Douglas Wright

Douglas Wright was born in Tuakau, South Auckland in 1956. he danced with Limbs Dance Company of Auckland, the Paul Taylor Dance Company of New York and DV8 Physical Theatre of London before forming the Douglas Wright Dance Company in New Zealand in 1989.

Over his 30 year career he has created many acclaimed works of dance-theatre: including How on Earth, Gloria, Forever, Elegy, halo, Inland, and Black Milk. In 2000 Wright was one of the five inaugural Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureates. His celebrated 2004 memoir Ghost Dance won the E.H. McCormick Best First Book of Non-Fiction prize in 2006. then, in 2007, his first book of poetry, Laughing Mirror, was published. He is currently working on a new dance project, and has completed a second volume of poetry, Mesmerism, to be published in due course.

Poem: Exposure

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