Jan Bolwell
Jan Bolwell | |
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| Born | 1949 (age 76–77) |
| Education | Columba College and the University of Otago |
| Occupation | academic |
| Employer | Dunedin College of Education then Wellington College of Education |
| Known for | dance and theatre |
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Jan Patricia Bolwell ONZM (born 1949) is a Wellington-based New Zealand playwright, choreographer, director, dancer and teacher of dance. She established the Crows Feet Dance Collective in 1999 and remains its director.[1]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Bolwell was born on the South Island in Oamaru but grew up in Dunedin where she was educated at Columba College. She then completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Otago, majoring in history.[1]
Having set up and run the dance curriculum for the Dunedin College of Education she was promoted to senior lecturer, before moving to the Wellington College of Education as head of performing arts from 1987 to 1997.[1]
In 2018 she directed Kate JasonSmith in I'll Tell You This For Nothing: My mother the war hero, a play written by JasonSmith about her mother's experiences in World War II, performed at BATS Theatre in Wellington.[2]
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Awards and recognition
[edit | edit source]In 1995, with Sunny Amey and Keri Kaa, she won Production of the Year in the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards for Takitoru.[3]
Bolwell was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for "service to dance and theatre" in the 2020 New Years Honours.[4]
Plays
[edit | edit source]- Standing on My Hands
- Here's Hilda! – writer and performer, 2007[5]
- Double Portrait: Finding Frances Hodgkins – writer, first performed 2009[6]
- Dancing In The Wake: The Story of Lucia Joyce – writer, first performed 2012[7]
Published work
[edit | edit source]- Milord Goffredo (2002) - Published by Steele Roberts, Wellington, NZ, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (pbk.)[8][9]
- A pretty piece of driving : Hilda Gardiner, my grandmother (2005) - Published by Steele Roberts, Wellington, NZ, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).[10][9]
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External links
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- 1949 births
- Living people
- New Zealand choreographers
- New Zealand dancers
- Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Writers from Oamaru
- Entertainers from Dunedin
- People educated at Columba College
- University of Otago alumni
- Academic staff of the Dunedin College of Education
- Academic staff of the Wellington College of Education