Dance is set to dominate the arts scene this month as Tempo Dance Festival hosts a variety of dance performances in Auckland. The festival runs for two weeks between October 9 and 21 and features an assortment of dance works to be performed at the Q Theatre in Queen Street. With between four to five hundred [...]

A flash mob practice held at an outdoor courtyard in Glen Innes this week prompted local retailers to shoot out from behind the counter and join in with the dancing. Members of the Glen Innes community are coming together weekly to learn and rehearse a two minute dance which they will perform in a flash [...]

As the sun sets on a Friday night, the lights brighten at adult entertainment clubs around the country. A small group of university students put down their books and go to the club – but not to relax. They go to work. Taylor and Ivy (stage names)both work at a central Auckland strip club to [...]

 Wellington steals a little bit of the hip-hop limelight as Infinite Dance Crew make their way to the World Hip Hop Championships in Netherlands in October this year. The dance crew proved their worth earlier this year when they won the Unite National Hip Hop competition. Last year the crew placed fourth at the world [...]

An Auckland hip hop crew is hoping to be the latest group of Kiwis to conquer the world in an international dance competition in July. Prestige Dance Crew, whose performance won first place in the adult division of the Street Dance New Zealand National Hip Hop Championships last month, is set to compete in the [...]

It’s not the message you usually hear about ballet – that anyone can do it. But the principal dancer behind new adult ballet classes starting next month in Auckland says that’s true and the classes are part of an international trend. Shore Dance Studio principal Whitney Harrington says the classes were a response to strong [...]

A dedicated group of creative minds has come together to create a special show as part of Mental Health Awareness week. reTHINK Possible Worlds is a collaboration between Auckland performance poetry group The Literatti, Etched Dance Productions, and a trio of musicians. The show will be performed at Galatos in Auckland on October 14 and [...]

A Mount Eden based performing group will next week be putting on their annual Brighter Future Musical and will be donating some of the proceeds to The Phobic Trust of New Zealand. Performing Arts Workshop (PAW) will showcase the talent of 50 youths and young adults that have been working hard to put this show [...]