Dancers, pipers to converge on Dunedin
Dunedin will host hundreds of pipers and Highland dancers from across the country for the annual Championship Piping & Highland & National Dancing Competitions over King’s Birthday Weekend.
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‘Firebird’ gives role wings
‘Firebird’ gives role wings
A new star is born in the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s latest new contemporary production The Firebird, choreographed by Laughlan Prior.
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Choreographer has a way with ‘words’
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Choreographer has a way with ‘words’
Storytelling ballets may not have been fashionable when Cathy Marston first began choreographing them, but they are becoming so now.
International Dance Day
International Dance Day
International Dance Day was celebrated across two days in Dunedin at the weekend, including Saturday afternoon at the Octagon.
‘Olympics’ next stop for crew
‘Olympics’ next stop for crew
A Dunedin choreographer was in shock when she found out her crew had qualified for the "Olympics of hip-hop".
Dunedin dancers ready to dazzle
Dunedin dancers ready to dazzle
It does not matter in you are 8 or 80.
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Junior rock’n’roll dancers sweep podium at nationals
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Junior rock’n’roll dancers sweep podium at nationals
A group of Invercargill junior rock’n’roll dancers impressed on the dance floor, sweeping the podium at the nationals during the weekend.
Dance inspired by sea lions
Dance inspired by sea lions
Hundreds of people flocked to Dunedin’s St Clair Beach to watch a group of women perform a captivating dance, inspired by the return of sea lions to Otago.
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.
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.