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CALENDAR 2 - 20 MARCH 2011

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Wednesday 16th March

Sound of the Ocean

Sound of the Ocean

Music. A sensational mix of martial arts, live drumming and tai-chi, Sound of the Ocean is a spectacular international masterpiece…
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Samuel Beckett: First Love

Samuel Beckett: First Love

A compelling encounter with a man reflecting on his first romance, First Love is full of Samuel Beckett’s trademark dark humour…
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Samuel Beckett: The End

Samuel Beckett: The End

The humorously heartbreaking story of a man fending for himself after being expelled from an institution…
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Gaff Aff

Gaff Aff

Is life turning with you or are you turned by life? A hilarious high-octane mix of theatrics, music, choreography and clowning...
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Douglas Wright Dance: rapt

Douglas Wright Dance: rapt

A special Festival commission, rapt is Douglas Wright’s 11th full-length work featuring some of New Zealand's finest international dancers...
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Who Are You?

Who Are You?

A new dance piece directed by Neil Ieremia, Who Are You? features a company of exciting new performers - UrbanYOUTHMovement...
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Havoc in the Garden

Havoc in the Garden

A play about families – about the lies that parents tell, and children reveal; what holds families together and what tears them apart...
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Vietnamese Water Puppets

Vietnamese Water Puppets

The enchanting ancient art of Vietnamese water puppetry comes to New Zealand for the first time...
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Smoke & Mirrors

Smoke & Mirrors

A vaudevillian tap dancer, twisted chanteuse, sublime aerialist, death defying acrobats, an ooh-ahh magician – and the odd white rabbit…
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Titeres Porno

Titeres Porno

Spontaneous, fun and very rude, Titeres Porno (Porno Puppets) is a spicy late-night show for adventurous Festival-goers…
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Paul Kelly A-Z

Paul Kelly A-Z

Aussie folk-rock legend performs 100 of his best-known, much-loved songs over four nights - in alphabetical order...
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Héctor Zamora

Héctor Zamora

White Noise: A unique project in three parts by Sao Paulo-based artist Héctor Zamora…
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Jim Allen: Contact 2011

Jim Allen: Contact 2011

Jim Allen's seminal 1974 work Contact will be restaged, with performances each Saturday of Auckland Arts Festival…
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Alicia Frankovich / Laresa Kosloff / Ruth Proctor

Alicia Frankovich / Laresa Kosloff / Ruth Proctor

Using objects, film and the printed image, Frankovich, Kosloff and Proctor explore ideas of movement and the performing body...
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Viewfinder

Viewfinder

Viewfinder will project a survey of moving image works into Auckland’s public space 24 hours a day, seven days a week…
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Nuds

Nuds

Acclaimed British artist Sarah Lucas exhibits her compelling new sculptural works...
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Look, Here

Look, Here

Auckland artist Finn Ferrier invites us to connect to the little acknowledged fabric of the city….
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Daniel Crooks

Daniel Crooks

Daniel Crooks develops a new work for Auckland public space exploring time and motion...
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Ngā Hau E Whā - The Four Winds

Ngā Hau E Whā - The Four Winds

Leilani Kake's powerful new work challenges cultural taboos around nudity...
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Video Life

Video Life

Ko Nakajima and Kentaro Taki offer a fascinating view of the historical and contemporary faces of Japanese video art.
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Upstream Midstream Downstream

Upstream Midstream Downstream

John Malcolm and CLUI offer a sobering view of the Petroleum Industry…
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Incompatible Elements

Incompatible Elements

Using video projection, soundscape and photographic imagery Incompatible Elements creates an immersive experience…
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Pūrākau

Pūrākau

Leading artists from NZ, Cuba and Mexico exchange indigenous myths and legends through poster design…
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Nollywood

Nollywood

Pieter Hugo recreates the stereotypical characters from Nigeria’s Nollywood films, casually posed and stunningly photographed…
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The Heart of Everything

The Heart of Everything

Fourteen artists and two distinct painting practices from Far North Queensland point to the intimate connection between people and land...
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Playing with Fire

Playing with Fire

Fifty years of Auckland Studio Potters is celebrated in three exhibitions putting clay back on the visual arts map...
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Richard Parker: Master of Craft

Richard Parker: Master of Craft

Richard Parker's substantial influence on the New Zealand ceramic tradition is revealed in this exemplary exhibition.
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In Conversation

In Conversation

Enrich your Festival experience every weekday from 12.30pm – 1.30pm in the Pacific Crystal Palace Spiegeltent, Festival Garden Aotea Square.
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Master Classes and Workshops

Master Classes and Workshops

Master classes and workshops - some free, some with an associated cost - offer participants the chance to learn from some of the bold and visionary artists performing at Auckland Arts Festival.
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Formica Formations

Formica Formations

Enter the world of Formica Formations, an extraordinary collection of sculptured chairs created by nine world-renowned architects each challenged to design a chair for sitting, lying or playing upon.
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