Published: RNZB’s Artistic Director, Gary Harris, on Life After the Ballet
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posted by Dance, music and life: graceegirl on February 2, 2010
By Grace Edwards.
After almost a decade with the Royal New Zealand Ballet, Artistic Director Gary Harris is leaving. He plans to step down at the end of this year, after the company’s final performance of his own version of The Nutcracker. “I’ll miss the people and the company,” he tells me, “and my mates. There’s a lot I will miss.”
So what does he intend to do next, I ask, sitting across from Harris in his office at Wellington’s St. James’ Theatre. His answer? “I really don’t know!”
A self-described jack of all trades, Harris worked as a dancer, teacher, repetiteur and designer for such companies as the London Festival Ballet and Royal Ballet before landing his current role at the RNZB in September 2001. Despite his varied background, Harris insists that being an Artistic Director was never part of his master plan.
“I just loved the company, New Zealand and all the people. I loved the company’s energy – they were like little sponges just saying ‘Oh, give me that!’ I was lucky enough to work as a guest teacher over the next few years and got to keep coming back. I was looking for a change when the Artistic...
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