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

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

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

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

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

Dance Aotearoa New Zealand (DANZ) is excited to be launching its new Social Media Takeover Season this week, kicking off twelve weeks of creative inspiration and sharing from New Zealand dance artists practising across a range of genres.  At a time when many freelance dance artists have lost valuable opportunities for work and creative outlet. Keep Reading

Although many of the wonderful festival season shows were cut short or cancelled recently due to the Covid-19 crisis, we want to acknowledge and appreciate the amazing work that was put into each and every one of them - our hearts go out to all of the artists/technicians/organisers affected. Here is a collection of reviews of a number of the... Keep Reading

The Royal New Zealand Ballet has suspended all rehearsals, performances, education and community activities until the spring.The RNZB’s Venus Rising programme, which was to have premiered in Wellington on May 29 and tour to Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Napier, Tauranga and Palmerston North will now be postponed until August and... Keep Reading

Bjorn Aslund is a contemporary dancer, burlesque performer and queer drag artist based in Wellington. A recent graduate from the New Zealand School of Dance, their original choreography mixes contemporary dance with drag... 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

Parris Goebel, Marilyn Cassidy and Jan Bolwell have all received New Year Honours for 2020. Award-winning choreographer Parris Goebel has become a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to dance. A distinguished dancer, Goebel led her Royal Family dance crew to victory at the W... Keep Reading

Lemi Ponifasio, guest curator of NZ Festival, explains how he plans to start some crucial conversations. Keep Reading

Toi Pōneke Arts Centre are proud to offer their 4th dance residency to choreographers Bjorn Aslund, Alec Katsourakis, Alessia Augello and Producer Mattias Olofsson. Keep Reading

WARE artist in residence Wellington City Council and Footnote New Zealand Dance are excited to announce this year’s recipient of the Wellington Asia Residency Exchange (WARE) artist in residence programme, Japanese Choreographer, Kota Yamazaki.  Kota will be visiting Wellington for six weeks from 26 October. He will be hosted by Foot... Keep Reading