“Usually, Shaun James Kelly is on stage dancing with the Royal New Zealand Ballet. On a hot weekday in February, though, the Scottish-born dancer is at the front of the company rehearsal studio, directing his first large-scale choreographic work, The Ground Beneath Our Feet.
Principal dancer Mayu Tanigaito is mesmerising to watch as Kelly leads the dozen women learning the piece.
Having joined the RNZB six years ago, after graduating from the English National Ballet school, Kelly has been one of three company choreographers in residence for the past two years. Ground is set to Bach’s Violin Concerto in G minor and has ballerinas en pointe and five couples dancing together.”
by Sarah Catherall / 28 February, 2019