Exhibition dazzles with dance
Exhibition dazzles with dance
If you failed to get your fashion fix from the recent iD Dunedin Fashion show or the Dunedin Arts Festival, Tūhura Otago Museum has a bit more.
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Works to make you think, contemplate, yearn for more
Works to make you think, contemplate, yearn for more
If I could simply say this work was amazing, that would be my review done.
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Brought home by music
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Brought home by music
Music always comes first for London-based New Zealand choreographer Cameron McMillan.
Injured Burchell bounces back
Injured Burchell bounces back
A broken leg has not stopped former Dunedin dancer James Burchell from following his dance dreams.
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Exploring his Saturn Returns
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Exploring his Saturn Returns
A Dunedin dancer has roped in friends, family and colleagues to join him in his latest dance piece, Commentary of Dreaming.
'Use it or lose it': 90-year-old loves to dance
'Use it or lose it': 90-year-old loves to dance
Rona Glover proves age is no barrier as she continues to attend regular dance classes at the age of 90.
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Putting ideas into motion
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Putting ideas into motion
Dunedin dancers Charlie Butler and Maddison Gay have created their first dance show for this year’s Dunedin Fringe Festival.
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Joining the dance
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Joining the dance
The cover art for Nadia Reid’s new album has the singer-songwriter still dressed in Dunedin black but contemplating a brighter palette.
Ethereal, graceful performance a festival taster
Ethereal, graceful performance a festival taster
The opening night of the Dunedin Arts Festival 2025 was presented as "a taster for the festival, in February" and has certainly set the bar for the rest of the programme.
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Age no bar for veteran dancer
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Age no bar for veteran dancer
Leading New Zealand dancer and choreographer Michael Parmenter presented his first choreographic work at Allen Hall at the University of Otago in 1979.
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Flowing through her thoughts
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Flowing through her thoughts
Award-winning New Zealand dancer, choreographer and video artist Louise Pōtiki Bryant’s latest work comes from the need to manage her obsessive compulsive disorder.
Show blends magic, delight
Show blends magic, delight
There is something about Irish Celtic music and the way it creates such an emotive atmosphere where anything is possible ... even magic.
Dancing the dream in good company
Dancing the dream in good company
A young Dunedin ballet dancer has got another dream opportunity to take to the stage.
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Roles stretch artistes
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Roles stretch artistes
The Royal NZ Ballet is bringing Liam Scarlett’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream back to Dunedin after about a decade. Rebecca Fox talks to lead dancers Jake Gisby, Zacharie Dun and Katherine Minor.
Sky-high style
Sky-high style
Performers from Brophy Aerial Studios rehearse for their cabaret show at Erricks, which will run on November 24 and December 1.
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Keeping her language live through dance
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Keeping her language live through dance
The "heiress" of Mohiniyattam, a classical Indian dance form, is visiting Dunedin for the first time this month to perform and teach.
Obituary: star was our prima ballerina
Obituary: star was our prima ballerina
Rowena Jackson, New Zealand’s first prima ballerina, was box office gold:.
Many hearts lifted by intriguing performance
Many hearts lifted by intriguing performance
A full house sat in silence for the performance selfportrait24: Ōtepoti - Dunedin, devised by Marcela Giesche, in the New Athenaeum Theatre yesterday afternoon.
Prima ballerina Rowena Jackson dies
Prima ballerina Rowena Jackson dies
Invercargill-born prima ballerina Rowena Othlie Jackson has died, aged 98.
Disabled dancers heading to Scottish festival
Disabled dancers heading to Scottish festival
A group of disabled dancers in Christchurch are getting ready to represent NZ on the world stage.