Patrons
| Douglas Wright | Judith Tizard |
New Zealand Dance Festival Trust Board Members
| Helen Langford Co-Chairperson |
Suzanne Smith Secretary |
Angela Cross Treasurer |
| Marama/Tracey Lloydd Co-Chairperson |
Wilhemeena Munroe |
2010 Festival Management Team
| MJ O'Reilly Artistic Director |
Mick Hodson General Manager |
Phil O'Reilly Design Design |
| Lassoo Marketing |
Elephant Publicity Publicity |
Mitch Turei Production Manager |
| Carrie Rae Cunningham Assistant Director |
Diana Mailata Ticketing Manager |
Ann Graham Assistant Producer |
Mary Jane O'Reilly QSM, Artistic Director, Tempoº
Mary Jane O’Reilly has had a professional career spanning over 30 years both in New Zealand and internationally. She was a co-founder, dancer and choreographer with the Limbs Dance Company (1977 - 1986) and held the position of Artistic Director from 1979 to 1986.
Her choreography of the Opening Ceremony of the 1990 Commonwealth Games involved a cast of 6000 and was viewed by over 5 million TV audience worldwide.
She has received numerous grants and awards including the $30,000 Allen Highet Award (1984) for outstanding achievement by a mid-career artist and was awarded a Queens Service Medal for her services to dance in 1990.
It was also in 1990 that she choreographed the 3 act ‘Jean Batten’ ballet about our most famous aviatrix for the Royal NZ Ballet.
From 1996 to 2001 she directed the Auckland Dance Company, culminating in a hugely successful Limbs Retrospective show in 2001.
She taught at the Dance Programme at the University of Auckland (2001 – 2004) and produced the 2005 Danz Conference, Tuanui Wkakamaru, Dance Canopy 05.
Currently (since 2006) she is Artistic Director of Tempo, New Zealand’s Festival of Dance. maryjaneoreilly.com