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'''Nina Nawalowalo''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM}} is a [[New Zealand]] theatre director and co-founder of the contemporary Pacific theatre company The Conch. |
'''Nina Nawalowalo''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM}} is a [[New Zealand]] theatre director and co-founder of the contemporary Pacific theatre company The Conch. |
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== Biography == |
== Biography and Education == |
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Nina Catharine Nawalowalo was born in [[Wellington]], New Zealand in the 1960's. Her mother was British and her father was Fijian,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/864712401|title=Playmarket 40 : 40 years of playwriting in New Zealand|last=|first=|publisher=|others=Atkinson, Laurie,, O'Donnell, David,|year=2013|isbn=978-0-908607-45-7|location=[Wellington] New Zealand|pages=95|oclc=864712401}}</ref> from Kadvu, and Nawalowalo spent two and a half years living in [[Fiji]] before returning to Wellington. She attended Wellington Teacher's College, and was the captain of the under-20 basketball team.<ref name=":2" /> |
Nina Catharine Nawalowalo was born in [[Wellington]], New Zealand in the 1960's. Her mother was British and her father was Fijian,<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/864712401|title=Playmarket 40 : 40 years of playwriting in New Zealand|last=|first=|publisher=|others=Atkinson, Laurie,, O'Donnell, David,|year=2013|isbn=978-0-908607-45-7|location=[Wellington] New Zealand|pages=95|oclc=864712401}}</ref> from Kadvu, and Nawalowalo spent two and a half years living in [[Fiji]] before returning to Wellington. She attended Wellington Teacher's College, and was the captain of the under-20 basketball team.<ref name=":2" /> |
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Nawalowalo was teaching primary school upon graduating Teacher's College but left to join Robert Bennett's company Mime International and toured including to Moscow and Poland. This was the beginning of an education in performing arts. Notable teachers Nina studied under are: [[Antonio Fava|Antonia Fava]], [[Philippe Gaulier]] and Pierre Byland |
Nawalowalo was teaching primary school upon graduating Teacher's College but left to join Robert Bennett's company Mime International and toured including to Moscow and Poland. This was the beginning of an education in performing arts. Notable teachers Nina studied under are: [[Antonio Fava|Antonia Fava]], [[Philippe Gaulier]] and Pierre Byland.<ref name=":3" /> |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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Nawalowalo has worked as a theatre director since the 1980s. |
Nawalowalo has worked as a theatre director since the 1980s. Creative partnerships were formed while she was living in London with magician Richard McDougall and illusion designer and magic consultant [[Paul Kieve]].<ref name=":2" /> She has presented at over forty international festivals, including the [[London International Mime Festival]], British Festival of Visual Theatre, and the Moscow Arts Festival.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1710/S00467/arts-pasifika-awards-celebrate-excellence-innovation.htm|title=Arts Pasifika Awards Celebrate Excellence & Innovation|website=Scoop|access-date=11 December 2017}}</ref> |
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In 2002 Nawalowalo co-founded the theatre company The Conch with [[Tom McCrory]]. The company is based in [[Wellington]] and had toured across New Zealand and internationally |
In 2002 Nawalowalo co-founded the theatre company The Conch with [[Tom McCrory]]. Their productions focus on Pacific stories. The company is based in [[Wellington]] and had toured across New Zealand and internationally.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.theconch.co.nz/about-us|title=About Us|website=The Conch|language=en-US|access-date=11 December 2017}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> In 2013 the pair established the Solomon Islands National Women's Theatre Company ''Stages of Change'' with a focus on addressing violence against women and girls.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/programmes/datelinepacific/audio/2588893/solomons-women's-theatre-company-draws-international-attention|title=Solomons Women's theatre company draws international attention|last=Pacific|first=Dateline|date=14 March 2014|website=Radio NZ|access-date=11 December 2017}}</ref> |
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=== Productions === |
=== Productions === |
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Nina Nawalowalo | |
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| Born | Nina Catharine Nawalowalo |
| Occupation | Theatre director |
| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Notable awards | Senior Pacific Artist Award (2017) Contemporary Pacific Art Award (2007) |
Nina Nawalowalo ONZM is a New Zealand theatre director and co-founder of the contemporary Pacific theatre company The Conch.
Biography and Education
Nina Catharine Nawalowalo was born in Wellington, New Zealand in the 1960's. Her mother was British and her father was Fijian,[1] from Kadvu, and Nawalowalo spent two and a half years living in Fiji before returning to Wellington. She attended Wellington Teacher's College, and was the captain of the under-20 basketball team.[2]
Nawalowalo was teaching primary school upon graduating Teacher's College but left to join Robert Bennett's company Mime International and toured including to Moscow and Poland. This was the beginning of an education in performing arts. Notable teachers Nina studied under are: Antonia Fava, Philippe Gaulier and Pierre Byland.[1]
Career
Nawalowalo has worked as a theatre director since the 1980s. Creative partnerships were formed while she was living in London with magician Richard McDougall and illusion designer and magic consultant Paul Kieve.[2] She has presented at over forty international festivals, including the London International Mime Festival, British Festival of Visual Theatre, and the Moscow Arts Festival.[3]
In 2002 Nawalowalo co-founded the theatre company The Conch with Tom McCrory. Their productions focus on Pacific stories. The company is based in Wellington and had toured across New Zealand and internationally.[4][3] In 2013 the pair established the Solomon Islands National Women's Theatre Company Stages of Change with a focus on addressing violence against women and girls.[5]
Productions
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- Vula (2002) premiered at BATS Theatre, also presented at the 9th Festival of Pacific Arts in Palau (2004), the Sydney Opera House (2006), the World Music Theatre Festival in the Netherlands (2008), the Barbican Theatre, London (2008)[4][2]
- Masi (2012) premiered at Soundings Theatre, Te Papa Tongarewa,[2] commissioned by the New Zealand International Arts Festival then toured Fiji and Sydney Festival[4]
- The Prophet (2004), Downstage Theatre[6]
- Duck Death and the Tulip (2014), Edinburgh Fringe Festival[3]
- Stages of Change (2013-14), Solomon Islands[2]
- The White Guitar (2015)[3][2], co-directed with Jim Moriarty premiered at the Christchurch Arts Festival and in 2016 toured New Zealand
- Naked Samoans Do Magic (2018), commissioned by the Auckland Arts Festival
- A Boy Called Piano (2019), co-directed with Jim Moriarty
Awards and honours
Nawalowalo received the Contemporary Pacific Art Award in 2007 and the Senior Pacific Artist Award in 2017 at the Arts Pasifika Awards.[7]
In the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to theatre and Pacific culture.[8]
References
- ^ a b Playmarket 40 : 40 years of playwriting in New Zealand. Atkinson, Laurie,, O'Donnell, David,. [Wellington] New Zealand. 2013. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-908607-45-7. OCLC 864712401.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b c d e f Warrington, Lisa; O'Donnell, David (2017). Floating Islanders : Pasifika theatre in Aotearoa. Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press. pp. 148, 150. ISBN 978-1-988531-07-6. OCLC 994638351.
- ^ a b c d "Arts Pasifika Awards Celebrate Excellence & Innovation". Scoop. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^ a b c "About Us". The Conch. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^ Pacific, Dateline (14 March 2014). "Solomons Women's theatre company draws international attention". Radio NZ. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^ "Fono 2010". pacificdance.co.nz. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^ "Arts Pasifika Awards". Creative New Zealand. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2018". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.