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Helen Fisher

Duration: 1h 20' 00" Year: 1993
a dance work for mezzo-soprano and ensemble

Instrumentation
bagpipes, cello, marimba/harp/tenor drum (1 player), violin, flute/piccolo (1 player), clarinet/bass clarinet/soprano and alto saxophones (1 player)
Programme Note

This dance theatre project was commissioned to celebrate the New Zealand Women’s Suffrage Centennial, and explores a range of historical and contemporary issues. It is based on documents written by Kate Shepherd and was choreographed by Susan Jordan.
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- Fisher: Bone of Contention; facsimile
  
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- Fisher: Bone of Contention (excerpt); facsimile
  
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- Helen Fisher: Bone of Contention Year: 1993
  
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Duration: 1h 30' 00" Year: 1990
ballet in three acts for full orchestra, based on the life of Jean Batten

Duration: 1h 02' 00" Year: 1997
soundtrack for orchestra from the film of the same name produced by Owen Hughes and directed by Niki Caro

Duration: 1h 27' 00" Year: 1999
music for orchestra for a 3-act ballet

Programme Note

This work was commissioned and premiered by The Royal New Zealand Ballet at the Westpac Trust St James Theatre, Wellington on February 27, 1999.

Through most of 1998, the commissioned creative team including composer Philip Norman, choreographer Russell Kerr and designer Kristian Fredrikson worked on the adaptation of James M Barrie’s enchanting story. “We ate, slept and dreamt crocodiles, pirates and mermaids.”
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- Norman/Grenfell/MacKenzie; cassette
  
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- Peter Pan
  
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- Philip Norman: Peter Pan Year: 1999
  
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- Norman: Peter Pan Year: 1999
  
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