PERFORMANCE

Since 2002, Sarah has had an extensive performing career within New Zealand and internationally. She has danced with Black Grace (2002-2004), Hotel New Akao - Atami, Japan (2005-206), Footnote NZ Dance (2006-2010), the New Zealand Dance Company (2013) and with diverse independent choreographers. Most recently Sarah performed for Zahra Killeen-Chance in Dances With Aldous for Tempo Dance Festival, 2019.

Sarah has worked with Douglas Wright, Sarah Foster-Sproull, Deirdre Tarrant, Michael Parmenter, Claire O’Neil, Jesse Wikiriwhi, Katie Burton, Jeremy Nelson (NY, NZ), Raewyn Hill (NZ/Australia), Dr Carol Brown, Claire O’Neil (residency at PianoFabreik - Brussels), Merenia Gray, Michael Parmenter, Kristian Larsen, Moss Patterson, Malia Johnston, Maria Dabrowska and others.

Sarah has worked in extremely diverse performance contexts including film and television, corporate events, fashion, theatre and musicals, circus and outdoor events. She has been suspended from the ceiling wearing a moon headdress at the World of Wearable Arts, tumbled from the rafters into an Olympic swimming pool, danced as a nymph for The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe movie, and body painted by Weta Workshop for Project Born: a charity event for Neonatal New Zealand.

Sarah has has the privilege of learning and performing Nihon Buyo (traditional Japanese dance) with local Sensei, students and Geisha in Atami, Japan.

Sarah has undertaken professional development that supports her performance, choreography and teaching practices including: Gaga, Forsythe and CounterTechnique workshops at Fact/SF in San Francisco, Improvisation with Julyen Hamilton, and props/objects/space interventions with Kate McIntosh (NZ, Europe).

“Of particular note is Sarah’s soft and subtle gestural play evoking the inside strings of acoustic sound”.

-        Felicity Molloy, Theatreview, 2019

“Knox who danced as if in orbit [...] gave a highly expressive rendition of a crazy creature from Los Dias de los Muertes [...] my eye is always compelled to follow Sarah Knox’s dancing for her intuitive sense of line, yet fully energized quality of movement”.

-        Jennifer Shennan, Theatreview, 2010

“Knox wears Johnston’s choreography as though it is her second skin with her beautiful control giving clarity to the phrasing, the delineation of the shapes and the featured multiple turns”.

-        Jenny Stevenson, Theatreview, 2010

“Sarah Knox [...] in a solo of breathtaking Balanchine-ish beauty [...] is stunningly elegant. [She] is impressive in her mastery [...] and she whips her way through very technical choreography. She is a great dancer, precise, rigorous and strong”.

                  -Lynne Pringle, Theatreview, 2009

Dances With Aldous

Created as part of the New Zealand Music Double Bill for Tempo Dance Festival, 2019

Choreographic direction: Zahra Killeen-Chance

Choreographic content and performance: Sarah Knox (in solo below)

Music: Aldous Harding

Photos: Some Bizarre Monkey