The Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB) will soon premiere a brand-new Romeo and Juliet by Italian choreographer Francesco Ventriglia. His Romeo and Juliet will tour nationally, bringing fair Verona to audiences in Wellington, Christchurch, Auckland, Rotorua, Dunedin, Invercargill, Palmerston North and Napier.
Auckland dancer, performance artist and choreographer Zahra Killeen-Chance is about to perform a new work in Taipei alongside leading intermedia artists from Taiwan and Japan. The event is being organised by New Zealand-Taiwan art magazine White Fungus and is supported by the New Zealand Commerce and Industry Office in Taipei.
The Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB) has appointed Patricia Barker, a former prima ballerina and current Artistic Director of Grand Rapids Ballet in Michigan, USA, as the company’s new Artistic Director. She'll begin later this month, joining the company as rehearsals for the RNZB’s brand-new production of Romeo and Juliet begin.
The New Zealand Dance Company (NZDC) will premiere Kiss the Sky this month, with the triple bill opening June 29 at the Bruce Mason Centre for four performances only. NZDC Artistic Director Shona McCullagh has brought together three international choreographers from Aotearoa, Korea and Australia.
The Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB) opens its newest program, Three by Ekman, in Wellington this week. Running through May 20, the tribute to choreographer Alexander Ekman will present his acclaimed work Cacti and two additional works – Tuplet and Episode 31. Following this presentation, RNZB will tour Three by Ekman to Auckland, Napier, Christchurch and Dunedin.
Movitae, an engaging online hub for dance schools, recently released a video interview with the amazing Hannah O’Neill, a New Zealander performing as a Principal Dancer at the prestigious Paris Opéra Ballet.
Atamira Dance Company and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra will soon present AWA - When Two Rivers Collide in association with Auckland Arts Festival. Dance, Kapa Haka and Tai Chi will all converge in this arts spectacle.
The New Zealand Dance Company (NZDC) now offers Creative Dance Classes for Seniors at two locations. The program, entitled “Feisty Feet”, kicked off on 22 February and runs through 16 August.
For the first time in many years, The Royal New Zealand Ballet opened a national tour in Christchurch at the Isaac Theatre Royal recently. Now the RNZB is touring to Invercargill, Dunedin, Blenheim, Rotorua, Palmerston North and Wellington. The tour will conclude in Auckland on April 1.
The New Zealand Dance Company (NZDC) runs a secondment programme for tertiary students to assist them in the development and understudying of professional practice. Applications to second with NZDC in 2017 are now open for submission.
Before joining the rest of the company on leave last month, Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB) dancers Mayu Tanigaito and Joseph Skelton spent a couple of weeks in Greece as international guest artists. They performed with the Greek National Opera Ballet.
Vendetta Films has announced the theatrical release of Dancer, the new documentary about Sergei Polunin from Oscar-nominated director Steven Cantor, in Australian cinemas from December 1 and New Zealand cinemas from December 8.
