Verses

Black Grace presents ‘Verses’.
Choreographed by Neil Ieremia.

“In a memorable performance, the thrilling and brilliantly executed New Zealand Company Black Grace integrated many aspects of modern dance with Samoan and South Pacific indigenous dance forms. The result was no cut-and-paste assemblage, but a new art form.”
- Broad Street Review, Philadelphia, 2010

Verses is the highly anticipated collection of new short works by Black Grace’s Founder and Artistic Director Neil Ieremia.

After receiving rave reviews and performing to thousands across North America and Canada, Black Grace is set to inspire, challenge and delight their home-country with this fresh new collection. Inspired by words, lyrics, lines and verse, Ieremia brings an eclectic mix of his favourite pieces of music together with an exciting new movement vocabulary to create Verses. With music ranging from hip-hop to country, Verses promises to be an evening of great dance not to be missed!

“A polished, pungent, bone-crunchingly physical and perfectly executed alchemy of music, muscle and motion.”
New Zealand Herald, 2010

“This new embodiment of Black Grace, its very best, deserves not just one viewing – but two, three or more!”
New Zealand Herald, 2010

Booking fees will apply to ticket prices.

Verses will also be performing at the following venues:

Hastings
Lindisfarne College, Lowe Family Performing Arts & Events Centre
19 – 20 May

Ashburton
Ashburton Trust Events Centre
10 May

Nelson
Theatre Royal
13 – 14 May

Blenheim
Marlborough Civic Theatre
16 May

For media and publicity enquiries please email admin@blackgrace.co.nz or phone (09) 358 0552.