MEDANZ Blog

by Angela Mott Last year the Committee were proud to launch this new website for the MEDANZ Members to be able to interact with each...

By Melissa Gunn I was lucky enough last month – was it only last month? It seems like a lifetime ago - to attend Arabesque Belly Dancers’...

Contributing to an online creation or maintenance of a website can be a confusing proposition. Not all of us are tech savvy. Even the...

MEDANZ is currently an Incorporated Organisation. At our recent 2021 AGM, in response to our quest to reduce workload on Committee, a...

Despite an emotional debate regarding the remit to close MEDANZ at the Festival AGM, the vote was to continue! The Nelson Festival was a...

by Beverly Dowling, Vice-President, MEDANZ Committee 20/21 Just as groups of people form, develop, have difficulty and then either reform...

- and do you think we spent the money wisely? Looking back over the last 10 years of MEDANZ there have been some significant changes to...

The 2020/21 Committee decided to suspend the awarding of any Student Scholarships or Fellowships to the members pending an investigation...

The latest issue of the MEDANZ News is now available for download

You can now download your copy of the latest MEDANZ News here

Greetings MEDANZ Members! Your Committee met again last Sunday night, and there is a definite air of excitement around the Festival in...

by Juniper Nichols In part one of this no-sew tutorial, you will learn how to create these faux harem pants with matching clip-on wings....

by Juniper Nichols The role of costuming in our dance can vary from a shiny afterthought, to the main inspiration for a piece. In any...

Your committee are hard at work nutting out the details of the upcoming Festival to be held in Nelson over Anzac weekend in 2021! The...

Having a blog is new to MEDANZ and we are really excited to get some content up. We have chosen to offer our Membership Plans exclusive...

You can now download your copy of the latest MEDANZ News here

Happy Shimmies MEDANZ Members! Well Level 2 and 3 came as quite a surprise really, but it just gave us another excuse to indulge in those...

Arabic's and Turkish Shimmy So continuing with our dance challenges, here is a blast from the past, for the fusion fans out there.... the...