Media Releases

Identity Dance Company crew, The Bradas, take away gold at the Hip Hop International World Finals. Keep Reading

It’s festival season and there are going to be so many great things happening around the country! Keep Reading

Award-winning Māori dancer and choreographer Shakaiah Perez has been selected to attend an acclaimed indigenous arts residency at one of the world’s leading arts and creativity hubs. Keep Reading

Jonny Almario, honours student in the Dance Studies Programme at the National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries of the University of Auckland has been awarded the 2015 Gavin and Susan Walker Postgraduate Scholarship in Dance Keep Reading

A scholarship offered by an Auckland University Dance Studies alumna has taken a current postgraduate to Fiji in the height of the Auckland winter. Keep Reading

Four celebrated Pasifika dance artists will be teaching in South Auckland for the next two months, as they take up residency at the Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) in partnership with Pacific Dance New Zealand. Keep Reading

The Palace Dance Studio will see three of their talents dancing alongside two Queens of pop; Janet Jackson and Madonna. Keep Reading

IDENTITY Dance Crew are on their way to compete at the International Body Rock Competition in San Diego. Keep Reading

The first ever New Zealand World of Dance Qualifier was held in Porirua and these are the results. Keep Reading

International Dance Day (IDD) provides an ideal platform for the NZ dance community to demonstrate how big and important dance is and the value of it to our society. Read how the country celebrated this integral day. Keep Reading

Street Dance NZ Finals Results for 2015. Keep Reading

On April 15– 18 over 500 dancers from around the country will compete for a chance to represent New Zealand at the world competition. Keep Reading

Christchurch's Isaac Theatre Royal presents Tiki Taane Mahuta. A whirlwind of visual imagery, aerial wizardry,and a scintillating soundtrack, Tiki Taane Mahuta is a collaboration between two of New Zealand's great talents; choreographer Tanemahuta Gray and musician Tiki Taane. Keep Reading

DANZ is collaborating with the CUBA DUPA Festival in Swan Lane as part of this vibrant celebration of the lively Cuba Street precinct in Wellington. Keep Reading

Farewell to Tama Huata He was a visionary Maori dance pioneer and a founding board member of DANZ and the Te Matatini Society. In 2006, he was awarded Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his more than 35 years of service to Māori performing arts. He was also the leader of the Takitimu Festival, a triennial event that celebrates the... Keep Reading