Dance
NZ's biggest Pacific cultural event underway in Auckland
New Zealand's headline event on the Pacific cultural calendar got underway in Auckland this week. Audio
Shel Silverstein and Tupua Tigafua
For the past five years the Kai Mau Festival in Wellington has been encouraging exciting works, engaging with Maori, Pasifika and indigenous companies from across the Pacific. But Standing Room Only's… Audio, Gallery
Students learn Fijian culture through dance
Learning the traditional Fijian dances of meke and seasea are helping students at an Auckland secondary school get a deeper understanding of Fijian culture. Audio
One dance form, many stories: how the dabke wedding dance became a lighting-rod in the Middle East
Nicholas Rowe explores the intricate story of how the dabke dance was politicised and misappropriated several times in the 20th century. Audio
Ross McCormack - As It Stands
Ross McCormack, who started his working life as a builder, is one of New Zealand's leading choreographers and a 2017 NZ Arts Foundation Laureate. His career includes a decade performing with the… Audio
Chinese dance collaboration tours NZ
A unique dance tour of the country is getting underway that sees a collaboration between two of the longest-running contemporary dance companies in New Zealand and China. Footnote New Zealand Dance… Audio
The Impact of Russian Ballet
Two New Zealand tours by the famous Ballets Russes company in the late 1930s, had a profound influence on this country's ballet history. And beyond including on artists like Rita Angus. That's the… Audio, Gallery
Dance - Chris Jannides and Sarah Foster-Sproul
Nights' cultural ambassador for dance, Chris Jannides from Toi Whakaari is back with us again. This visit he's brought choreographer Sarah Foster-Sproul along with him to tell us about some of her… Audio
Cirque Du Soleil's Mike Tyus: beating the odds
As a child, Mike Tyus improvised dance with his babysitters, making up routines to Michael Jackson. But aged 11, he was diagnosed with Blount's Disease and his legs had to be broken and realigned to… Audio
Joanne Pirrie: putting the dance into WOMAD
Joanne Pirrie is performing at WOMAD 2019 as part of POP-UP Duets (fragments of love) with Edinborough dance company Janis Claxton Dance. Kim Hill spoke to her ahead of her visit. Video, Audio, Gallery
Future focused festival of Pacific Grace
"Ours. By Us. For All." On 2nd - 4th November Black Grace is bringing together some of the boldest voices of the Pacific to consider what comes next for Auckland City. The Guerrilla Collection - a… Audio
Ugandan Dancer Antonio Bukhar
Hip-hop, Dancehall, Afro-fusion and Ugandan dance - they're all in the repertoire of visiting Ugandan dance artist Antonio Bukhar and he's offering to share his moves with young Auckland dancers. The… Audio, Gallery
Ruth Busch - Bronx-born campaigner for better family law
Ruth Busch was born in 1944 in the Bronx, New York, to Holocaust survivors. Training as a lawyer with an interest in civil rights, she moved to New Zealand in 1982 and shortly thereafter taught the… Audio
Moss Patterson: The whakapapa of Manukau
The public is getting the chance to see an incredible performance put together by an award winning dance choreographer, Moss Patterson, who's been working with students to explore the whakapapa of… Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 11 September 2018
People in Fiji are being urged to conserve water as a dry spell grips; Greater protection's needed for migrating ocean species; Cook Islands tourism operators look to improve their safety standards… Audio
Have sticks will travel
Drummer Chris O’Connor is one of the country’s busiest musicians. O’Connor shares some of his favourite music and tells Eva Radich about the joy he has as a live performer despite the frenetic… Audio
Upbeat for Wednesday 2 May
More Kiwi music to mark NZ Music Month; Tony Ryan reviews Behn Quartet & drummer, composer and educator Chris O’Connor picks his five faves.
Atamira founder becomes new leader
Jack Gray is the new Artistic Director of Atamira Dance, the country’s leading Maori contemporary dance company. Gray was one the company’s founders fifteen years ago but in the last few years has… Audio
Upbeat for Thursday 26 April
The latest bombshell from the Echo Music Awards, Tony Chen Lin’s debut album, Janet Jennings on her new song cycle for Jared Holt, and Jack Grey about taking steps in a fresh direction.
Learning lessons through comedy
Dancer and Choreographer Jandel J a.k.a. Justin Haiu is bringing The Perfect Gift to the New Zealand Comedy Festival - a rare example of a show aimed at children in the festival programme. Audio