Dance
David Kelly and Marianne Schultz: 'Miss Donnithorne's Maggot'
'Miss Donnithorne's Maggot' is an unusual chamber opera by Peter Maxwell Davies, receiving a performance this weekend by the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and mezzo-soprano Claire Scholes. Eva talks to… Audio
Kate McIntosh: All Ears
Kate McIntosh brings her unique brand of theatre back to Wellington this week, after living in Belgium for 15 years. She tells Eva about her work 'All Ears'. Audio
Sofia Mavragani and Miranda Manasiadis: PlayforWELLINGTON
Choreographer and teacher Sofia Mavragani has taken her performance workshop 'playforPLACE' to cities like Athens, Istanbul, Buenos Aires, and Reykjavik. This week, she joins actor and director… Audio
Womad 2015 Live: Fanfare Ciocarlia, Puerto Flamenco
An interview and live performance from Fanfare Ciocarlia: a twelve piece Gypsy Brass band from north-east Romania, as well as highlights from Seville's Puerto Flamenco, who brought the theatre and… Audio
Dance for Parkinson's
The role of dance in helping people who suffer from stroke, Parkinson's disease and other neurological conditions. Rachel Horwell offers Dance for PD classes. Cheryl Cameron and Ian Jenkins add a… Audio, Gallery
The Toys In Chouchou's Corner
Katherine Hebley talks about a play called The Toys In Chouchou's Corner on at the Storylines Festival in Auckland. Set to the music of Debussy's Children's Corner Suite the production features a… Audio
Amber Griffin - dance photographer
Amber Griffin has won a gold medal for her dance photography at an international competition. The former ballet dancer went to Paris to collect the medal after catching the eye of the World… Audio
Dance
Body movements, usually to music, with Chris Jannides, Toi Whakaari movement tutor and founding dancer, choreographer and artistic director of Limbs Dance Company. Lloyd Newson and his UK physical… Audio
Masterpieces - Malia Johnson
Today we're talking to dancer and choreographer, Malia Johnson. Audio
Footnote dances on
The country's longest-running contemporary dance company, Footnote, celebrates its 30th birthday. Audio
New Zealand's first comptemporary dance company turns 30
The country's longest-running contemporary dance company is turning 30. Audio
K-Pop World Festival 2015
The annual K-POP World festival gives amateur, non-Korean K-pop performers, a chance to compete on a world stage in Changwon. Mava Moayyed meets the 2015 Kiwi K-popper finalists ahead of their onstage… Audio
Brenda Long, a-k-a B B Rizzle
Brenda Long is part of the world's oldest hip hop dance group - Hip Operation crew. The Waiheke Island dance troupe has been the subject of a documentary, a condensed version of which will be playing… Audio
In Transit
To be a married couple who are also both artists is to constantly skip between the everyday and the ephemeral. Choreographer Louise Potiki Bryant and musician Paddy Free know that better than most and… Audio
WOMAD 2015 Live: Canzioniere Grecanico Salentino, TaikOz
Featuring seven-piece band Canzioniere Grecanico Salentino from Southern Italy and another seven-piece from Sydney TaikOz, who've adopted the art of Japanese drumming Audio
Jennifer Shennan: Footnote NZ Review
Jennifer reviews the season opening performance of Footnote NZ's NOW 2015 Season. Audio
OSH on the dancefloor
The tougher new Health and Safety at Work legislation coming into force soon means performing arts spaces and companies will have to watch their step. Dance companies and teachers have been talking to… Audio
Naked Discourse: You Occupy My Body By Looking
Performance artist, Virginia Kennard's latest work, You Occupy My Body by Looking deconstructs notions about the female body and 'how' we look at it. Lists written in donated lipsticks are written on… Audio
Playing Favourites with Neil Ieremia
Founder, CEO and artistic director of the dance company Black Grace, which celebrates its 20-year anniversary this year. He has choreographed and designed a new work, Passchendaele, for the Royal New… Audio