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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} '''Susan Jordan''' (born 1947) is a New Zealand dancer, choreographer and dance instructor.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-09-13|title=Septuagenarian dancer Susan Jordan tells older people to 'claim your space'|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/inspire-me/115374004/septuagenarian-dancer-susan-jordan-tells-older-people-to-claim-your-space|access-date=2021-09-08|website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=1947-01-01|title=Jordan, Susan, 1947-|url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22491444|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Jordan, Susan, 1947- {{!}} Items {{!}} National Library of New Zealand {{!}} National Library of New Zealand|language=en}}</ref>▼ {{Use New Zealand English|date=December 2023}} [[File:Susan Jordan QSM (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Jordan in 2024]] ▲'''Susan Gay Stevens Jordan''' {{Post-nominals|country=NZL|QSM}} (born 1947) is a New Zealand dancer, choreographer and dance instructor.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-09-13|title=Septuagenarian dancer Susan Jordan tells older people to 'claim your space'|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/inspire-me/115374004/septuagenarian-dancer-susan-jordan-tells-older-people-to-claim-your-space|access-date=2021-09-08|website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]]|language=en|archive-date=2021-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818084548/https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/inspire-me/115374004/septuagenarian-dancer-susan-jordan-tells-older-people-to-claim-your-space|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=1947-01-01|title=Jordan, Susan, 1947-|url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22491444|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Jordan, Susan, 1947- {{!}} Items {{!}} National Library of New Zealand {{!}} National Library of New Zealand|language=en|archive-date=2021-09-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908100111/https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22491444|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Biography== Jordan began dancing at the age of 7, and danced professionally with the [[New Zealand Ballet Company]] from the age of 17. She briefly gave up dancing to study typing and shorthand at a business school, and then theology with the aim of becoming a missionary, however she returned to dancing.<ref name="cravecafe"/> Jordan began dancing at the age of 7, and danced professionally with the New Zealand Ballet Company from the age of 17. She completed a master of arts degree in dance in the United States, where she was exposed to the teachings of [[Martha Graham]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Schultz|first=Marianne|date=2011|title=Phantom Limbs|url=http://www.nzjh.auckland.ac.nz/docs/2011/NZJH_45_2_05.pdf|journal=New Zealand Journal of History,|pages=225-245}}</ref> On her return to New Zealand she established the dance studies programme at the [[University of Auckland]] and taught the [[Graham technique]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Susan Jordan|url=https://www.thebigidea.nz/profile/susan-jordan|access-date=2021-09-08|website=The Big Idea|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Flightdec|title=Looking Back, Moving Forward|url=https://danz.org.nz/looking%20back%2c%20moving%20forward|access-date=2021-09-08|website=DANZ|language=en-NZ}}</ref> In 1976, she founded a modern dance company in Auckland called Movement Theatre.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Taonga|first=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu|title=Modern dance flourishes, 1970s and 1980s|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/contemporary-dance/page-3|access-date=2021-09-08|website=teara.govt.nz|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Flightdec|title=In Conversation With Chris Jannides|url=https://danz.org.nz/in%20conversation%20with%20chris%20jannides|access-date=2021-09-08|website=DANZ|language=en-NZ}}</ref> ▼ ▲Jordan Jordan established her own dance company, Jordan & Present Co, and during the 1980s and 1990s choreographed works for [[Creative New Zealand]] and its predecessor the [[Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council]], as well as privately commissioned pieces.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jordan & Present Company|url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22491445|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Jordan & Present Company {{!}} Items {{!}} National Library of New Zealand {{!}} National Library of New Zealand|language=en}}</ref> In 1993 she was commissioned to create a piece to commemorate the centenary of [[women's suffrage in New Zealand]].<ref>{{Citation|last=Jordan|first=Susan|title=Holy women.|date=1993|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/holy-women/oclc/232470351&referer=brief_results|place=Wellington, N.Z.|publisher=Jordan & Present Co.|language=English|oclc=232470351|access-date=2021-09-08|last2=Jordan & Present Co|last3=Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand}}</ref> Her choreography has been described as [[Postmodernism|postmodern]], aiming to create new relationships between performers and their audience.<ref name=":1" />▼ ▲Jordan established her own dance company, Jordan & Present Co, and during the 1980s and 1990s choreographed works for [[Creative New Zealand]] and its predecessor the [[Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council]], as well as privately commissioned pieces.