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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.

• Fisher: Bone of Contention; facsimile 

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• Helen Fisher: Bone of Contention  Year: 1993 

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Dance music for violin, piano, squeezebox and percussion

It can be performed live as well, in part or in its entirety, though some effects are better achieved through the recording. The work is in nine sections which run continuously.

This work was composed for violinist Paula Smart and pianist Terence Dennis, who first recorded the work in March 1999.

• Anthony Ritchie: CONCERTINA  Year: 2012 

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Composed for a dance production called The Race, which was staged during 1992, this work is a playful look at the movement of animals.

• New Zealand Music for Creative Dance (Volume Two) 

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• David Downes: Saltwater  Year: 1993 

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• Biddington: Dance Sketches; facsimile 

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• Biddington: Dance Sketches; facsimile 

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• Michelle Scullion: Foreign Bodies  Year: 1995 

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• Jonathan Besser: Jean - The Ballet  Year: 1990 

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A reflective series of pieces for piano, including a sad waltz, composed for choreography by Dan Belton.

• Anthony Ritchie: CONCERTINA  Year: 2012 

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• Giles-Palmer, N.: Mango Yango; facsimile 

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• Nicholas Palmer: 10 Short Pieces 

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Nga Tapuwae o Kupe is a music drama directed by Rangimoana Taylor. It is based on the story of Kupe’s journey from Hawaiki to Aotearoa and his discovery of various landmarks around Whanganui-a-Tara / the Wellington region.

While this work maintains a strong Maori theme, with karanga, haka and waiata, as well it weaves in other Pacific and European elements.

For school choir, instrumentalists, dancers and kapa haka, this work was composed with the financial assistance of a composition grant from Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council, was first performed by 140 students from South Wellington Intermediate School in July 1992 for Artsplash, the Wellington Young People’s Festival.

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• Helen Fisher: Works 1  Year: 1992 

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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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• 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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