Dance

General Manager of Footnote New Zealand Dance Richard Aindow previews the company's 2016 programme including an international tour. Audio

Second year New Zealand Dance School student Georgia Powley has been awarded a scholarship that allows her to become part of the Royal New Zealand Ballet in 2016. The company will convene in… Audio

body movements, usually to music - with Chris Jannides, Toi Whakaari movement tutor and founding dancer, choreographer and artistic director of Limbs Dance Company... some exciting locally based… Audio

Artistic director of Java Dance Sacha Copland describes her new Wine Project: dance inspired by spending time in a French vineyard. And the ongoing success of her innovative work Back of the Bus. Audio

Eve Gordon and Mike Edward are New Zealand's answer to Cirque Du Soleil - their new show Ithaca rewrites Homer's Odyssey and takes it from ancient Greece to outer space. We talk to the duo about their… Audio

Singaporean choreographer Kuik Swee Boon is in the country to work with the students of the New Zealand School of Dance on excerpts from his piece 'As It Fades'. He talks to Eva about his influences… Audio

Adorned in nine-meter long saris and dripping with jewels a troupe of dancers from India perform saucy satire that dates back to 1560s. One of India's most beautiful dance traditions from the… Audio, Gallery

Amanda Skoog has been Managing Director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet for nine years. She's moving on, and shifting to London. Clarissa asks her what she has planned. Audio

The 2016 Auckland Arts Festival programme is out now. Artistic director Carla van Zon previews some of the highlights from next year's lineup. Audio

Tutus add to the spectacle of classical ballet and are equally as important as the set design. This August, the New Zealand School of Dance launched an appeal to raise $9,000.00 towards the… Audio, Gallery

Now in its 20th year, Black Grace Dance Company are presenting 'Siva' and '20 for 20' over the next couple of months. Artistic director and choreographer talks about these works, and looks back on the… Audio

The Arts Foundation announced this year's group of Laureate Award winners at last night's ceremony at Auckland's Mercury Theatre. Director Sara Brodie is among the recipients, and she tells Clarissa… Audio

The lineup for next year's WOMAD world music festival in Taranaki is out. Artistic director Emere Wano talks through some of the highlights. Audio

The New Zealand Festival celebrates its 30th Birthday in 2016. Artistic director Shelagh Magadza previews next year's lineup. Audio

Claire Mabey has a busy few weeks ahead of her; she's in charge of both the Tauranga Arts Festival and Wellington's LitCrawl writers and readers events. Audio

The Royal New Zealand Ballet has announced the 2016 season; the first to be fully programmed by Artistic Director Francesco Ventriglia. Audio

Choreographer, Professor and Fulbright Scholar Sherry Shapiro has worked with South African students to find out about the relationship between dance and identity. Usually she's based in North… Audio