Reimagined Nutcracker a delight
The Royal NZ Ballet's reimagined version of The Nutcracker is more in keeping with a Southern Hemisphere and very Kiwi Christmas - and still magical.
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Spotlight moment for young Dunedin dancer
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Spotlight moment for young Dunedin dancer
A mother's decision to send all her children to the same after-school activity has propelled a Dunedin boy on to the stage.
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Ballet design a tough nut to crack
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Ballet design a tough nut to crack
Nearly every single character in Royal NZ Ballet’s The Nutcracker is wearing a hat or mask of some description - nearly all made by Victoria Gridley.
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Uni’s 2026 arts fellows city-born dancer, Wellington poet
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Uni’s 2026 arts fellows city-born dancer, Wellington poet
A Dunedin-born dance teacher hopes he will be able to grow the city’s dance community after being awarded a prestigious six-month fellowship.
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Qualification celebrated
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Qualification celebrated
A childhood passion for tartan television has led to a formal Celtic qualification for a Lawrence retiree.
‘It’s a rebirth of the nation’
‘It’s a rebirth of the nation’
Russian-Ukrainian choreographer Alexei Ratmansky talks about the rebirth of Kyiv’s art scene, his regrets over Crimea, and why he plans to sue the Bolshoi.
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Exploring fears for the future
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Exploring fears for the future
New Zealand actor and director Ben Ashby and Australian dancer, choreographer Nadiyah Akbar are bringing their Melbourne Fringe-winning show Running into the Sun...
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Hip-hop dancers need more room to move
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Hip-hop dancers need more room to move
As hip-hop dancers take over Dunedin schools, the list of venues to host city-wide competitions becomes smaller and smaller.
Belly dancing on display
Belly dancing on display
Performing at the Midwinter Fantasy Hafla (celebration) in Ellis Park, Kaikorai Valley are Khamzin Belly Dancers (from left) Mandy Kennedy, Shirley Crawford and Stefanie Kalmakoff.
Women to the fore
Women to the fore
Mount Aspiring College stand strong for their Wāhine Toa dance on the Civic Theatre stage at Showquest Southland.
Dancers, pipers to converge on Dunedin
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.
‘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.