ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Doug Letheren

Dancer

Doug Letheren is a Juilliard graduate and has danced with the Batsheva Dance Company, Sharon Eyal’s L-E-V, GöteborgsOperans Danskompani, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Alan Lucien Øyen’s Winterguests, Mikhail Baryshnikov’s Hell’s Kitchen Dance, Adam Linder and Kidd Pivot. He is a recipient of the 2007 Movado Future Legends Award, and a 2019 Der Faust German Theater Prize nominee.

Gregory Lau

Dancer

Gregory Lau was born in Honolulu, Hawaii where he began his training at Mid-Pacific Institute School of the Arts. After attending The Juilliard School, Lau joined Nederlands Dans Theater 2 in 2013 and went on to join Nederlands Dans Theater 1 in 2016. In 2019 he joined Kidd Pivot for the production of Revisor. He has been a recipient of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts 1st Award in Modern Dance and Ballet. He has worked with choreographers such as Jiri Kylian, Crystal Pite, Ohad Naharin, Sharon Eyal, Marco Goecke, Paul Lightfoot and Sol Leon, Hans Van Manen, Johan Inger, Edward Clug, Medhi Walerski, Alexander Ekman, Camille A.Brown and more. Lau was recently featured in Doja Cat’s 2021 VMAs performance.

RENA NARUMI Dancer

Rena Narumi was born in Tokyo, Japan. She trained at Centre d’artchoregraphique FrancoJaponais in Paris, France and Arts Umbrella dance graduate programme in Vancouver, BC. She has performed with Kidd Pivot, Hessischen Staatstheaters Wiesbaden, Royal Swedish Ballet (RSB) and Nederlands Dans Theater 1 (NDT1). With RSB, she performed the main role of Juliet in Juliet and Romeo by Mats Ek. With NDT1, she travelled all over the world to perform.

ELLA ROTHSCHILD Dancer

Ella Rothschild was born in Israel and is a choreographer, multidisciplinary artist and dancer. Rothschild received the Rosenblum Performing-Arts Award by the city of Tel-Aviv for promising creator of 2016, as well as the ministry of cultural award. In 2017 she received the Israeli Ministry of Culture Award for the best solo performer. Between 2013–22, Ella created and performed eleven of her works in Israel, Europe, Japan and the US. In 2020 she received a residency at Baryshnikov art center (NYC) and was named an artist in residence in the Suzanne Dellal Centre’s inaugural residency programme, where she created her work Pigulim. In the same year she collaborated with the director Kenichi Tani in a new Japanese production, The History of Humankind, for the Kanagawa Arts Theatre. In 2021 Ella created Summer Snow, On the edge of nowhere and A Year Without Summer, a trilogy of artworks for the Batsheva Dance Company.

RENEE SIGOUIN Dancer

Renée Sigouin was born in Saskatchewan and moved to Vancouver, BC, in 2008. Since graduating from Modus Operandi contemporary dance program in 2012, she has performed in several works with Out Innerspace Dance Theatre, Joshua Beamish/ MOVETHECOMPANY, Company 605, Wen Wei Dance, Mascall Dance, Kinesis Somatheatro and EDAM. he joined Kidd Pivot in 2018.

JULIAN HUNT Swing

Julian Hunt was born in Terrace, BC where he found his passion for dance at the age of 16, and later moved to Vancouver, BC in 2020 to attend Modus Operandi post-secondary contemporary dance programme under the direction of Tiffany Tregarthen, David Raymond and Kate Franklin. While at Modus Operandi, Julian got to study works by Crystal Pite, Out Innerspace Dance Theatre, Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY, Yin Yue/YYDC, Spenser Theberge, Shay Kuebler. Hunt is also a member of award-winning hip hop dance team Northside, directed by Adrian Vendiola and Kelvin Tu.

SCOTT Mc NEIL

Voice Actor

Scott McNeil is an Australian-born Canadian actor and voice actor. He currently resides in Vancouver, BC. One of the most well-known Canadian voice actors of all time, McNeil has provided voices to many characters in animated shows, most notably The Wacky World of Tex Avery, ReBoot, Beast Wars: Transformers, Storm Hawks, Dragon Ball Z, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, InuYasha, Ranma ½, Fullmetal Alchemist, X-Men: Evolution, League of Super Evil and Mega Man. He has done live action work as well.

