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• • http://www.danss.org.nz/news/2022/9/25/f815g2zanz0btmpf9y49x33b4fha83

    • 25 Sep 2022
    • Danss
    • Our next bloc of classes starts tonight! Kia ora koutou, here’s the new bloc of classes, starting this evening.
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    Thistle Hall, Cuba Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Did you know the Wellington Pride Festival is happening now? - 3 - 17 September 2022

    • 12 Sep 2022
    • INNER-CITY WELLINGTON
    • From Wellington City Council Wellington Pride Festival - Tū Whakahīhī e Te Whanganui-ā-Tara Pride festivities were postponed in Pōneke earlier this year due to COVID, but now it’s time to come out and finally celebrate our queer community with two weeks of events and activities for the Wellington Pride Festival!  Check out what you can do to celebrate Pride on the Wellington Pride Festival website.
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• • September update

    • 11 Sep 2022
    • Danss
    • Whoops, we're a bit slow in posting the current bloc of classes - sorry about that! There's a class tonight, 11 September, and we have the wonderful Keri and Philip Porter back as guest teachers.
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• • Friday Five: Fabulous ways to celebrate Pride in Wellington

    • 2 Sep 2022
    • Wellington City Council
    • Pride festivities were postponed in Pōneke earlier this year due to COVID, but now it’s time to come out and finally celebrate our queer community with two weeks of events and activities for the Wellington Pride Festival. Check out what you can do to celebrate Pride!
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• • In Blind Faith

    • 23 Aug 2022
    • Bats Theatre
    • A queer, diverse Faustian tale set in the New Zealand goldfields, where not all that glitters is gold...
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    BATS Theatre, 1, Kent Terrace, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Review: RNZB’s Cinderella

    • 3 Aug 2022
    • The Wellingtonista
    • RNZB’s Cinderella is a carnival of excess, packed full of joy and beauty and delight. It shines with queerness, and as a queer dancer myself, this ballet was a revolutionary take on a well-hewn story and hit me right in the chest. Cinderella (Mayu Tanigaito) is the same woman we all know, stuck in a […]
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• • DANSS classes to 14 August - come along for friendly, social, same-sex classes in which you'll learn basic and intermediate routines in a range of Ballroon, Latin and New Vogue dances

    • 16 Jul 2022
    • Danss
    • 17 July Beginners: 7pm to 8pm - Cha Cha Cha/Rumba  Intermediate: 8pm to 9pm - Quickstep/ Waltz  24 July  Beginners: 7pm to 8pm - Merrilyn/Samba  Intermediate: 8pm to 9pm - Tango Terrific 31 July  Beginners: 7pm to 8pm - Rhythm Foxtrot/Viennese Waltz  Intermediate: 8pm to 9pm - Foxtrot/Tango  7 August  Beginners: 7pm to 8pm - Guest teacher  Intermediate: 8pm to 9pm - Guest teacher  14 August  Beginners: 7pm to 8pm - Revision   Intermediate: 8pm to 9pm - Revision  
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    Thistle Hall, Cuba Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Council and Heritage building rainbows

    • 13 Jul 2022
    • Wellington City Council
    • Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga (HNZPT) is working with Wellington City Council to recognise queer history in the Capital’s heritage listings.
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• • DANSS classes to 10 July

    • 25 Jun 2022
    • Danss
    • Kia ora koutou Here is the Sunday night DANSS timetable at Thistle Hall through to 10 July - hope to see you there! 12 June Beginners: 7 pm to 8 pm - Cha Cha Cha/Rumba Intermediate: 8 pm to 9 pm - Waltz/Jive  19 June  Beginners: 7 pm to 8 pm - Gypsy Tap/Evening 3-Step  Intermediate: 8 pm to 9 pm - Merrilyn/Charmaine  26 June  Beginners: 7 pm to 8 pm - Quickstep/Waltz  Intermediate: 8 pm to 9 pm - Foxtrot/Tango  3 July  Beginners: 7 pm to 8 pm -Guest Teachers, Keri and Philip Porter, on basic Rumba theory Intermediate: 8 pm to 9 pm - Guest teachers, Keri and Philip Porter, on basic Waltz theory  10 July  Beginners: 7 pm to 8 pm - Revision Intermediate: 8 pm to 9 pm - Revision
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• • Unchained Melody: Letters to our idols

    • 2 Jun 2022
    • Capital Magazine
    • From one writer to another. In celebration of Pride month and the Queer Arts Festival Melody Thomas shares her letter to playwright Oscar Wilde. The post Unchained Melody: Letters to our idols appeared first on Capital Magazine.
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• • Have a Gay Day! The 60th anniversary of Wellington’s Dorian Society

    • 19 May 2022
    • Te Papa's blog
    • Sixty years ago, on 27 May 1962, a group of sixteen men met at a house on The Terrace in central Wellington to discuss forming what would become New Zealand’s first documented homosexual organisation – the Dorian Society. Gareth Watkins shares more of the story of some of the peopleRead more
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• • Latest bloc of classes through to the end of May

    • 7 May 2022
    • Danss
    • Under the Orange setting, we are able to dance with others in the class again.
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    Thistle Hall, Cuba Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Dive into Out in the Pool all year round

    • 29 Mar 2022
    • Wellington City Council
    • We're excited to announce that the 'Out in the Pool Party' sessions are now regular monthly sessions for all queer, transgender, gender diverse and non-binary folks.
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• • New DANSS timetable to 24 April

    • 21 Mar 2022
    • Danss
    • Kia ora koutou, it’s great to have our Sunday night classes back, even if we have to run them with a few pandemic-related restrictions for the time being.
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    Thistle Hall, Cuba Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Kia ora anō - we're back 'danssing'!

