Turid Revfeim
{{Short description|New Zealand dancer, educator and author}}
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Turid Revfeim (born 1961) is a New Zealand ballet dancer, choreographer, artistic director and ballet tutor.
Early life and education
Revfeim was born in Auckland.{{Cite web|title=Dance Tutors – New Zealand School of Dance|url=https://nzschoolofdance.ac.nz/about/people/nzsd-dance-tutors/|access-date=2021-08-19|language=en-US|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183122/https://nzschoolofdance.ac.nz/about/people/nzsd-dance-tutors/|url-status=live}} Revfeim is a graduate of the New Zealand School of Dance, having begun her studies there in 1979.{{Cite web|date=2021-04-09|title=Turid Revfeim: A life spent dancing|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018790880/turid-revfeim-a-life-spent-dancing|access-date=2021-08-19|website=RNZ |language=en-nz|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184436/https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018790880/turid-revfeim-a-life-spent-dancing|url-status=live}}
Work
She joined the Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB) in 1980, dancing Giselle and The Nutcracker. Revfeim was a soloist at the Theater de Stadt Koblenz in Germany for four years.
Revfeim retired from dancing in 1999 to become the artistic co-ordinator and then Ballet Mistress of RNZB.{{Cite web|last=Chumko|first=Andre|date=31 Jul 2021|title=The Royal New Zealand Ballet and its quest for change|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/124248573/the-royal-new-zealand-ballet-and-its-quest-for-change|url-status=live|access-date=21 August 2021|archive-date=21 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821190726/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/124248573/the-royal-new-zealand-ballet-and-its-quest-for-change}} Revfeim wrote a history of the New Zealand School of Dance, celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2017.{{Cite web|title=About|url=http://www.balletcollectiveaotearoa.com/about.html|access-date=2021-08-19|website=BALLET COLLECTIVE AOTEAROA|language=en|archive-date=19 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819065439/http://www.balletcollectiveaotearoa.com/about.html|url-status=live}}
In 2020, she founded dance company BalletCollective Aotearoa.{{Cite web|date=2021-03-24|title=Funding proves massive stumbling block for creative ballet collective|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/300259476/funding-proves-massive-stumbling-block-for-creative-ballet-collective|access-date=2021-08-21|website=Stuff |language=en|archive-date=21 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821014521/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/300259476/funding-proves-massive-stumbling-block-for-creative-ballet-collective|url-status=live}} She is artistic director and producer. The company premiered with Subtle Dances at the Bruce Mason Theatre in Takapuna, Auckland in April 2021.{{Cite web|title=Turid Revfeim|url=https://michellepotter.org/tag/turid-revfeim|access-date=2021-08-19|website=Michelle Potter|language=en-US|archive-date=19 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819065440/https://michellepotter.org/tag/turid-revfeim|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2021-03-31|title=Dunedin Arts Festival : Subtle Dances|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/features/sponsored-content/story/dunedin-arts-festival-subtle-dances|access-date=2021-08-21|website=Otago Daily Times |language=en|archive-date=21 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821014403/https://www.odt.co.nz/features/sponsored-content/story/dunedin-arts-festival-subtle-dances|url-status=live}}
Bibliography
- {{Cite Q|Q108146998}}{{Cite web|date=2017-03-06|title=Half a century of plies, pas de bourrees and pirouettes at the New Zealand School of Dance|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/89830191/half-a-century-of-plies-pas-de-bourrees-and-pirouettes-at-the-new-zealand-school-of-dance|access-date=2021-08-21|website=Stuff |language=en|archive-date=21 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821012840/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/89830191/half-a-century-of-plies-pas-de-bourrees-and-pirouettes-at-the-new-zealand-school-of-dance|url-status=live}}
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Category:New Zealand dance teachers
Category:New Zealand School of Dance alumni
Category:Royal New Zealand Ballet dancers
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