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Kōrero: Contemporary dance

Maud Allan, 1914

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Maud Allan, 1914

Canadian-born dancer Maud Allan introduced New Zealand audiences to the emotive tropes of modern dance when she visited in 1914. Here, she poses with her arms upraised, wearing simple classical robes adorned with flowers.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-A-DANCE-1914-01-09

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Marianne Schultz, Contemporary dance – Origins of modern dance, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/42583/maud-allan-1914 (accessed 9 July 2026).

He kōrero nā Marianne Schultz, i tāngia i te 16 September 2013.