Weekly Sacre Update #3



Welcome to your weekly update for

Sacre: The Auckland Dance Project

Proudly part of the REAL New Zealand Festival



Students with Fraser Bruce at Hay Park School



With the end of winter drawing near and activity surrounding the project about to step up, all those involved in Sacre seem to have an extra ‘spring’ in their steps.

For more information about the project, visit the APO website.

What’s Been Happening

• On 24 August, Hay Park School welcomed trumpeter Nick Hall, APO Education Manager Lee Martelli and Fraser Bruce of Living Rhythm for another music workshop. The increased confidence and skill from the first workshop was hard to miss as the students enthusiastically kept up with the difficult rhythms of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. We asked the year 5 and 6 students what they learnt from the music workshops: “That you can use anything to create music. I learnt that there is all sorts of music for each season of the year,” one student said.

Hay Park also welcomed Joanna Davies from The Aucklander. Joanna interviewed Sacre’s project coordinator, Sally Markham, before joining the kids outside for a lunchtime filled with music. We look forward to her reading her article.

Masked mayhem

• Sally Markham, project coordinator, is coming to the end of her long hunt for material, designers and sewers needed to create the three death masks featured in the project. Sixty-four metres of blue fabric is being sewn as we speak, while design concepts for the masks are currently being developed.

Sacre colours 

• Navy blue, bottle green and fern green have been confirmed as the colour palette for the Sacre t-shirts that will be worn by the dancers. Printing will be underway as soon as the design is confirmed. We look forward to sharing images of Marama Lloydd’s stunning work with you soon.  

Sacre Blog

• Be sure to visit our blog; we have a feeling the week ahead will be filled with visual delights. To add news or images, send content to HelenS@apo.co.nz with ‘Sacre blog’ in the subject line.

Upcoming Events

• Music workshop at Kristin School 5 September

• Royston Maldoom arrives in New Zealand

• 9 September: powhiri at Orakei Marae to welcome Royston Maldoom

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For more information please contact Richard Betts, Publicist, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, p: (09) 638 6266 x210; m: 021 520 546, e: richardb@apo.co.nz