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Auckland’s Youth Dance Theatre specialising in contemporary ballet collaborations.
▪️Co-director @meaghan.jean.rowe
▪️Co-director @jopacic.dance

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Thank you to The Classical Collab, another of our fabulous sponsors. They kindly donated 2 x $500 vouchers to be used towards the 2027 performance season to be awarded to dancers who show proficiency in contemporary as well as ballet. 🩰🩰

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Had such a fun couple of days with @posy_dancing and @eloise_thedancer at the @theclassicalcollab workshop.
Thank you to @meaghan.jean.rowe for teaching us such great choreography . 😊🤩

#classicalcollab #contemporaryballet

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Seven days until Wellington Collab-26!

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2026/06/16

The Classical Collab 2026 @theclassicalcollab
- First, Light

Title: Liminal

Choreographer: Bruce Bohao Feng
Performer: Bruce Bohao Feng
Music: Ólafur Arnalds – Undan Hulu @olafurarnalds

Liminal explores movement as a form of mark-making, where the body becomes both the tool and the trace of expression. Situated within an in-between state, the work navigates transitions between control and release, presence and absence, stillness and motion.

Through shifting relationships with time, space, and intention, the choreography investigates how meaning emerges not from fixed forms, but from the continuous process of becoming. A liminal space where movement is not only performed, but inscribed — leaving ephemeral traces that dissolve as they appear.

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2026/05/19

Chapter VII — After the Storm

The stillness at the end is not the end at all.
It is the moment I hear myself breathing again—
still loving, still enduring, still becoming.

最后的安静，不是结束。
是我终于听见自己还在呼吸，还在爱，还在继续。

First, Light- Liminal 💐🎭💐

Recall on 2026/04/11

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Transfigured Delicacy

The tender and delicate balance of holding one another while in a state of collapse.

In progress showing @theclassicalcollab @meaghan.jean.rowe
Photography @jopacic.dance
Dancers/choreography @helena__may @gracella.l

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2025/05/14

Chapter VI — Reaching

I reach upward not because I am without fear,
but because I still believe
that light answers those who keep trying.

我向上伸手，不是因为我没有恐惧，
而是因为我仍然相信，光会回应努力的人。

First, Light- Liminal 💐🎭💐

Recall on 2026/04/11

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Transfigured Delicacy ࣪ ִֶָ☾.࣪࿐

the desire to merge,, an eventual collapse,
continuously negotiating the weight of dependence

created by @helena__may @gracella.l
guest performance for @theclassicalcollab
captured by Heidi Martin

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2026/05/09

Chapter V — Holding Myself Together

In the chaos of life,
dance has become the way I gather myself again.
Every gesture is a response,
every movement a quiet act of rebuilding.

在失控的生活里，我用舞蹈找回秩序。
每一个手势，都是我对自己的回答。

First, Light- Liminal 💐🎭💐

Recall on 2026/04/11

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2026/05/05

Chapter IV — Softness as Strength

I used to believe that strength had to be sharp and hard.
Now I know that softness, too, can carry a person through darkness.

我曾以为坚强必须锋利，
后来才明白，温柔也可以支撑一个人穿过黑暗。

First, Light- Liminal 💐🎭💐

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2026/05/03

Chapter III — In the Light

When the light touched my body,
I saw my vulnerability—
but I also saw the strength that keeps me rising.

当光落在身上，我看见了脆弱，
也看见了继续站起来的力量。

First, Light- Liminal 💐🎭💐

Recall on 2026/04/11

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2026/05/01

Chapter II — The Turning Point

Some turns are not made to leave the world behind,
but to hear the voice within more clearly.

有些转身，不是为了离开世界，
而是为了重新听见自己内心的声音。

First, Light- Liminal 💐🎭💐

Recall on 2026/04/11

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