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Sarah Knox reviews Cloud Gate Dance Theatre's RICE, a piece programmed in the 2017 Auckland Arts Festival. "Rice, an evocative journey through the life cycle of the grain, providing apt global metaphors of human life, destruction, loss and rebirth." Keep Reading
Amy Arnold reviews Momentum Productions latest show 'Synthesis'. "Everything that had been done in this show from the dancing, to the choreography, to the costumes had been done with passion and for the love of the show" Keep Reading
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Lauren Sanderson reviews Burning Man Productions 'Artimus' at the Auckland Fringe. "Burning Man Productions has created an international language through dance and this high-energy piece is just a snippet of what they have to offer." Keep Reading
Kimi Young reviews Fabricate Collective's 'Fabricate' at the 2017 Fringe Festival. "The co-creators certainly were successful in exploring the many literal and abstract meanings of fabricate- to construct, create and make." Keep Reading
ChoreoCo is a short-term company resulting from the annual Footnote ChoreoLab. Leah Maclean reviews Alexa Wilson's The Dark Light at the NZ Fringe. "When the dancers do come together we are confronted by a powerful ‘girl-gang’ all vying for the stage and their reality". Keep Reading
Sarah Knox reviews 'Rushes', an interactive work presented by Malia Johnston's Movement of the Human. "Authenticity and energy seeps heavily from every brow and pupil." Keep Reading
Lauren Sanderson reviews 'Sea Change', the water ballet spectacular from the Wet Hot Beauties. "The stunning piece is not just a show – It’s a movement that can’t be missed!" Keep Reading
Sheree Bright and Angel Stevens review the Royal New Zealand Ballet's Christchurch premiere of 'Carmen with L'arlésienne'. "The Royal New Zealand Ballet offer generous, blistering performances on the Isaac Theatre Royal stage" Keep Reading
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Alexandra Smith reviews "Highlights" by the dance duo How About Now at the NZ Fringe. "A mix of solos and duets, the dancers bring this piece to light in captivating dynamism." Keep Reading
Leah Maclean reviews Atamira Dance Company's New Zealand premiere of Pango/Black. "Pango/Black is a primal adventure that one must take a moment to think about." Keep Reading
In 2015 Misty Copeland made history by being appointed the first African-American principal dancer in the American Ballet Theatre. Leah Maclean reviews A Ballerina's Tale - the film which documents Copeland's prodigious rise. Keep Reading
Sergei Polunin is known as the bad-boy of ballet - a tattooed rebel who shunned the ballet world just as he was making it. Lauren Sanderson reviews 'Dancer' the documentary by Steven Cantor which follows Polunin's controversial but inspiring journey. Keep Reading
The Harry Haythorne Choreographic Award is in memory of the RNZB’s longest serving Artistic Director. Deirdre Tarrant reviews the works performed at the award ceremony. Keep Reading
Leah Maclean reviews Lifeworld (in five parts) a new work by Claire O'Neil, performed by Footnote New Zealand Dance. "Lifeworld is an accessible piece of dance theatre; in that the audience can sit back and just enjoy being present." Keep Reading
Jenny Stevenson reviews SIVA Niu Sila a work with choreography by Katerina Fatupaito, Jahra Rager, Tupua Tigafua and Nikki Upoko. "The programme pulls no punches and veers between the polarities of dark and brooding content through to a lighter, less political expression of cultural identity." Keep Reading