One
Step Beyond Dance Company
One Step Beyond
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2010 Show:
One Step Beyond proudly presents
" Into the Light" Tickets on sale now!
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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
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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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Company Faculty
Marian McDermott: TTC, ARAD
Company Director, Ballet Technique Tutor, Choreographer: See Marian's
biography on the Tutors page
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.
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.
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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.
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Zahra Killeen-Chance
Contemporary Technique
Tutor, Choreographer: See Zahra's biography on the Tutors page
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