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jordan & Present Company|url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22491445|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Jordan & In 2011 Jordan established a dance programme for senior citizens, originally named Dance Mobility and later re-branded as SeniorDANCE, to encourage seniors to keep active.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-18|title=Dance as a form of 'creative ageing'|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018795950/susan-jordan-on-dancing-for-creative-ageing|access-date=2021-09-08|website=RNZ|language=en-nz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Seniors dance to their own beat in community dance troupe|url=https://www.magic.co.nz/home/archivedtalk/on-demand/morning-talk/2018/09/seniors-dancing-to-their-own-beat-in-community-dance-troupe.html|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Magic|language=en}}</ref> The programme teaches older people to dance and aims to build balance and co-ordination, and has been recognised by the New Zealand [[Accident Compensation Corporation]] as an initiative which can help prevent falls in older adults.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Sprightly seniors dancing in the aisles|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/sprightly-seniors-dancing-in-the-aisles/S7TKVBP7TKONQZGXK3VTYF7OI4/|access-date=2021-09-08|website=NZ Herald|language=en-NZ}}</ref>▼ ▲In 2011 Jordan established a dance programme for senior citizens, originally named Dance Mobility and later re-branded as SeniorDANCE, to encourage seniors to keep active.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-18|title=Dance as a form of 'creative ageing'|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018795950/susan-jordan-on-dancing-for-creative-ageing|access-date=2021-09-08|website=RNZ|language=en-nz|archive-date=2021-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818083004/https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018795950/susan-jordan-on-dancing-for-creative-ageing|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Seniors dance to their own beat in community dance troupe|url=https://www.magic.co.nz/home/archivedtalk/on-demand/morning-talk/2018/09/seniors-dancing-to-their-own-beat-in-community-dance-troupe.html|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Magic|language=en|archive-date=2021-09-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908100617/https://www.magic.co.nz/home/archivedtalk/on-demand/morning-talk/2018/09/seniors-dancing-to-their-own-beat-in-community-dance-troupe.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The programme teaches older people to dance and aims to build balance and co-ordination, and has been recognised by the New Zealand [[Accident Compensation Corporation]] as an initiative In 2018 Jordan received funding from Creative New Zealand to complete a research project on creative ageing.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Creative New Zealand Supports Creative Ageing {{!}} Creative New Zealand|url=https://www.creativenz.govt.nz/news/creative-new-zealand-supports-creative-ageing|access-date=2021-09-08|website=www.creativenz.govt.nz}}</ref>▼ ▲In 2018 Jordan received funding from Creative New Zealand to complete a research project on creative ageing.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Creative New Zealand Supports Creative Ageing {{!}} Creative New Zealand|url=https://www.creativenz.govt.nz/news/creative-new-zealand-supports-creative-ageing|access-date=2021-09-08|website=www.creativenz.govt.nz|archive-date=2021-09-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908110442/https://www.creativenz.govt.nz/news/creative-new-zealand-supports-creative-ageing|url-status=live}}</ref> == Further reading ==▼ Jordan is president of the Northern Dance Network, a charitable organisation that creates 'pathways and opportunities for dance and dancers' formed in 1992, and established the [[Tempo Dance Festival]] in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About - Northern Dance Network|url=https://www.ndn.org.nz/about/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Northern Dance Festival|archive-date=2021-09-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908210253/https://www.ndn.org.nz/about/}}</ref>
== Awards and honours == In the [[2024 New Year Honours (New Zealand)|2024 New Year Honours]], Jordan was awarded a [[Queen's Service Medal]], for services to seniors and dance.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-30 |title=New Year Honours List 2024 {{!}} Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2024 |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=www.dpmc.govt.nz |language=en}}</ref> ▲== Further reading == * {{Cite book|last1=Bolwell|first1=Jan|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1135029235|title=Susan Jordan: the making of a New Zealand choreographer : a biographical essay|last2=Wellington College of Education|date=1992|publisher=Wellington College of Education|isbn=978-0-908957-01-9|location=Wellington|language=en|oclc=1135029235|access-date=2021-10-27|archive-date=2021-09-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908153554/https://www.worldcat.org/title/susan-jordan-the-making-of-a-new-zealand-choreographer-a-biographical-essay/oclc/1135029235%26referer%3Dbrief_results|url-status=live}} ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Living people]]▼ {{Authority control}} <!--FYI: there is an authority record for this person in the LC NAF under: n 92047335 -->
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