Deirdre Tarrant

Deirdre Tarrant
Tarrant in 2013
Born
Deirdre Elizabeth Anne Tarrant

1946 (age 77–78)
Occupation(s)Choreographer, contemporary dance teacher
Spouse
(m. 1971)
ChildrenBret McKenzie

Deirdre Elizabeth Anne Tarrant CNZM (born 1946) is a New Zealand dancer, dance teacher and choreographer. She was the founding director of Footnote Dance and is principal of the Tarrant Dance Studios.[1][2]

Tarrant was born in 1946, the daughter of Alfred Edward Tarrant, a Wellington manufacturer.[3][4] She danced with the New Zealand Ballet Company while studying for a Bachelor of Arts degree at Victoria University of Wellington in 1967.[1][2]

Tarrant founded Footnote Dance in 1985. She led that company until 2012, when she handed over to Malia Johnston.[5] She has been a vocational examiner for the Royal Academy of Dance.[6] She is principal of the Tarrant Dance Studios.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b c "Dance diva—Deirdre Tarrant". Victoria University of Wellington. 22 October 2014. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Distinguished alumni". Victoria University of Wellington. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Tarrant, Deirdre Elizabeth Anne, 1946–". Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  4. ^ "New Year Honours 1988" (PDF). New Zealand Legal Information Institute. 14 January 1988. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Footnote Dance announces new Director after 26 years". Creative New Zealand. 19 July 2012. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  6. ^ "2012 daCi/WDA Global Dance Summit". Ausdance. July 2012. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2021.