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Michael Parmenter

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'''Michael Parmenter''' (born 1954) is a choreographer and dancer of contemporary dance from [[Aotearoa]] [[New Zealand]]. He formed the dance company ''Commotion'' in 1990 with notable works including the dance opera ''Jerusalem''.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He was awarded the [[New Zealand Order of Merit|Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit]] in 1998 for contribution to dance and was made an [[Arts Foundation of New Zealand|Arts Foundation Laureate Award]] in 2010.<ref> Arts Foundation Laureate|url=https://ift.tt/2VDnheC Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref> Arts Foundation Laureate|url=https://ift.tt/2VDnheC Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> Recent work includes dance opera ''OrphEus'' which premiered at the 2018 Auckland Arts Festival.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Parmenter openly talks about his homosexuality and living with [[HIV]]<ref> Television NZ On Screen|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/for-arts-sake-michael-parmenter-1996|access-date=2020-07-02|website=www.nzonscreen.com|language=en}}</ref> including in autobiographic show ''The Long Undressing''.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

Michael Parmenter studied dance in the 1980s in [[New York City|New York]] and was influenced by both New York-based choreographer [[Erick Hawkins]] and Japanese [[Butoh]] master [[Min Tanaka]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Reporter Simon Wilson recounting a significant moment in the arts for him about a Parmenter performance:<blockquote>I remember Parmenter telling his life story, the boy from [[Southland, New Zealand|Southland]], born in the 1950s, gay in a conservative Christian family, how he got from there to dance, and then to a show based not on choreography but on words, although there was some very lovely dance in it too. That was ''A Long Undressing''.<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>

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