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The New Zealand Dance Festival Trust is delighted to announce that Carrie Rae Cunningham will become the Artistic Director of the New Zealand Dance Festival Trust Keep Reading

The winners of the 2015 Te Matatini National Kapa Haka Festival in Christchurch were announced as Te Whanau a Apanui. Keep Reading

Shona McCullagh, renowned artistic director, producer, choreographer, and short film maker has been awarded the Hynds Creative Entrepreneur 2015 Award in recognition of her pivotal role as a creative and entrepreneurial practitioner in development of the dance community and audiences in Auckland and NZ. Keep Reading

Internationally renowned dancer, choreographer and teacher, Vivek Kinra earns an Absolutely Positively Wellingtonian Award. These awards honour members of the community who have made outstanding or lengthy contributions to the Capital and its people. 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

Creative NZ have selected PromPt (trading as PANNZ) to provide national touring services over the next three years. PromPt will help to organise and support the national touring of contemporary NZ theatre, dance and music and will be in place by March next year. 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

At the national Attitude Awards on World Disability Day, on 3 December, Lyn Cotton, Artistic Director and co-founder of JOLT Integrated Dance was named the recipient of the Making A Difference Award Keep Reading

The award provides $80,000 to support artists to research and network in New York which was Harriet's favourite international city.Louise Potiki-Bryant is one of New Zealand's most exciting choreographers and is the first dance person to receive this Award. Keep Reading

The Arts Foundation of New Zealand has announced Charles Koroneho as a Dance Laureate. The 2014 Westpac New Zealand Arts Awards marked over $4.8million in philanthropic donations made to 167 New Zealand artists since the Foundation's inception. Keep Reading

Viva Eclectika has been fusing Aotearoa and Asian cultural experiences through dance and music. The NZ Asia Associations' unique and beautiful way to strengthen and celebrate race relations has been honoured by the Human Rights Commission. Keep Reading

Tanemahuta Gray and Olivia Russell are recipients of the People's Choice and Advicefirst Canterbury regional scholarships in AMP's Do Your Thing Awards. Keep Reading

A fusion of Pacific and street dance is being created by NZ born Cook Islander Vivian Aue for next year’s Auckland Fringe Festival, helped by a Summer Scholarship from the University of Auckland. Keep Reading

PW Dance & Sportswear (PW) have announced an exciting development in their dancewear range. From September 2014, PW will become an official stockist and distributor of Freed of London pointe shoes. Keep Reading

The 14+ Dance Scholarship Foundation, held at the Te Whaea Theatre in Wellington on 7 September presented three ballet scholarships valued at a total of over $10,000 to assist New Zealand’s most promising ballet dancers realise their dreams. Keep Reading