    • 13 Feb 2022
    • Danss
    • Kia ora koutou We hope you have been keeping well.
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• • Dive into Out in the Pool this summer

    • 1 Feb 2022
    • Wellington City Council
    • The Out in the Pool Party is back for all queer, transgender, gender diverse and non-binary folks – and this year it’s going to be three times the fun. Wellington City Council invites the LGBTQI+ community and allies to celebrate inclusivity and diversity and dive in and swim in the safe and welcoming environment of Thorndon Pool. Out in the Pool sessions will be held for three nights on Sunday 6 February, and the first Sundays of March and April at Thorndon Pool, from 6pm-8pm, and will include: Gender neutral bathrooms and changing rooms Fun in the sun in the recreation lanes and on the inflatables Lane space available to swim some lengths or aqua jog Music, swimming and good vibes only.
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    Thorndon Summer Pool, Murphy Street, Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Rainbow gets splash of colour for new year

    • 29 Dec 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • The iconic rainbow markings on Dixon Street will be repainted in early January, continuing Wellington City Council’s commitment to recognising diversity and inclusion in the capital.
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    Dixon Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Rainbow Advisory Group a point of pride at Council

    • 15 Aug 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • The Capital’s Queer community is now well represented and has a voice at the table with a new Rainbow Communities Advisory Group (RCAG) working closely with Wellington City Council.
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• • Kia ora koutou - here's the latest lesson schedule. Looking forward to seeing you!

    • 17 Jul 2021
    • Danss
    • Sunday 18th July  Beginners: 7pm to 8pm - Rumba  Intermediate: 8pm to 9pm - Rumba Sunday 25th July  Beginners: 7pm to 8pm - Waltz Intermediate: 8pm to 9pm - Waltz Sunday 1st August  Beginners: 7pm to 8pm - Jive Intermediate: 8pm to 9pm - Cha Cha Cha  Sunday 8th August Beginners: 7pm to 8pm - Quickstep Intermediate: 8pm to 9pm  - Quickstep Sunday 15th August  Beginners: 7pm to 8pm - Revision night Intermediate: 8pm to 9pm - Revision night
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• • COVID-19 update

    • 26 Jun 2021
    • Danss
    • Kia ora everyone Because Greater Wellington is currently at Alert Level 2, we have decided to cancel the classes for tomorrow, 27 June. Hopefully we’ll be back to Level 1 in a jiffy and will be able to cha cha cha again. Take care out there!
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• • Latest lesson schedule

    • 19 Jun 2021
    • Danss
    • Kia ora tatou - apologies for not having kept you up-to-date recently.
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• • Latest lesson schedule

    • 19 Jun 2021
    • Danss
    • Sunday 20th June  Beginners: 7 pm to 8 pm - Waltz Intermediate: 8 pm to 9 pm - Waltz   Sunday 27th June   Beginner Class: 7 pm to 8 pm - Jive  Intermediate: 8 pm to 9 pm  - Cha Cha Cha  Sunday 4th July  Beginners: 7 pm to 8 pm - Quickstep  Intermediate: 8 pm to 9 pm - Quickstep  Sunday 11th July  Beginners: 7 pm to 8 pm - Revision night Intermediate: 8 pm to 9 pm - Revision night 
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• • Pride Festival 2021: Queer History of Te Whanganui-a-Tara at Te Awe Library

    • 15 Mar 2021
    • Wellington City Libraries
    • Join us this Thursday at Te Awe Library for an evening of sharing Wellington’s queer and takatāpui oral history! We’ll be hearing kōrero from historians Will Hansen and Roger Swanson, both involved in LAGANZ, as well as Kay’la Rian representing Tīwhanawhana, celebrating the organisation’s 20th anniversary. Activist and counsellor Mani Mitchell and MC Georgia Mackay will also be involved. For more info, check out the panellist bios below–assembled by the fantastic team at Te Awe Library!
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    Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • http://www.danss.org.nz/news/2021/3/13/ul6s1ndeb1ia8nw1ed4rgx0pgh94e1

    • 13 Mar 2021
    • Danss
    • We’re at Alert Level 1 and so it’s back to DANSS Kia ora koutou - here’s the schedule for the next few weeks.
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• • Come out, come out, wherever you are

    • 7 Mar 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington will be bursting with all the colours of the rainbow as we celebrate our queer community with two weeks of events and activities for the Pride Festival.
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• • No classes under Alert Level 2

    • 4 Mar 2021
    • Danss
    • Kia ora koutou To help keep everyone safe, we’ve made a decision not to hold Sunday classes under Alert Level 2 (or higher). Hopefully we’ll be able to waltz and cha cha cha again soon - we’ll let you know once it’s good to DANSS.
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• • 2021 - the first block of classes for the year

    • 30 Jan 2021
    • Danss
    • Kia ora koutou me nga mihi o te tau hou! We hope your summer is going well and you can find some time for some fun same-sex dancing on Sunday evenings at Thistle Hall.
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• • Final classes for 2020

    • 14 Nov 2020
    • Danss
    • Kia ora everyone, we’re now into the final bloc of classes for the year, so there’s still time to come and cha cha cha (or waltz or jive …).
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• • Next bloc of social classes

    • 4 Oct 2020
    • Danss
    • Kia ora koutou, here’s the next bloc of Sunday night classes.
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• • New dance floor, new class

    • 5 Sep 2020
    • Danss
    • It’s been a year of interruptions, what with the COVID-19 pandemic and more recently Thistle Hall being unavailable while a new floor has been constructed.
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