Nelson Arts Festival - Lily

Lyne Pringle – choreographer / script
Kilda Northcott, Lyne Pringle – dancers
Paul Forrest – producer
Peta Spooner Academy of Dance and Wakatu
Dance Theatre – dance chorus

Funny, beautiful and stirring dance-theatre interpretation of a loved dance teacher. A heady and hilarious interpretation of the life of long-serving Dunedin doyenne and ballet teacher Lily Stevens, who was renowned for her competition dances and her inspired but often rigorous teaching. With trade-mark hilarity, legendary performers Kilda Northcott and Lyne Pringle navigate a thread through preparation for dancing competitions, the catatonic state that ensues after Lily’s end of year recital, into a vivid celebration of barefoot dancing to Chopin, featuring a chorus of young local dancers.

This is a ‘must see’ event that celebrates the enormous contribution that dance teachers make to the development of young people’s imaginations.

‘The Choreography by Lyne Pringle was sublime, the script witty and the effects often surreal.’
- Otago Daily Times

Event listed by Jacq Bell

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