KATHLEEN BARR

Voice Actor

Kathleen is one of the voice-over industry’s busiest actors, and has voiced anything and everything from raging zombies to nutty pieces of rebellious fruit. Favourite roles include Dot (Reboot), Wheezie (Dragon Tales), Trixie (My Little Pony); Kat and Millie (Kid vs Kat), Glorb (Super Monsters), Mom (Johnny Test); Kevin and Marie Kanker (Ed,Edd and Eddy); Misako (Ninjago); Tina, Mavis and Dora (Corner Gas); Maetel (Galaxy Express 999); Laura and tons of characters on Dinosaur Train; Chip and Potato, Yufon and Olin (Supernatural Academy); and a host of Evil Queens in the Barbie movies. Kathleen is thrilled to be a part of the amazing cast and crew of Revisor

GERARD PLUNKETT

Voice Actor

Gerard Plunkett’s first role with Kidd Pivot was in The Statement in 2015. He is delighted to voice Dr. Harlow in Revisor. Plunkett is a Jessie Richardson and Leo award winner. His theatre work includes Saint Joan, Glengarry Glen Ross, Helen Lawrence and Tear the Curtain!. Among his extensive film and TV credits are Travelers, Legends of Tomorrow, Eight Below, 2012, Sucker Punch, Intelligence, DaVinci’s Inquest, Nightwatching, Snakes on a Plane and Seventh Son

Ryan Beil

Voice Actor

Ryan Beil is an actor, comedian and writer based out of Vancouver, BC. He holds a BFA in Acting from the University of British Columbia. You can catch him every Sunday performing improv with the legendary troupe The Sunday Service, which he founded. He is also on TV from time to time when the powers that be allow it. He is incredibly proud to have played a small role in the creation of Revisor and is jealous of all of the dancers’ incredible abilities.

NICOLA LIPMAN Voice Actor

Selected theatre credits include Humans, Matchmaker, Les Miserables, Driving Miss Daisy (Arts Club); Corleone (Classic Chic), Grey Gardens (Acting Up), Other Desert Cities (Citadel Theatre), King Arthur’s Night (Neworld Theatre); Scorched, Humble Boy, simpl (Tarragon Theatre); All the Way Home (Electric Company), Death of a Salesman (Theatre Calgary), and various film and TV shows. Lipman is a graduate of the National Theatre School and UBC, and has received four Jessie Awards and the 2012 Queens’ Diamond Jubilee Medal.

AMY RUTHERFORD Voice Actor

Amy Rutherford was classically trained at The National Theatre School of Canada and Birmingham Conservatory. For over 20 years, she has worked in film, TV and theatre with many of Canada’s leading directors and writers. In 2020, she received a Toronto Theatre Critics Award for her portrayal of Blanche Dubois in Soulpepper Theatre’s production of A Streetcar Named Desire. Rutherford is also an award-winning writer. Her play, Mortified, was recently published by Playwrights Canada Press.

SandSong: Stories from the Great Sandy Desert

An Australian national treasure, Bangarra Dance Theatre is one of the most respected First Nations companies on the planet.

SandSong is a powerful, deeply moving story, drawing on stories, knowledge and memories of past to create a new narrative for Indigenous futures. Choreographed by Stephen Page

and Frances Rings

Between the 1920s and 1960s, many Aboriginal people were removed from their Country onto pastoral stations where they were forced into hard labour, usually for no wages and only minimal rations. Despite this displacement and cultural disruption, the Traditional Peoples of the Western Desert have maintained unbroken connection to Country, keeping songs, stories, kinship and lore strong. SandSong is created in consultation with Wangkatjungka/Walmajarri Elders from the Kimberley and Great Sandy Desert regions, presenting a story of resilience and connection that is both specific and widely resonant – an ambitious, adroitly executed performance that equally “celebrates” and “pulls no punches” (Limelight).

Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki / Auckland Arts Festival (AAF) champions change-making, the environment, ambitious ideas, powerful voices and unique experiences that open our eyes, our hearts and our minds.

The Festival takes place each March in New Zealand’s largest city, and reflects its contemporary, multicultural nature.

AAF challenges its community to be courageous, to be bold, and to explore new ways of reflecting the world around us.

Through the incredible work of artists here in Aotearoa and across the globe, we aim to unify, uplift and inspire our audiences – the people of Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa and all who visit.

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