floor, won awards and is set to feature in Peter Jackson’s upcoming film The Lovely Bones. Such is the demand for her fancy hats and quirky fascinators that milliner Amy Jansen-Leen has opened her first atelier—Amy Jansen-Leen Millinery—in Te Aro, Wellington. With the race day season kicking […]
