31 Mar 2023

Moss Te Ururangi Patterson heads up NZ Dance Company

From First Up, 5:16 am on 31 March 2023

The NZ Dance Company has restructured itself over the past couple of years and is excited to announce the appointment of a new artistic director and CEO Moss Te Ururangi Patterson. (Ngati Tuwharetoa) An Arts Laureate in 2020, Moss has been a significant influence in Aotearoa's contemporary dance scene over the last 25 years and was the Artistic Director of Atamira Dance Company - he's an experienced artist, director, choreographer and producer and is the first Maori to hold the role of AD/CEO at NZDC. Nathan Rarere asked him how he got his start in the dance world.