Deirdre Tarrant Explained

Deirdre Tarrant
Birth Name:Deirdre Elizabeth Anne Tarrant
Children:Bret McKenzie
Occupation:Choreographer, contemporary dance teacher

Deirdre Elizabeth Anne Tarrant (born 1946) is a New Zealand dancer, dance teacher and choreographer. She was the founding director of Footnote Dance and is principal of the Tarrant Dance Studios.[1]

Tarrant was born in 1946, the daughter of Alfred Edward Tarrant, a Wellington manufacturer.[2] [3] She danced with the New Zealand Ballet Company while studying for a Bachelor of Arts degree at Victoria University of Wellington in 1967.[4]

Tarrant founded Footnote Dance in 1985. She led that company until 2012, when she handed over to Malia Johnston.[5] She has been a vocational examiner for the Royal Academy of Dance.[6] She is principal of the Tarrant Dance Studios.

Awards and honours

Tarrant was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2000 New Year Honours for "services to dance and the community".[7] She was promoted to Companion in the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours for "services to contemporary dance".[8]

In 2006 she was one of the first distinguished alumni to be appointed by the Victoria University of Wellington.[9]

Personal

Tarrant married actor Peter Leo McKenzie in 1971. Their son Bret McKenzie is a comedian, actor, musician and producer, best known as one of musical comedy duo, Flight of the Conchords.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2014-10-22. Dance diva—Deirdre Tarrant. live. 2021-08-13. Victoria University of Wellington. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20200813080941/https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/news/victorious/2014/spring-2014/dance-divadeirdre-tarrant . 13 August 2020 .
  2. Web site: Tarrant, Deirdre Elizabeth Anne, 1946–. live. 2021-08-13. Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand. https://web.archive.org/web/20160204000402/https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/ . 4 February 2016 .
  3. Web site: 1988-01-14. New Year Honours 1988. live. 2021-08-13. New Zealand Legal Information Institute. https://web.archive.org/web/20210813233103/http://www.nzlii.org/nz/other/nz_gazette/1988/6.pdf . 13 August 2021 .
  4. Web site: Distinguished alumni. live. 2021-08-13. Victoria University of Wellington. https://web.archive.org/web/20210813234906/https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/fhss/study/alumni/distinguished-alumni . 13 August 2021 .
  5. Web site: 2012-07-19. Footnote Dance announces new Director after 26 years. live. 2021-08-14. Creative New Zealand. https://web.archive.org/web/20160605034355/http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/news/footnote-dance-announces-new-director-after-26-years . 5 June 2016 .
  6. Web site: July 2012. 2012 daCi/WDA Global Dance Summit. live. 2021-08-13. Ausdance. https://web.archive.org/web/20150406081955/http://ausdance.org.au/?ACT=73&file=1789 . 6 April 2015 .
  7. Web site: 1999-12-31. New Year Honours List 2000. live. 2021-08-13. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. en-NZ. https://web.archive.org/web/20171018192052/https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2000 . 18 October 2017 .
  8. Web site: 2013-06-03. The Queen's Birthday Honours List 2013. live. 2021-08-13. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. en-NZ. https://web.archive.org/web/20180128211227/https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2013 . 28 January 2018 .
  9. Web site: 2006-08-24. Victoria's Distinguished Alumni Awards announced. live. 2021-08-13. Scoop. https://web.archive.org/web/20060830233821/http://www.scoop.co.nz:80/stories/ED0608/S00073.htm . 30 August 2006 .
  10. Web site: 2012-03-03. Giant leap for Bret McKenzie. 2021-08-14. Stuff. en.

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