New Year Honours: Prudence Anne Gooch made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services in dance. Prudence Gooch established the Prue Gooch School of Dance in Tauranga in 1976, which led to the establishment of the Dance Education Centre in 1990. She has been Director of the Dance Education Centre since inception and has organised... Keep Reading
ROYAL NEW ZEALAND BALLET’S CHOREOGRAPHER IN RESIDENCE, LOUGHLAN PRIOR, TO PREMIERE NEW DANCE FILM ON DIGITAL STREAMING PLATFORM, FLTPK.COM A new dance film is coming to FLTPK (flatpack) - an innovative way to access new dance films created by world class artists. Recently featured in the Guardian, FLTPK was founded... Keep Reading
“I want more than inclusion. I want equity and an arts sector committed to including disability artistry in its annual programme of works rather than a tick-box measure or one-off accessible performance.” Keep Reading
As the curtain closes on a year that has changed the world forever, the Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB) has proudly announced its 2021 season with a stunning lineup that celebrates the past and boldly looks to the future. From February, the RNZB... Keep Reading
Caroline Plummer Fellowship in Community Dance recipient Lucy Marinkovich is an experienced practitioner who values community engagement. Marinkovich is an artist, choreographer, educator, practitioner and performer who has worked with young people and those with disabilities, as well as with professional dancers. Through her proposed... Keep Reading
ANNOUNCEMENT Wellesley Studios Summer Choreographic Residency 2021 Wellesley Studios, supported by Dance Aotearoa New Zealand, are pleased to announce their 2021 Summer Residency Artist – Tyler Carney. Since graduating Ev and Bow (Sydney, 2012) and the New Zealand School of Dance (2015), Tyler has been a performer for House... Keep Reading
Even as a toddler Wellington performing artist Duncan Armstrong couldn’t stop dancing to music and once he got a taste of acting at primary school he was hooked. Keep Reading
2020 marks the 11th year the Pacific Dance Choreographic Lab will be presented in Aotearoa New Zealand. This annual project is for emerging mid-career Pacific dance artists in Aotearoa as a platform to explore and incubate their own ideas and develop as choreographers in a supportive environment. The choreographic lab fosters creativity,... Keep Reading
DANZ is super excited to be supporting the launch and presentation of this experimental project from Java Dance Theatre, which highlights the connection/process between dancers and musicians in creating new works under difficult times. As we navigate a world of fluctuating COVID-19 restrictions, artists are continuing to find innovative... Keep Reading
Call For Applications Wellesley Studios Summer Choreographic Residency 2021 Wellesley Studios exists to make a real difference for the NZ performing arts sector. It is a space where artists can continue their training, connect, collaborate and create with others. As part of its vision to provide support for the professional independent dance... Keep Reading
The Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB) has today announced that, due to the extension of Level 3 restrictions in Auckland and Level 2 across the rest of the country, along with subsequent changes to the mass gathering rules under level 2 in Auckland, they have had to make further changes to the upcoming national tour of Venus Rising, including... Keep Reading
Experimental Dance Week Aotearoa (NZ) is very excited to announce that it will be going ahead with its live festival this year 30th November - 5th December 2020 at Herald Theatre thanks to Auckland Live. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the festival was postponed from June 2020, and given that it was previously half-international the new... Keep Reading
During Lockdown Java Dance Theatre matched up more than 50 musicians and dancers from around the world for 101 improvised duets over Zoom. Now Java will bring 24 of the musicians and dancers together in Wellington to improvise together and create duets. Follow their process online and dip your toe into a world of creative collisions, new... Keep Reading
Skills Active Aotearoa is the industry training organisation for performing arts. They work with industry to create work-based qualifications and help organisations to get their people trained up. They are currently developing the unit standards for New Zealand Certificates in Performing Arts Instruction, Level 5... Keep Reading
Auckland company Audio Described Aotearoa has received international recognition for its efforts in providing audio description for blind and low vision arts patrons, particularly during New Zealand’s COVID-19 lockdown. Keep Reading
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