The grandest graduation programme yet: New Zealand School of Dance celebrates 50 years
Stephen A’Court Above: Hosanna Ball and Saul Newport. The New Zealand School of Dance has traditionally held a highly regarded graduation programme, and this year’s was the grandest we’ve seen, with the school celebrating its 50th anniversary. Held at the St James Theatre, opening night saw Governor-General HE Dame Patsy Reddy attend, along with […]
An evening of Contrast and contemplation
Lovers of contemporary dance in Wellington were spoiled as Footnote New Zealand Dance brought Contrast, its major season for 2017, home. Thanks to earlier crowdfunding, the company was able to travel to Bern to work with New Zealand choreographer Emma Murray, who created Participation, one half of the Contrast double bill, then to Berlin […]
Tuesday, 10 a.m. Had a bit of a grumble about a PR company to our fashion ed. Sopheak Seng, because we received a press release telling us to observe a strict embargo date. Except the embargo date was yesterday. I suppose it’s better than a release touting a brand-new product when you know that product […]
There goes 20 years. Normally when we celebrate a birthday, we do what most magazines do: there’s a story on our founding, some of our best covers, and a nod to the past. I’ll be right up front: despite having thoughts of doing all of that, we haven’t planned anything for this particular day, October […]
When corporate brands and personal brands trade places: Kate Moss was there before Kendall Jenner
Above: Brand Kate Moss was probably seen by more people when the model collaborated with Topshop. In 1999, the late Wally Olins, the famous brand consultant, sent me his book, Trading Identities: Why Countries and Companies are Taking on Each Other’s Roles, a fine read published by the Foreign Policy Centre that argued that countries […]
Three by Ekman: the Royal New Zealand Ballet shows its witty, ingenious side
Stephen A’Court Swedish-born choreographer–director Alexander Ekman, it transpires, was the first person Francesco Ventriglia called when he was first appointed artistic director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet. Ekman, says Ventriglia, creates choreography that is ‘different, brave, intelligent, witty and fun,’ and he sees the work as being the equivalent of ‘good food’ for the […]
Tailor Skincare launches Your Blend, an innovative, customized two-step moisturizing formula
Jack Yan Tailor Skincare, riding high from the award-winning Renew, launched its Your Blend line at Power Yoga Living Studio in Wellington on Friday. Founder Sara Quilter, wearing Wilson Trollope and, appropriately for a yoga studio, barefoot, welcomed Tailor staff, clients and supporters—including her parents—and told a confident and heartfelt story on why she […]
Tailor Renew: does exactly what it says on the box
Tailor Skincare’s Renew is a probiotic serum that’s already picked up an Innovation Award for Best Formulation from the New Zealand Society of Cosmetic Chemists. For the service of our readers, we put it to the test, as we do with other products that come across our desk. In the case of Renew, I […]
Opinions: what we need from media beyond ‘fake news’; looking to the stars
We need independent media Paul Clarke/CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37435469 Above: Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web. Earlier this month, Sir Tim Berners-Lee wrote an open letter expressing his concerns about the evolution of his invention, the World Wide Web. (Interestingly, he writes the term all in lowercase.) It wasn’t just […]
Mary Tyler Moore’s most famous TV shows altered lives for the better
Jack Yan You’re going to make it after all When visiting Minneapolis many years ago, I photographed the now-famous statue of Mary Tyler Moore doing the “hat toss” from the credits of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. When I asked my colleague Nathalia Archila to write an obituary for Mary Tyler Moore, it reminded me […]
