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The reunification of improvised dance and jazz

13 May 2020

An improvised approach to music and dance is being showcased in the dance festival, Tempo, made available online this week, featuring Krump dancers from Lighthouse Famz and jazz students from the School of Music.
Bass from the bubble

7 May 2020

Bassist, composer, arranger and educator Dr Olivier Holland, School of Music, has performed all over Europe and the US, but could recently be heard performing live from his bubble.
Book a date with top writers online

2 May 2020

Fans of the Auckland Writers Festival can still hear many of its big, international and local names in the new 2020 Winter Online Series, hosted by the University of Auckland’s Paula Morris.
Creative resource ready for teachers as schools go back

24 April 2020

In response to Covid-19, a project to support primary school teachers with a rich, arts-based set of resources when they return to school next week has been developed by a team at the University of Auckland.
The art goes on, with loo rolls

23 April 2020

These are hard-to-describe times, but Dr Mark Harvey of Dance Studies has explored them from the perspective of his Labrador, Lara, with humour and a sense of the absurd.
How the principles of gaming are being used in the remote Design Programme classroom

21 April 2020

Staff at the new Design Programme, University of Auckland, are drawing on the principles of gamification to teach students remotely during lockdown.
Forget about shovels

20 April 2020

Opinion: As New Zealand prepares to come out of lockdown, let's use this important moment to reshape the way we are living, writes Anne Salmond.
Architects win major national award, and talk about the good side of online teaching

6 April 2020

Two senior lecturers at the School of Architecture and Planning have won, in their private practice, the Best Colour and Detail category in this year’s Home of the Year Awards.
Putting herself in the picture, and being shortlisted as one of Sony top ten

18 March 2020

Ashley Tofa is one of ten photographers to be shortlisted in the student category of the Sony World Photography Awards for her series of portraits presented for her MFA (Honours) at the University of Auckland, and also for her series about Ihumātao.
The subtle ways Spotify tells us what to listen to

16 March 2020

Dr Fabio Morreale looks at the way music streaming platforms such as Spotify influence and even control what we listen to.
Is the future of the arts female?

11 March 2020

Opinion: There are more women than ever in the arts so are we seeing an upswing in demand for artwork by female painters? Unfortunately not, explains Linda Tyler.
Jeremy Salmond, contemporary voice of heritage, recognised as Distinguished Alumni

10 March 2020

Jeremy Salmond, a practising architect widely acknowledged for his contribution to the practice of building conservation in New Zealand, is one of four outstanding graduates to be recognised with a Distinguished Alumni Award.

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