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  NATALIE MARIA

Demigod/
​half-human
Shani Dickins

Producer & Rehearsal Assistant: Natalie Maria
Sound Composition: James Risbey
Dancers: Rosa Strati, Shani Dickins & Jahra Wasasala
Lighting Design: Ruby Reihana-Wilson
Costume Design: Fraser Mildon

Premiere Season:
The Body Festival, Christchurch 2013
Subsequent seasons:
Hamilton Fringe, 2013
The Basement, Auckland 2014
NZ Fringe Festival, Wellington 2014
Dunedin Fringe Festival, 2014​

Demigod / half-Human from ALL YOU CAN EAT productions on Vimeo.


​“Play human. Avoid taboo. Shed the primordial skin.”

Auckland choreographer Shani Dickins presents a haunting, revealing and provocative new choreography about temptation, transformation and human desire.​

“… so full of the confronting, the unexpected and the taboo … Alien meets Exorcist, in an Hieronymus Bosch garden of earthly delights and horrors.”
- Theatreview

“Make no mistake. These women can dance.”
- The Press

Dickins presents a dark, visceral and “very, very scary” story of temptation, power and disguise. The show’s bold imagery references the fall of Eve in the Garden of Eden, female demon Lilith and a bright yellow Virgin Mary.
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​Generous thanks to support from Dunedin Fringe, Creative NZ, Community Gallery and The Wallace Arts Trust.

Photo left: Dancer Natalie Maria. Image: Blair McTaggart. 
© Natalie Maria 2020
  • hello
    • professional development
  • commissions & collaborations
    • transit x T.H.E. dance co. singapore
    • orchids x foster group dance
    • revilery x footnote nz dance
    • demigod/half-human x shani dickins
  • black sheep productions [2012-17]
    • 2am phone call
    • old tricks new dogs
    • everything anyone ever wanted
    • little child of miracle
    • {presence}
    • apt y idos
    • how to make friends and still appear normal
    • faux pas
  • performance
  • reviews & media
  • videos
  • figure modelling
  • poetry & prose