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		<title>Dazzlehands &#8211; a book that dances &#8211; from RNZ Ballet</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Shennan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 13:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160;     Dazzlehands                                                                                                        <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2025/04/dazzlehands-a-book-that-dances-from-rnz-ballet/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A girdle of dance about the earth &#8211; Scottish Ballet meets Royal New Zealand Ballet in Wellington</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2025 12:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; Royal New Zealand Ballet &#38; Scottish Ballet St.James Theatre, Wellington 14 March 2025 Scottish Ballet are visiting New Zealand primarily to perform in Auckland Arts Festival, the full-length work A Streetcar Named Desire, choreographed by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, to music by Peter Salem. (We saw Ochoa&#8217;s Requiem for a Rose here from RNZB <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2025/03/a-girdle-of-dance-about-the-earth-scottish-ballet-meets-royal-new-zealand-ballet-in-wellington/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tutus on Tour &#8211; a &#8220;symbiosis of two arts&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Shennan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tutus on Tour &#8211; The Royal New Zealand Ballet presents Tutus On Tour 2025. Photo credits: Stephen A’Court. Limerence   (Anneliese Macdonald) &#8211; Above, Principal Joshua Guillemot-Rodgerson and Soloist Katherine Minor Grand Pas Classique &#8211; chor. Gsovsky, music Auber Limerence &#8211; Anneliese Macdonald, music Schubert piano trios Coppelia &#8211; Saint-Léon,  music Delibes The Way Alone &#8211; <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2025/02/tutus-on-tour-a-symbiosis-of-two-arts/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>History and Geography in Music: Pipa player Wu Man and the NZSQ</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Shennan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2017 10:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wu Man (pipa) and the New Zealand String Quartet Music by Tan Dun, Zhao Jiping and Zhao Lin, Tabea Squire and arrangements St. Mary of the Angels Thursday 28 September  2017, 7:30 pm If you didn&#8217;t hear Kim Hill on RNZ Saturday on 23 September, go and listen to the online archive now. A poignant <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2017/09/history-and-geography-in-music-pipa-player-wu-man-and-the-nzsq/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Two pianists: rapport, stamina, poetry at NZSM Adam Concert Room</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Shennan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2017 00:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lunchtime recital, piano four hands – Jian Liu and Hamish Robb Te Koki: New Zealand School of Music, in Adam Concert Room at Victoria University Friday 22 September 2017, lunchtime Lucky we were to attend this lunchtime concert at New Zealand School of Music. It was luminous in several respects. Firstly the choice of programme <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2017/09/two-pianists-rapport-stamina-poetry-at-nzsm-adam-concert-room/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Inspirare vocal ensemble carves unique niche with music of very contemporary resonance: a full house for peace</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Shennan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Aug 2017 03:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Symmetry – Conflict and Resolution Inspirare choir, with Wellington College Chorale.   Director, Mark Stamper St. Andrew&#8217;s on The Terrace Sunday 13 August 2017, 6:30 pm On the programme cover for this unusual concert, there’s an image of a white dove struggling to take off in flight, in search of peace. It’s not soaring yet, still <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2017/08/inspirare-vocal-ensemble-carves-unique-niche-with-music-of-very-contemporary-resonance-a-full-house-for-peace/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kindred Spirits indeed – Nota Bene and Guests at Sacred Heart Cathedral</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Shennan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 May 2017 03:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kindred Spirits: Nota Bene Chamber Choir and guests Peter Walls (conductor) Sacred Heart Cathedral, Hill St., Wellington Sunday 7 May, 2017 The choral concert, &#8216;Kindred Spirits&#8217;, by Nota Bene Chamber Choir and guests, was a luminous and lovely affair. The themed programme juxtaposed compositions of Benjamin Britten and Jack Body, offering more substance than a &#8216;regular&#8217; concert might, <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2017/05/kindred-spirits-indeed-nota-bene-and-guests-at-sacred-heart-cathedral-2/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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