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No institutional funding

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A young group without money or institutional support

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'Dance of the instant

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"They saw dance as a way to express social issues, not just something appealing to look at".

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Music was revolutionary at the time, they used orchestral scores and percussion that was recorded by themselves

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Appearance of dancers was not the usual... the usual ballet dancer was long legs, slim , small .. they broke the stereotype of the ' typical dancer '

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Atributes of modern dance ....bent legs, parallel feet repetitive movement

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people loved and hated them but either way they were getting talked about

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In 1939 Beeby had a stroke of brilliance and decided to put the creative Phillip Smithells in charge of P.E. and recreation

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before modern dance there was only .... swing dancing , ballet etc it was unheard of

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Intriguing

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Modern Dance for the time

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First half of the first show, Philip explained what modern dance was. The second hand was showing what modern life was, ie working in a factory

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Olive choreographed Hiroshima 700 people turned up to watch

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their dancing was less technical and more about how it looked on the eye/ the imagery it made in order to convey the message

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educating their audiences through the music and movement

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After war there was a sense of optimism a desire for something new and improved

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Phillip was very strict
olive was strong willed tired to take over dominance but her love for dance bought everyone together

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Phillip Smithells

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Machine song choreographed by Rona Bailey

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Rona Bailey said (in relation to modern dance) that you "didn't have to dance like a fairy, instead of a human being

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Rona .. had a political attitude

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Shows were sold out - word spread and halls were full

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Post war = dance was new and cutting edge

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audience had mixed feelings about their performances, didnt know how to react

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New dance was creating dance when they were in an age where there were no words for human catastrophe

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war influenced a lot of their works and what they danced about

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had to make their own costumes .. dyed ( dark grey)  cheese cloth .. no tights because of the war

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Post war (6 years for a country at war) The new dance group was established almost directly after World War Two - time for celebration (men were coming home from war)

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Performed dance that was not ballet, but modern dance

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1939 the curriculum allowed arts into pe

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Philip Mills

wasnt a pro dancer or pe teacher but interested in the ability to communicate through movement

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Dances were always relevant to current affairs or reflected events that had taken place I.e Hiroshima

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what was...?Commenting on Contemporary situations and themes

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modern dance

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S.I.T.F had very short and sharp movements

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Exorcism

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repetitive movement for example?

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They often would listen to music, and see what movement was inspired through listening. - seen in dance commonly now

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Sabotage in the factory

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only performed in the Fielding area really? but what about performances in wellington?

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pioneers of dance in NZ

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Rona Bailey - trained with Martha Graham at the University of Colombia (2 years?)

Edith Smithells

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Established in Wellington

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hands splayed out in front of them to show they were blind.. feeling their way in what piece?

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Inspired by Martha Graham

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"The physical welfare of the public was of great concern to the NZ government after the Great Depression. So they had created a physical welfare and recreation branch to urge everyone to be physically active. Clarence Beeby (superintendent of education) wanted to inspire young people and being a man of wide ranging interests, he wanted P.E. to mean a lot more than just what people called "physical jerks." Beeby had always believed that the arts should be involved in the classroom because he believed that the curriculum was too narrow.

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Hiroshima -1947

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1945-1947
start - finish , another word would be created or established?