One Step Beyond Dance Company

One Step Beyond Dance Company

One Step Beyond

Weighted at Stepping Up show

 

2010 Show: One Step Beyond proudly presents
" Into the Light" Tickets on sale now!

One Step Beyond dancer

Into the Light

A montage of contemporary dance by the Bays’ premier youth dance company - intriguing, brilliant and entertaining.

Torbay Community Hall
Sunday August 15th 2010 @ 7.30pm



Tickets:
Adults $12.00
Seniors $10.00
Children $8.00


Don’t miss it – enjoy our local talent!

Ph: 09 473 3715

Mission Statement

To foster the creative spirit, inspire and extend a select group of dedicated, committed and talented teenage dancers so they continue to grow and develop as performers and choreographers.

Rationale

One Step Beyond was founded in 2008 to create opportunities for a group of talented, committed and dedicated senior students at Marian McDermott School of Dance in Torbay, Auckland. The selected students have studied both contemporary dance and ballet for many years and regularly attend 6 or more dance classes each week. Till then these students were limited to the whole school performances and it was clear that they needed to be extended more and given more performance opportunities.

One Step Beyond In Rehearsal

Up For It at Stepping Up show

The company members are mentored by professionals from the dance community and so far have been fortunate to work with Katie Burton, Colette Arnold, Julie van Renen, Janine Parkes, Zahra Killeen-Chance, Kilda Northcott and Lyne Pringle.

Being part of this company provides an avenue for these students to develop their creativity, technique and performance skills. They learn how to create and perform dance works in a wide variety of community settings both indoor and outdoor. They learn to create and adapt their work to suit the different audiences and locations.

One Step Beyond perform "All I Need" 2009

Our hope is that with this extra encouragement and opportunity some of the company members will decide to further their dance education and enter full time training.

 

One Step Beyond in rehearsal


The students attend technique classes in contemporary and ballet most evenings during the week. On Saturdays they all attend a 1½ hr Intermediate/Advanced level ballet class and a 2 hour Youth Company session.

The students are all expected to work very hard in all their dance classes and are encouraged to approach their dance education in a professional manner.

Balanced at Stepping Up show

The official launch of the company was held at 7.30pm on Sunday August 3rd 2008 at the Torbay Community Hall. The performance included a diverse programme of works which showcased the talents of this creative group of young dancers. Three of the company members choreographed works with expert guidance from choreographic mentor, Katie Burton. The company also performed pieces choreographed by the company faculty.

Since then the company has performed at numerous commuity events including the launch of the new Shore Space Arts Portal for the North Shore City Council, Tempo Dance Festival, The Festival of the Roses , Capetown to Cairo Festival , Kingsway School Gala, The Celebration of Age Show and Carols By the Sea. They performed as guests of Kilda Northcott and Lyne Pringle in their show Lily as part of the 2008 Tempo Dance Festival.

One Step Beyond rehearsing Sisters

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2009 Performances and Company News

In 2009 One Step Beyond had another successful year. They were selected to perform as part of the Teen Show at Tempo Dance Festival. This was a great achievement as dance schools and companies from all over Auckland applied and only 5 groups were chosen. One Step Beyond performed "Lifted" choreographed by Janine Parkes and "Sisters" choreographed by OSB company member Ashlee Bostock. This was a huge acknowledgement of Ashlee's choreography as "Sisters" was the only live student choreographed work chosen for the Teen Show. Janine's work "Lifted" was critically praised with OSB's performance of this demanding work described as haunting and disquieting.

Lifted choreographed by Janine Parkes

OSB performed their very own show called "Six Journeys" at the Torbay Community Hall in September 2009. With works choreographed by Janine Parkes, Colette Arnold, Julie van Renen and Katie Burton and company members Grace Woollett and Gemma Herbison the show was a fantastic example of what young talented dancers can achieve. With varied and entertaining choreography and strong technique the company gave a strong and very professional performance.

Six Journeys

OSB also performed in the Marian McDermott School of Dance annual show. As well as performing as part of the contemporay dance section they presented a couple of special pieces in "Pictures at an Exhibition" - Lost in the Gallery and All I Need.

