"It's all right to dance!"

The Festival season is upon us with great dance work featuring in the Body Festival of Dance and Performance, Tempo Dance Festival, Dance Wellington Festival and the Arts Festival Dunedin.

Festivals provide great opportunities for dance people to develop their craft and a great platform to present their work. They are an important part of the fabric of dance in Aotearoa New Zealand and something we should celebrate, as for such a small country we have a wealth of these events.

DANZ wishes all dancers, choreographers and production crews well for the upcoming seasons of dance.

This is a chance for dance to put its best foot forward, and in the words on Adam Hayward of the Body Festival, to show the world ‘it’s all right to dance!’

Take the opportunity to explore the wonderful world of dance through the DANZ website. Find a dance event or a place to learn dance. Read about dance and the various genres, styles, history and people who make up this wonderful world. Latest news and articles are published regularly and if you're a dance professional, we offer advice and assistance on running a successful dance business. 

Don't be shy and as Samuel Beckett once said 'Dance now, think later. Its the natural order'.