Dance

Polyswagg dance phenomenon and now singer Parris Goebel (aka Parri$) shares the music that motivates her and speaks about creativity, strength and passion. Audio

Supermarket trolleys as dance partners - who'd have thought? Yet Australian choreographer Shaun Parker has been working with Kiwi dancers to create a street ballet leaping into, out of and around… Video, Audio

Traditional Maori creation stories begin with Te Kore, the concept of nothingness and that's what is being explored in  PANGO/BLACK - the latest work from Atimara Dance Company. It's about to be…

International choreographer and artist Sam Coren has been in New Zealand putting the NZ School of Dance graduates through their paces with Hofesh Shechter’s challenging work Political Mother. It’s not… Audio

Dance educator Suzanne Renner has returned from the National Dance Education Organisation conference in the United States, where she presented a paper on the health of dance in New Zealand. The Otago… Audio

Students at the New Zealand School of Dance are busy preparing for the graduation, with the help of former Hamberg Ballet principal dancers turned choreographer and designer, identical twins Jiří &amp… Audio

Tonia Looker has more than 17,000 followers on Instagram and has a made a name for herself not just as a ballerina for the Royal New Zealand Ballet, but from posting how-to videos on social media that… Video, Audio

Mention dance in New Zealand and more often than not Malia Johnston’s name will pop up. Her experience stretches far and wide, from WOW, to working with Rodney Bell on Meremere. Malia was awarded the… Audio

Sparse electronic beats and heavy synth lines dominate WCB's debut EP Audio

Life is the theme for Footnote NZ Dance’s biggest work of the year. Lifeworld (In five parts) is choreographed by Claire O’Neil and explores concepts around the human condition and the world we create… Audio

Jennifer Shennan gives an overview of the interesting, the insightful and the invigorating at the Tempo Dance Festival. The festival includes more than 700 artists from all walks of life and 50… Audio

Triumphs and Other Alternatives, set in an artist’s workshop, combines dance, clowning, visual arts and theatre craft. It tells the story of a vulnerable, obsessive and narcissistic character who… Video, Audio

Auckland’s Tempo Dance Festival gets underway in a couple of weeks. Carrie Rae Cunningham is the Artistic Director and takes us through the varied festival lineup. The Scenic View is Tempo’s quirky… Audio

Jan Bowell is the choreographer of Hakari - The Dinner Party. The show which will play at Q Loft as part of Tempo Dance Festival and is a take on Judy Chicago’s 1979 art installation which made note… Audio

The Art of Etiquette – Auditions Audio

Dancer Rodney Bell tells his story through Meremere, an autobiographical piece that spans 20 years of his life. It addresses issues around homelessness – which Bell was for a few years – and… Audio

Dancer Suzanne Cowan is in London with dance partner Adrian Smith performing Grotteschi – a dance that explores ideas around the classical and grotesque body – at the festival for the Lord Mayor of… Video, Audio