词条 | Douglas Wright (dancer) |
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| name = Douglas Wright | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Douglas James Wright | birth_date = {{Birth year|14 October 1956}} | birth_place = Tuakau, South Auckland | death_date = 14 November 2018 (aged 62) | death_place = Auckland | height = | occupation = Dancer, choreographer, poet | years_active = 1980–2008 | current_group = | former_groups = Limbs Dance Company, Paul Taylor Company, Douglas Wright Dance Company | dances = | website = }}Douglas James Wright {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM|size=85%}} (14 October 1956 – 14 November 2018) was a New Zealand dancer and choreographer in the New Zealand arts establishment from 1980 until his death in 2018.[1][2] Although he announced his retirement from dance in 2008, on the occasion of the publication of his first book of poetry, Laughing Mirror he subsequently continued to make dance works, including touring The Kiss Inside during April 2015.[3] BiographyWright was born in Tuakau, South Auckland in 1956.[4] From 1980 to 1983 he danced with the Limbs Dance Company and choreographed a number of works on the company before travelling to New York where he danced with the Paul Taylor Company, 1983–1987 and London with DV8 Physical Theatre, 1988. Returning to New Zealand in 1989, he formed the Douglas Wright Dance Company, with which he created more than 30 major works, touring New Zealand, Australia and Europe. In the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours, Wright was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to dance.[5] In 2000 Wright received one of five inaugural Arts Laureate awards from the Arts Foundation of New Zealand and in 2003 he was the subject of an award-winning feature-length documentary film, Haunting Douglas, directed by Leanne Pooley for Spacific Films. With the launch of Laughing Mirror, Wright announced his retirement from dance. Subsequently, however, during 2010 he workshopped material towards a new major group work commissioned for Auckland Festival 2011, which premiered on 16 March 2011 at The Civic Theatre as rapt, and at the Hague, in the Netherlands during 2013. During 2014 and 2015, he workshopped and developed material towards The Kiss Inside a further major group work commissioned for the New Zealand Festival, which premiered on 16 April 2015 at SkyCity Theatre, Auckland before touring to Wanaka, Dunedin, and Nelson after which touring followed on the North Island of New Zealand during March 2016. During 2018, he choreographed a solo M_nod on dancer Sean MacDonald, which had its premiere in the Grey Lynn Public Library hall to an invited audience during July, and was publicly presented in Q Theatre's Vault during Tempo Dance Festival 2018.[6] The work was commissioned by Auckland Art Gallery director Michael Lett,[7] and a film was made of the work. Wright died 14 November 2018, aged 62, from cancer.[8] Published worksHe wrote two volumes of semi-fiction/semi-autobiography, Ghost Dance (Penguin, 2004 – Montana Awards Best First Book of Non-Fiction, 2004) and Terra Incognito (2006), and also hosted an inaugural one-man exhibition of his paintings and multimedia sculptures.[9] In October 2007 a poetry collection, Laughing Mirror was published by Steele Roberts. A second collection of his poems, cactusfear was published by Steele Roberts in October 2011, and a retrospective exhibition of his work as a choreographer, based on photographs, films and writing, was held at The University of Auckland's Gus Fisher Gallery in 2012. Choreographic works
References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.listener.co.nz/uncategorized/still-life-with-douglas/ |title=Still Life with Douglas |last=Eggleton |first=David |date=27 March 2004 |work=New Zealand Listener |accessdate=4 December 2011 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/63fqvF4aE?url=http://www.listener.co.nz/uncategorized/still-life-with-douglas/ |archivedate=4 December 2011 |deadurl=yes }} 2. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/11/dancer-douglas-wright-dies-aged-62.html|title=Dancer Douglas Wright dies aged 62|date=2018-11-15|work=Newshub|access-date=2018-11-16|language=en}} 3. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/production.php?id=4497 |title=The Kiss Inside |work=Theatreview online archive}} 4. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/11/dancer-douglas-wright-dies-aged-62.html|title=Dancer Douglas Wright dies aged 62|date=2018-11-15|work=Newshub|access-date=2018-11-16|language=en}} 5. ^Queen's Birthday Honours List 1998. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 4 January 2013. 6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12143184|title=Dance review: Tempo Dance Festival - week two|date=16 October 2018|publisher=|via=www.nzherald.co.nz}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/review.php?id=11298|title=Between Two - The queues should be round the block|website=www.theatreview.org.nz}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/375986/modern-dance-figure-douglas-wright-dies-aged-62|title=Modern dance figure Douglas Wright dies aged 62|date=15 November 2018|publisher=}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.douglaswrightart.com|title=Douglas Wright Art|work=Online gallery of Douglas Wright art works|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070429174351/http://www.douglaswrightart.com/|archivedate=29 April 2007|deadurl=yes}} Sources{{Refbegin}}
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