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'Popsicle' by Katherine Helen Fisher (part of San Francisco Dance Film Festival selection).

Marquee TV launches first annual Summer Shorts Festival

Marquee TV, the multi-genre performing arts streaming service, will be debuting its first annual Summer Shorts Festival on August 3. During its Summer...

'Propel', featuring Alana Sargent and Jake McLarnon, with costumes by Sargent. Photo by Fiona Cullen.

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Spotlight on Expressions Dance Company’s Alana Sargent

Meet Alana Sargent. Sargent loves it when a dancer can make you “move in your seat while you are watching them”. She...

The McDonald College summer dance intensive

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2018 International Summer School set to be biggest and best yet

After 11 successful years operating as a reputable summer arts initiative within the Australian dance scene, International Summer School (ISS) will return...

RNZB in Alexander Ekman's 'Cacti'. Photo by Ross Brown.

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New Zealand Dance News – April 2017

Find out what’s happening in New Zealand Dance this month! Distinguished international performer, teacher and choreographer James O’Hara has accepted a role at...

The Royal New Zealand Ballet in 'Romeo + Juliet'. Photo by Ross Brown.

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New Zealand Dance News – What’s happening in Nov?

Twenty-year-old Christchurch dancer Holly Diepraam has been named a finalist in the Youth Spirit category at the 2016 Attitude Awards. The national...

Sydney Dance Company, Lux Tenebris (2). Dancers Nelson Earl, Holly Doyle, Fiona Jopp, David Mack. Photo by Peter Greig

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Australian Dance Reviews

CounterMove – Cacti and Lux Tenebris: A bold and prickly struggle between light and darkness

29 February 2016. Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney, Australia. CounterMove is the latest offering from Sydney Dance Company that pairs two contrasting works: Cacti,...

'Speed of Light' featuring RNZB dancer Mayu Tanigaito. Photo by Ross Brown.

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What’s happening in the NZ dance scene?

New Zealand School of Dance (NZSD) is offering a Contemporary Intensive Programme, 19-20 March at Wellesley Studios in Auckland. The Programme is...

Sydney Dance Company's Cacti (2). Photo by Peter Greig

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From the darkest dark, the brightest light will shine: Sydney Dance Company’s ‘CounterMove’

In the end, Rafael Bonachela is moved to conclude, “It’s incredible. The dancers have been making these amazing ‘drawings’. It’s poetry really....

Royal New Zealand Ballet's 'Speed of Light/Cacti'

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New Zealand Dance News – November

Here is the latest New Zealand Dance News! Final auditions for University of Auckland’s Dance Studies Programme take place this month. Christchurch...