Bianca Hyslop
{{Short description|Māori dancer and choreographer in New Zealand}}
Bianca Hyslop is a New Zealand Māori dancer and choreographer.{{Cite web|last=Flightdec|title=DANZ Māori Choreolab Recipient: Bianca Hyslop|url=https://danz.org.nz/danz%20maori%20choreolab|access-date=2021-08-23|website=DANZ|language=en-NZ}}{{Citation|title=Moana Nui {{!}} Ahi Kā - Bianca Hyslop Moana Nui {{!}}|url=https://www.moananui-kiamaufestival.org/film/ahi-ka-bianca-hyslop/|language=en|access-date=2021-08-23}} She is affiliated to Te Arawa and Ngāti Whakaue iwi.{{Cite web|title=Bianca Hyslop & Rowan Pierce|url=https://apam.org.au/artist/bianca-hyslop-rowan-pierce/|access-date=2021-08-23|website=Australian Performing Arts Market|language=en}}
Biography
Hyslop completed a Bachelor of Performing Screen and Arts degree at Unitec Institute of Technology in 2009. She became a freelance dancer and joined Atamira Dance Company.
In 2016, Hyslop was the inaugural recipient of Dance Aotearoa New Zealand's Māori Choreolab, where she was paired with mentor Merenia Gray. Also in 2016, Hyslop created a choreographic work called A Murmuration for The New Zealand Dance Company as part of their Emerging Choreographers programme. In 2019, she worked with Rosie Tapsell of Ngāti Whakaue and artist Rowan Pierce to co-create a dance piece, Pōhutu.{{Cite web|title=Nan's connection to whenua inspires Te Arawa choreographer|url=https://www.teaomaori.news/nans-connection-whenua-inspires-te-arawa-choreographer|access-date=2021-08-23|website=Māori Television|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=mins|first=Matariki Williams Read Time: 11|title=The Menace of Memory: A Review of Pōhutu|url=https://pantograph-punch.com//posts/Pohutu-review,%20https://pantograph-punch.com//posts/Pohutu-review|access-date=2021-08-23|website=Pantograph Punch}} This work was included in the 2019 Tempo Dance Festival and the 2019 Kia Mau Festival at the Hannah Playhouse.{{Cite web|title=POHUTU - Shape-shifting dance, stunning imagery|url=https://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/review.php?id=11919|access-date=2021-08-23|website=www.theatreview.org.nz}}{{Cite web|last=Tarrant|first=Deirdre|date=7 Jun 2019|title=POHUTU - Heart breaking, terrifying, resonant|url=https://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/review.php?id=11751|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-25|website=Theatreview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608022714/https://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/review.php?id=11751 |archive-date=2019-06-08 }}{{Cite web|last=Reihana-Morunga|first=Tia|date=16 Oct 2019|title=POHUTU - Tangible and intangible landscapes reimagined|url=https://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/review.php?id=11962|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-25|website=Theatreview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027043927/https://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/review.php?id=11962 |archive-date=2019-10-27 }} At the 2021 Kia Mau Festival Hyslop, Pierce along with Tūī Matira Ranapiri Ransfield mounted an installation called Te Mauri o Pōhutu at the gallery in the Toi Pōneke Arts Centre.{{Cite web|date=2021-05-06|title=Kia Mau Festival 2021 {{!}} Te Mauri o Pōhutu|url=https://kiamaufestival.org/events/te-mauri-o-pohutu/|access-date=2021-08-23|website=Kia Mau Festival|language=en-US}}
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Category:Unitec Institute of Technology alumni
Category:New Zealand choreographers