Lost in the Gallery

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2010 News

We are pleased to announce that two OSB members, Ashlee Bostock and Grace Woollett have been accepted in to the full time Bachelor of Performing and Screen Arts at Unitec this year. This is particularly encouraging considering that this was one of the goals of One Step Beyond. We wish Ashlee and Grace all the very best for a rewarding and inspring future in dance.

The company is currently in rehearsal for their show "Into the Light" which will be performed at the Torbay Community Hall on 15th August. It looks like they will also be performing at Tempo Dance Festival again this year too so they have much to be proud of.

So far this year OSB have worked with choreographers Katie Burton and Janine Parkes. In term 3 they welcome Zahra Killeen-Chance as choreographer and technique tutor. OSB are very fortunate to have the opportunity to work with such highly regarded professionals.

One Step Beyond in "Lifted"

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Company Faculty

Marian McDermott: TTC, ARAD
Company Director, Ballet Technique Tutor, Choreographer: See Marian's biography on the Tutors page

Arachnid choreographed by Marian McDermott

Fora at Stepping Up show

Katie Burton- BPASA
Contemporary Technique Tutor, Choreographic Mentor, Choreographer:

Katie Burton trained at Unitec and graduated with her Bachelor of Performing and Screen Arts majoring in Contemporary Dance in 2001. Katie is a freelance choreographer and dancer based in Auckland.
Katie most recently presented 3 Kiwi's and a Spic at the NZ Fringe Festival and Dunedin Fringe Festival winning 'Best Dance' in Dunedin and 'Very Highly Commended' in the NZ Fringe awards.
Last year Katie performed in Late Night Choreographers in her work tick, which also won the 'Best Dance' award in the NZ Fringe 07 (for Mothick with Julia Sadler). Katie is the Assistant Choreographer of the WOW World of Wearableart Awards choreographing the international event with Malia Johnston in 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2003.

Up For It  choreographed by Katie Burton

Katie is a founding member of Vacuum PACT Dance Company, both choreographing and dancing in their Creative New Zealand funded workshop (2005), The Lens (Tempo 2003), Roam (Hamilton Garden Festival 2003) and their Vacuum Packed National Tour (Auckland, Christchurch, Nelson, Dunedin 2002).
Katie was chosen as a choreographer for The Platform both in 2005 and 2002 receiving mentoring from Sue Healy and Malia Johnston. Katie has choreographed two works for Footnote Dance Company: to look for as due, proper or necessary (2004) and UNTITLED/12.5HRS (2003).
Katie has also been employed both as a dancer and choreographer for Choreolab (2007, 2004 and 2003). Katie has choreographed commercial dance work for BMW, The Bledisloe Cup and TVNZ.
Katie is a regular Contemporary Technique tutor and Choreographic Advisor for the Unitec School of Performing and Screen Arts, The Performing Arts School of NZ, and Marian McDermott School of Dance. Katie has just returned from performing with Vivid Performance Group in Madrid, Spain.
Katie made her European debut dancing a solo role in Willi Dorner Dance Company's Hanging Garden in the Impulstanz International Dance Festival 2004 (Vienna). Katie also participated in the Impulstanz coaching projects, working with Jeremy Nelson, Louise Le Cavalier, and David Zambrano.

Balanced at One Step Beyond launch

Janine Parkes - BPASA
Choreographic Mentor, Choreographer:

Janine began her dancing life at five years old, attending ballet classes in Christchurch. From there she want on to take Hip Hop and Jazz classes and eventually to study Contemporary Dance full-time for four years: One year at Hagley Community College in Christchurch and three years at Unitec in Auckland, completing her BPSA in Contemporary Dance in 2005. She is now a free-lance dancer, choreographer and dance teacher.

Janine is a founding member of BackLit Productions who have put on five major shows in both the Auckland Tempo Festival and Wellington Fringe since 2005. Highlights of her career so far have been: Choreographing and performing for the many Backlit Productions shows and events, being a selected choreographer for the 2007 Generation Project at The Edge and having performed in three 'Late Night Choreographers'. Alongside dancing and choreographing Janine teaches Aeroballet at Les Mills and works at Award-winning Fearon Hay Architects.

Janine Parkes

Zahra Killeen-Chance
Contemporary Technique Tutor, Choreographer: See Zahra's biography on the Tutors page

Zahra Killeen-Chance

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