World Dance Crew Championship (WDCC) Set to Open with Powerful Ceremony on Sunday in Manukau. Auckland, NZ – The world’s spotlight will turn to Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland from Sunday as the World Dance Crew Championship (WDCC) opens in spectacular fashion at the Due Drop Events Centre in Manukau. A powerful Opening Ceremony on Sunday will... Keep Reading

Continuing their unwavering commitment to develop emerging artists and new work, Atamira Dance Company are proud to combine the energies of young artists, senior practitioners, and new technologies to present KAHA – Tripleboost, playing for a limited season at Q Theatre from 7 - 9 July. Keep Reading

Dance audiences are spoilt for choice this summer arts festival season; from smaller outdoor performances to large scale world-premiere productions, there is a wide variety to experience. Here is a sample of what’s coming up in February and March, and please see the full programmes for more. Keep Reading

After a hiatus of two years due to COVID-19, Performance Art Week Aotearoa is returning to Wellington for four packed days of exciting, challenging, and engaging performance works. This year two dance works are taking on the festival's theme of Public/Private. For Performance Art Week Aotearoa 2021, Rachel Ruckstuhl-Mann and Alana Yee will... Keep Reading

Join Touch Compass as they celebrate their 25th Anniversary on 14 September in Tāmaki Makaurau for an exciting evening of groundbreaking performance honouring the past, present and future: /rītaha/./rītaha/ is a performing arts festival of digital works, tactile installations, improvised and choreographed dance, innovative theatre and... Keep Reading

Presented by Tour-Makers in partnership with Movement of the Human MEREMEREPerformer and creator Rodney Bell (Ngāti Maniapoto)Director Malia JohnstonThe show that has received numerous standing ovations, glittering reviews and a fistful of awards is back on tour as Meremere tours to Auckland, Bannockburn, Wanaka, Invercargill, New Plymouth,... Keep Reading

Fitting NZC's theme this season "Bringing cultures together", Natraj school of Dance, Founder and Director Mrs. Prabha Ravi, Wellington , New Zealand in collaboration with Wellington Maori Cultural Society Inc and New Zealand community of Youth Ambassadors has conceived and created the first ever fusion dance performance bringing Kapa haka and... Keep Reading

The annual multi-arts celebration returns to locations across Tāmaki Makaurau in March. Auckland’s many theatres, galleries, and unique venues will house some of the most exciting performance, art and music events from New Zealand and around the world. Keep Reading

Arts Foundation Laureate Awards celebrate and empower artists with outstanding potential for future growth whose practice has an impact on New Zealand. Every year the Arts Foundation recognise ten exceptional artists with a $25,000 award. These are the 2019 Arts Foundation Laureates. Among the 2019 Laureates announced recently are Louise Potik... Keep Reading

02 September 2019 DANZ ANNOUNCES 2019 DANCE RESIDENCIES IN ROTORUA & CHRISTCHURCH Dance Aotearoa New Zealand (DANZ) is delighted to be announcing two dance residencies in October and November of this year. DANZ will offer the Māori Dance Residency (Te Kanikani Whakamātau) in partnership with Lakes Performing Arts Company (LPAC) in Roto... Keep Reading

  IDENTITY DANCE COMPANY TAKES HOME GOLD AND BRONZE AT WORLD HIP HOP CHAMPIONSHIPS  IDENTITY Dance Company dance crews bring home the gold and bronze medal from the fiercest hip-hop international competition in the world. The Swagganauts won gold and Masque bronze. Hip Hop International in Arizona had 4000 dancers representing 52 c... Keep Reading

NEW TAIRĀWHITI ARTS FESTIVAL INAUGURAL PROGRAMME REVEALED The Gisborne region’s new flagship arts and culture event - steeped in the local while connected with stories from across the country and the Pacific - will envelop the creative East Coast from 4-20 October. The inaugural programme for New Zealand’s newest major arts... Keep Reading

After a hugely successful tour in 2018 that included 32 performances in theatres, prisons and Marae, Rodney Bell returns with his award-winning performance work Meremere, heading to even more centres this July and August. Keep Reading

E ngā reo, E ngā mana, E ngā hau e whā. Tēnā koutou, Tēnā koutou, Tēnā koutou kātoa. It is with sadness that Ōkareka Dance Company announces the resignation of Co-Artistic Director, Taane Mete. Taane's departure from Ōkareka has come at a time where pathways divide and personal journeys move them in different directio... Keep Reading

Dance Aotearoa New Zealand (DANZ), with support from Sport New Zealand has embarked on a programme aimed at boosting physical literacy, activity and movement among New Zealanders, with a focus on children and young people.    ... Keep Reading