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The joy of watching this Royal New Zealand Ballet triple-bill programme, which includes a gem of a ballet by the late, great British choreographer, Sir Frederick Ashton, lies in observing the company’s dancers revel in and master, the challenges that each work presents. Keep Reading
This heart-felt solo performance of Harrison Cook, who is Kai Tahu, takes viewers along his journey of exploration. Buried within the dancer’s psyche are ancient treasures of memories, stories, sounds, rhythms, movements, smells, sights and spirits of his ancestors. Keep Reading
Te Whaea: National Dance and Drama CentreWellington2 July 2026 Choreographic Mentor: Matte RoffeLighting Design & Operator: Alex DicksonDramaturgical Consultation: Miranda ManasiádiCostume Coordination: Matte Roffe and 3rd Year contemporary students with Anne De Geus Reviewed by Brigitte Knight Top Photo (No.10) - Crop as needed ‘TIME OUT' by Braelan Newman.... Keep Reading
New dance theatre work Mythosoma by choreographer and director Kelly Nash’s collective Body Island – Motu Tinana draws on ConTact C.A.R.E therapeutic practice, somatic trauma theory, and lived experience, in an abstract work that moves between humour and deep solemnity. In the Te Whaea complex, Newtown, new festival venue Tāwhiri... Keep Reading
Billed as one of the headline acts for Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts 2026, Gloria – a Triple Bill, a trans-Tasman collaboration between the New Zealand Dance Company and Co3 Contemporary Dance Australia, is a cohesive, varied, and rewarding evening of contemporary dance. Choreographer and Artistic Director... Keep Reading
A/MOTIONS’s debut work is a well-deserved and potent inclusion in this year’s Fringe Festival. It is enveloped in symbolic layers of meaning. Choreographer Aylin Atalay weaves her Turkish-and-Pakeha heritages into a veritable carpet of female wisdom, uplifting joy, camaraderie and spirited interdependence. It is danced across the breadth... Keep Reading
St James Theatre Wellington 25 February 2026 Choreography: Alice Topp Music: Christopher Gordon Set & Lighting Design: Jon Buswell Costume Design: Aleisa Jelbart Dramaturgy: Ruth Little Conductor: Hamish McKeich String Ensemble: Musicians of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra A Co-Production with West Australian... Keep Reading
The Regent Theatre in Dunedin came alive with A Celtic Christmas by A Taste of Ireland; a festive celebration that drew a diverse audience eager for a dose of Christmas ‘craic’. Keep Reading
The packed Civic Theatre in Tāmaki Makaurau gave a rousing welcome to Black Grace dance company’s Artistic Director and Choreographer Neil Ieremia, as he opened the show with an appreciative speech that celebrated the company’s thirty years in the business. Keep Reading
The New Zealand School of Dance Performance Season 2025 returns to a split stream format, with alternating classical and contemporary dance programmes each providing a full evening’s entertainment. Formatting the season in two parts gives time for the dancers to showcase their skills through the presentation of works by a variety of... Keep Reading
Delving into the world of young dancers about to make their mark on the dance world is always a decidedly captivating experience and as has often been evident in past iterations, this 2025 Unitec Dance Showcase exhibits an in-depth exploration of diverse energies and permutations of new and interesting directions. Unitec discipline leader and... Keep Reading
Bring all of yourself to this emphatically Kiwi performance of The Nutcracker Ballet; 99% just will not do! The beloved jewel in Ballet's European crown is revitalized, embellished, amplified and even perfumed with Aotearoa's splendour, vitality, beauty, whiff and cultural wealth. Keep Reading
2025 marks the 35th World of WearableArt’s awards show and its 20th year in Wellington, an extravaganza of design, music, dance, and creativity that illuminates the capital’s waterfront for three weeks every year. Keep Reading
The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s 2025 winter season Home, Land and Sea presents a triple bill of two neoclassical ballets and one contemporary dance created alongside The New Zealand Dance Company. The Way Alone by Australian choreographer Stephen Baynes, Chrysalis by RNZB Soloist and Choreographer in Residence Shaun James Kelly, and Home,... Keep Reading
The New Zealand School of Dance presents How Long is a Piece of String?; nine works choreographed and performed by the nine third year contemporary stream students, curated into a cohesive production overseen by choreographic mentor Holly Newsome and dramaturg Miranda Manasiádi. Keep Reading
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