DANZ MAGAZINE

A spotlight and introducing DANZ members Rebekah and Vynessa Smith of Masterclass Dance Studios. Keep Reading

Julia Harvie explores dance in Christchurch following the 2015 end of The Body Festival. Keep Reading

Since opening its doors in 2014 Auckland's Wellesley Studios has attracted a range of dance artists, teachers, students, companies and choreographers, both domestic and international, to its three spacious, clean and well equipped studios. Keep Reading

DANZ Chief Execuitve, Anton Carter, chats with Lemi Ponifasio founder of MAU Dance Company and the official International Dance Day 2016 message giver. Keep Reading

Dione Joseph looks at the attraction of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where many of our artists exhibit. Keep Reading

This is the second installment of DANZ's "Did You Know..." series where we have a quickfire chat with people in New Zealand's dance industry. Keep Reading

In this article Kristie Mortimer discusses her research on dance in prisons which she presented at the 2015 Moving Communities Conference at the University of Otago. Keep Reading

The University of Auckland's Move Your Thinking dance programme turned ten this year. Barbara Snook explores the Head of Dance Studies, Ralph Buck's, tenure. Keep Reading

Dagmar Simon presents the core findings from her doctoral research on the role and importance of culturally specific dance practices in Auckland. Keep Reading

Community dance or dance in the community - is there a difference? Community dance is it the new international trail blazer, or is it the poor cousin of professional performance dance or theatre? Keep Reading

In a follow up to the article in Issue 40 exploring the opportunities arising from the public's desire to 'shake their groove', Lyne Pringle and Marianne Schultz explore how professional and recreational dance is working in partnership to meet this demand. Keep Reading

Bullying in the work place has been a hot topic in the media in recent months. DANZ takes the opportunity to examine this issue in the dance world by checking in with some of our key stakeholders. Keep Reading

After nine years of balancing the company's books and delivering on a management pathway, sadly, Amanda Skoog is leaving the Royal New Zealand Ballet. Keep Reading

Trans-Tasman performance artist, Sarah Houbolt, discusses her journey in New Zealand developing her dance and performance career, her new show KooKoo the Bird Girl, and the gifts of partial sightedness and blindness. Keep Reading

Tempo Dance Festival, is undergoing change with new leadership and management with an interest in broadening audience and programming. Francesca Horsley updates us on it's growth and vision. Keep Reading