Tag: dance
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Royal New Zealand Ballet Presents: Solace – A Celebration of Dance and Human Connection
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The Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB) is set to dazzle audiences this winter with an extraordinary trio of ballets as part of its 2024 season.
Solace: Dance to Feed Your Soul, presented in association with Ryman Healthcare, will grace the stages of Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, and Ōtautahi...
Wellington-born choreographer Todd Williamson has worked with Parris Goebel, Lorde, and Rita Ora, as well as some of K-Pop’s biggest stars. He talks to YOUR EX about falling in love with dance, coming out as a teenager, and getting his big break!
Where did you grow up in New Zealand...
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The Most Naked: A Deep Dive into Hannah Tasker-Poland’s Exploration of Eroticism and Identity
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Produced, written, directed, and performed by force-of-nature movement alchemist Hannah Tasker-Poland, with the live musical wizardry of internationally renowned composer and musician Lucien Johnson, The Most Naked is steeped in mesmerising dance artistry, subversive theatre, spectacular live music, and political eroticism.
Hannah is a highly regarded dance artist, choreographer, stage and screen...
The New Zealand Dance Company (NZDC) is set to return to the ASB
Waterfront Theatre in 2023 to premiere Stage of Being, a thrilling double bill celebration of choreographic voices from Aotearoa’s Sāmoan and Chinese dance makers, express speaks with one of the production's lead dancers, Chris Mills about life...
Oli Mathiesen (Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Manu, Ngāpuhi) is a queer Māori choreographer and dancer based in Tāmaki Makaurau. Next month, as part of Tempo Dance Festival, he will perform with The New Zealand Dance Company for the first time in What They Said, choreographed by Jo Lloyd. He talks...
Raised in a loving and accepting Muslim family, Jai Jamali’s passion for dance has taken him from Singapore to New Zealand to Australia and back. Now this qualified dance instructor hopes to get more Kiwis moving to the beat of his drum.
What was growing up in Singapore like for...