<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>A dynamic production of Maori culture, contemporary dance, and Split Enz music is bound to be the highlight of a rich and varied year for the Royal New Zealand Ballet. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <A HREF="http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,541347a2721,FF.html" TARGET=_blank>http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,541347a2721,FF.html</A>

Is it true that the RNZB's Artistic Director is going to take over English National Ballet? (Not 100% sure of spelling of name).<P>

Yes, Matz Skoog will be taking over later this year.<BR> <BR>Here is a link to the topic where we discussed the appointment.<P><A HREF=../../../ubb/Forum4/HTML/000591.html>Matz Skoog to ENB</A><P><p>[This message has been edited by Stuart Sweeney (edited January 15, 2001).]

<P><BR><B>Ihi FrENZy by The Royal New Zealand Ballet</B> <P>By BERNADETTE RAE in The New Zealand Herald<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>AOTEA CENTRE - It is brave. It is certainly a very different dance programme. And its ethnicity is in no doubt. <P>Both the kapa haka first half - the Ihi part of the title - and the classical ballet that torque and spring through a retrospective Frenzy of Split Enz songs, could belong only to us. <P>The huge McCahonesque backdrop, using the famous visual mantra "I AM", says it all. No one could possibly doubt the spirit of the event, and its uniqueness. <P>But in some respects Te Matarae I Orehu, the country's kapa haka champions, and the Royal New Zealand Ballet make odd dancing partners.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR><A HREF="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/entertainmentstorydisplay.cfm?storyID=197351&thesection=entertainment&thesubsection=arts&thesecondsubsection=review" TARGET=_blank>more...</A><P><p>[This message has been edited by Stuart Sweeney (edited July 03, 2001).]

<A HREF="http://216.97.99.198/ubb/Forum13/HTML/000541.html" TARGET=_blank><B>Click through to Press Releases </B></A>for the announcement of Ou Lu's retirement.