Summer 2025 will be celebrated with an eagerly anticipated new production of the world’s most beloved ballet classic, The Nutcracker from the Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB). Central to Christmas memories for generations of audiences, The Nutcracker is a timeless celebration of family, fantasy and growing up, where ‘home for Christmas’ is the most powerful
Wellesley Studios, Auckland and Dancehouse, Melbourne are thrilled to announce a Trans-Tasman partnership designed to foster the exchange and mobility of independent dance artists and their practice between Aotearoa/New Zealand and Australia between 2025 and 2027. The triennial partnership has been funded by Creative New Zealand, Wellesley Studios and
The vanguard of dance in New Zealand, the Royal New Zealand Ballet, is delighted to announce that six new dancers will join as RNZB Company Artists in 2025.
Two new graduates of The Australian Ballet School, Emma Gavan and Jordan Sawtell, will become RNZB Company Artists.
These two dancers will be accompanied by four graduates
Scottish Ballet’s hugely popular, award-winning production of
A Streetcar Named Desire
heads to Auckland as part of Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Arts Festival 2025.
In steamy 1940s New Orleans, fading Southern belle Blanche DuBois moves into her sister Stella’s apartment. Stella’s brutish husband Stanley sees that Blanche is not
Over the weekend 4-5 May, Ōtepoti will be treated to a festival of free dance events, celebrating International Dance Day and the city’s many-layered dance history. Dance Ōtepoti Founder and General Manager Anna Noonan says, “The purpose of International Dance Day is to celebrate dance in all its forms and share the joy and benefits with others. We had
Born in Waihi, Ty King-Wall moves from his current role of Dancers’ Director on the Board of The Australian Ballet to the RNZB in November. Trained at Tauranga’s Dance Education Centre and as a Junior Associate with the New Zealand School of Dance, King-Wall won the 2002 PACANZ National Young Performer Award before leaving Aotearoa New Zealand to study
The New Zealand School of Dance (NZSD) is proud to announce its highly anticipated Performance Season, showcasing the extraordinary talent of its students. With two alternating programmes of ballet and contemporary dance, this season promises to captivate audiences with outstanding choreography and breath-taking performances.
In these
The New Zealand School of Dance (NZSD) is proud to present this year’s choreographic season, titled Axis. The season celebrates the students’ creative process and offers an insight into the development of their choreographic skills. Third-year contemporary dance students collaborate to create their own individual works, guided by tutor, Holly Newsome.
The most famous cabaret in the world - the Moulin Rouge- will be back in Australia to hold castings in various cities! Eagerly awaited, the first casting outside Europe since Covid will take place under the expert eye of Janet Pharaoh, Artistic Director of the Moulin Rouge and assisted by Erik Sorensen, Resident Choreographer. The artistic team will
Shakespeare’s great love story returns in May with the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s (RNZB) passionate re-telling of
Romeo & Juliet
touring to eight venues across the motu.
With mesmerising choreography by Andrea Schermoly (Stand to Reason,
Within Without) and exquisite sets and costumes by Academy
The Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB) has announced the retirement of Artistic Director Patricia Barker. In her five and a half years at the helm of the national ballet company, Barker commissioned 12 new main stage ballets from New Zealand-based or born choreographers including six ballets with original scores by New Zealand composers. New commissions from
The Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB) has announced its 70th
anniversary season. 2023 heralds the RNZB’s eighth decade as the national ballet company of Aotearoa, the first full season in three years, and the first season back at home in the St James Theatre in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington.
Also announced is a major new partnership with one of
