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Raewyn Hill (born 1972) is a New Zealand choreographer and dancer now active in Australia.


Career

Hill was born in
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and entered the
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when she was fifteen, graduating in 1992. She has worked with Sue Healey and
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Thwack. She performed as a dancer in various productions including '' Xena: Warrior Princess'' and the
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's ''The Lost World''. Her last performance was the solo production ''We are gathered here today''. Hill retired from performing in 2006. She provided choreography for the
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series ''Rude Awakenings'' in 2008 and also provided advice to the producers of the New Zealand's ''So You Think You Can Dance''. Hill has been a guest teacher and choreographer for
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,
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, New Zealand School of Dance,
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,
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) at Edith Cowan University (ECU) was established in 1980 to provide performing arts tuition. WAAPA (commonly pronounced "whopp-a") operates as a part of ECU, located at the ECU campus in ...
and Tasdance.In 2001, she formed Soapbox Productions, which toured New Zealand, performing eight full-length works. After she married dancer Richard Longbottom, it was renamed Raewyn Hill and Dancers. She established her own dance company ''New Zealand Dance Theatre''. Hill was artist in residence at the
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from 2007 to 2009. From August to October 2009, she took up a further artist in residence position at
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in
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and in August 2010, another position at
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. In 2010, she became artistic director for
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in
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. In 2014, she became artistic director of the new Contemporary Dance Company of Western Australia. In April 2020, Hill said about her work:


Notable works

Hill's notable works include: * ''When love comes calling'' (2002) * ''Angels with dirty feet'' (2004) * ''We are gathered here today'' (2006) * ''Mercy: A dance for the forgotten'' (2007) * ''The Cry'' (2010) * ''Carnivale.4'' (2020)


Publications

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References


External links


Carnivale.4 by Raewyn Hill
video of performance by students at the New Zealand School of Dance, November 2019 Graduation Season
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at Contemporary Dance Australia
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at the NZ School of Dance
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at The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi
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at The Big Idea
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at Tasdance {{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Raewyn 1972 births Living people Australian female dancers Australian choreographers Australian women choreographers New Zealand female dancers New Zealand choreographers New Zealand women choreographers New Zealand School of Dance alumni People from Oamaru