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Final bloc of classes for 2022
- Danss
- Kia ora koutou - we’re now into our final bloc of classes for the year.
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http://www.danss.org.nz/news/2022/9/25/f815g2zanz0btmpf9y49x33b4fha83
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- Our next bloc of classes starts tonight! Kia ora koutou, here’s the new bloc of classes, starting this evening.
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Did you know the Wellington Pride Festival is happening now? - 3 - 17 September 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
- 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
- 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
- Bats Theatre
- A queer, diverse Faustian tale set in the New Zealand goldfields, where not all that glitters is gold...
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Review: RNZB’s Cinderella
- 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
- 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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Council and Heritage building rainbows
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Danss
- Under the Orange setting, we are able to dance with others in the class again.
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Dive into Out in the Pool all year round
- 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
- 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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Kia ora anō - we're back 'danssing'!
- Danss
- Kia ora koutou We hope you have been keeping well.
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Dive into Out in the Pool this summer
- 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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Rainbow gets splash of colour for new year
- 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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Rainbow Advisory Group a point of pride at Council
- 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!
- 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
- 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
- Danss
- Kia ora tatou - apologies for not having kept you up-to-date recently.
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Latest lesson schedule
- 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
- 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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http://www.danss.org.nz/news/2021/3/13/ul6s1ndeb1ia8nw1ed4rgx0pgh94e1
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Danss
- Kia ora koutou, here’s the next bloc of Sunday night classes.
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Danss
- DANSS runs fun, social classes on Sunday evenings at Thistle Hall in Wellington for beginner and intermediate-level dancers who want to do same-sex ballroom and Latin American dancing. Come along! You don’t need a partner and entry is by koha.
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Flat Out
- Flat Out is a group of young queer people set up by the Wellington City Council to organise recreational and social activities for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and queer friendly youth in the Wellington area.
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LILAC; Wellington's lesbian library
- LILAC (Lesbian Information, Library and Archives Centre) is Wellington's lending library for women-oriented women - women who form their primary relationships with women. It operates from a room upstairs at 64 Cambridge Terrace (corner of Fifeshire St) - just follow the signs. LILAC is a women-only space, although small children with their mums are okay.
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Wellington City Gay Stay
- Bed and Breakfast accommodation for gay men and lesbians. Ensuite Queen room. Central, quiet location in Mt Victoria.
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Wellington Pride Festival
- The Festival is inspired by Wellington’s rich history of queer fairs and festivals. 2020 will mark the 34th Out in the Park, Wellington’s queer fair since 1986.
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