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The Pacific Dance Festival made its debut last year, exhibiting some of the Pacific's creative dance makers. Lauren Sanderson reviews the 'Wahine Toa' section in the 2017 festival. "Wahine Toa, is a collection of four works by female choreographers which celebrated the strength and diversity of Pasifika women." Keep Reading
Leah Maclean reviews Le Moana's dance-theatre work 'Purple Onion'. A glimpse into the nightlife of strip-club and burlesque parlour which helped solidify Wellington's red-light district. "The melding of Pacific dance, disco and burlesque was seamless; not once did it feel tacky or forced." Keep Reading
Merenia Gray reviews 'Te Manawa' by Hawaiki TŪ. "The heartbeat – manawa of the work is the choreography, some of the best fusion of contemporary and traditional Māori dance I have seen to date." Keep Reading
Leah Maclean reviews the dance-theatre work of Kelly Nash and Nancy Wijohn. 'Lick My Past' was presented as part of the 2017 Kia Mau Festival. "Through the lens of two independent women as partners, performers, friends and enemies; this is a journey which explores relationships, self-discovery, liberation and everything in between." Keep Reading
Deirdre Tarrant reviews the Royal New Zealand Ballet's season of 'Three by Ekman'. "Alexander Ekman has an international reputation and has developed a movement vocabulary that dismisses the aesthetic and technique of classical ballet, pared back to a gestural, percussive confined, rebellion of frenetic extremity movement." Keep Reading
Tania Kopytko reviews Taki Rua Productions' cross-discipline show 'Tiki Taane Mahuta'. "The diverse Palmerston North audience were moved. They rose and gave Tiki Taane Mahuta a standing ovation." Keep Reading
Susi Hadassah reviews Jennifer De Leons 'Bugs and Worms and Desire'. "Defined in choreographic symphony Jenny captivates us with every nuance of movement..." Keep Reading
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Leah Maclean reviews Footnote's 'The Rebel Pink' during New Zealand Dance Week. "The Rebel Pink is a strong start to 2017; Footnote and Malia Johnston (curator) are to be congratulated for this fun and accessible work..." Keep Reading
The New Zealand School of Dance celebrates 50 years with the release of a historical documentation of its development. Janet Colson reviews the book written by dance veteran, Turid Revfeim. Keep Reading
Hahna Briggs reviews 'AXIS: Anatomy of Space', the latest dance film by Daniel Belton and Good Company Arts. "AXIS appealed to my delight in imagining everything in existence as an ever expanding, interconnected and complex system of multiple and parallel universes." Keep Reading
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Anna Bate reviews 'Mistranlslation Laboratory' by the Eleventeen Collective at Wellington's Performance Aracade. "This work is alarmingly open and accessible" Keep Reading
Francesca Horsley reviews Natalia Osipova & Guests - a Sadler's Wells production programmed in the Auckland Arts Festival 2017. "A powerhouse display of dazzling lifts, lightning turns and soaring leaps by Polunin and Osipova." Keep Reading
Jenny Stevenson reviews AWA: When Two Rivers Collide - a collaboration between Atamira Dance Company and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra at the Auckland Arts Festival. " This work will undoubtedly open the doors for further mining of this fertile creative territory." Keep Reading
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Leah Maclean reviews Jakop Ahlbom's (Netherlands) theatre masterpiece, Horror, programmed in the 2017 Auckland Arts Festival. "When you watch Horror you know that everything in front of you has a purpose." Keep Reading
Jesse Quaid reviews Alexa Wilson's Pecha Kucha styled '21 Movements' at the Auckland Fringe. "She is creating rituals that are both pragmatic and entrancing." Keep Reading