Malia Johnston

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Malia Johnston is a New Zealand choreographer and dance director who has created works for many of New Zealand's dance companies including Footnote Dance, the New Zealand Dance Company, and events such as the World of Wearable Arts and the Armistice centenary 11 November 2018. [1]

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Biography

From 2007 to 2014 Jonston was artistic director for the World of Wearable Art Awards show. She directed the World of Wearable Art show which travelled to Hong Kong's International Arts Festival in 2012 and was creative director for the 30th anniversary season in 2018. [1] [2]

Johnston is a guest choreographer and tutor at the New Zealand School of Dance and a tutor in dance at Unitec Institute of Technology. [1] [3]

Companies that Johnston has choreographed for include Footnote Dance and the New Zealand Dance Company. [1] She is one of the founders of the company Movement Of The Human. [4]

Directing and choreographing performances for large public outdoor events is an area Johnston works in. This includes a performance at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park called He Wawa Waraki: Roaring Chorus for the New Zealand Ministry of Culture and Heritage that commemorated the 1918 armistice that marked the end of World War I. [4] [5] In 2021 Johnston directed the opening of the Performance Arcade What if the City Was a Theatre? programme in Wellington which was a collaboration with Johnston's company Movement of the Human, kapa haka group Hiwa, Wellington Opera, and singer Sharn Te Pou. [6]

Awards

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Malia Johnston". nzdc.org.nz. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  2. ↑ "World Of Wearable Art Awards (WOW®)". MOVEMENT OF THE HUMAN. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  3. ↑ "Malia Johnston". IndepenDANCE. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  4. 1 2 3 "Loose Canons: Malia Johnston". Pantograph Punch. 2019-02-17. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  5. ↑ "New Zealand to mark Armistice centenary on Sunday, 11 November | Ministry for Culture and Heritage". mch.govt.nz. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  6. ↑ "Three Picks from What If The City Was A Theatre?". Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
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