Turid Revfeim - Ballet Mistress
New Zealander, Turid Revfeim, was appointed Ballet Mistress in
2003. Her association with the RNZB dates back to 1980 when she was
a dancer in The Nutcracker. She spent four years as a
soloist with the Theater der Stadt Koblenz in Germany. In Europe
she danced at the prestigious Bayreuther Festspiele each summer
from 1982-86.
Turid re-joined the RNZB as a dancer in 1986. In 1997 she worked
for the Eric Languet Dance Company as Rehearsal Assistant and Stage
Manager, and later that year had her daughter Emma. In 1999 she
retired from dancing and took up the position of Artistic
Coordinator with the company.
The RNZB has performed four of her works; Si Supieras
for the 2004 Otago Festival of the Arts and was restaged for
Tutus on Tour 2005. Three over Four and
Bernarda Alba's House featured in the 1999 Originals
season and Kleines Requiem in 2000's Next Step
season.