Dance
Upbeat for Wednesday 4 April
We mark the passing of a famous French tenor, explore Rachmaninov’s Vespers and we hear from Kiwi dancer Rodney Bell who’s performing at the Commonwealth Games Arts Festival. Plus our famous fours…
Upbeat for Tuesday 3 April
Wellington Brass Band triumphs in every category at the Australian National Band Championshiops. A UK violist wins a landmark case for hearing loss caused by extreme rehearsal volume. New Zealand… Audio
Tallulah Holly-Massey - dancing after the Apocalypse!
She had calligraphy written all over her body for filmmaker-turned-artist Vincent Ward. She's posed for life-drawing classes here and overseas. And now Tallulah Holly-Massey is creating a… Audio
Treading softly on Tom Hoyle's leafy dreams
Photographer Tom Hoyle has been photographing leaves in his laundry and working ropes and pullies for aerial dancers in a Commonwealth Games Festival show on Australia's Gold Coast. But Tom's day job… Audio
Voice and dance combine for Orpheus
The love story of Orpheus and Eurydice is at the heart of Michael Parmenter’s new opera ballet Orpheus, which brings a cast of 58 to the stage. We meet U.S.tenor Aaron Sheehan and Ex Wellington… Audio
Tamara Rojo - Giselle reimagined
Spanish ballet dancer Tamara Rojo is artistic director and a principal dancer at the English National Ballet which is bringing a new production of the classical ballet, Giselle, to Aotearoa. Rojo is… Audio
Tamara Rojo - Giselle reimagined
Spanish ballet dancer Tamara Rojo is artistic director and a principal dancer at the English National Ballet which is bringing a new production of the classical ballet, Giselle, to Aotearoa. Rojo is… Audio
Pacific LGBTQI dance show pushes cultural boundaries
A Pacific LGBTQI dance collective in New Zealand pushes cultural boundaries with a new show in the Auckland Pride Festival. Audio
Te Auaha – Creativity in Wellington
The brand spanking new Te Auaha New Zealand Institute of Creativity in Wellington is all on track to open. Audio
Dancing in the dark: How you can (really) dance like nobody's watching
On a Monday night in Auckland people are letting rip on the dance floor without worrying about how they look or what anyone thinks of their dance moves. Audio
New scholarship to study link of dance and dementia
A new Scholarship to research dance and dementia has been established. The Lady Rosemary Buchanan Dance Scholarship is named after the high-profile Kiwi Expat and will encourage and support a PhD… Audio
The meaning of Atamira
The deaths of two people close to members of Atamira Dance Company felt like a sign to choreographer Kelly Nash. So Kelly did her research which revealed the word 'Atamira' is historically associated… Audio, Gallery
Michael Keegan-Dolan - Reinventing Swan Lake
It's Swan Lake - but not as you know it. Irish director Michael Keegan-Dolan has taken a fresh look at the storyline, swapped Tchaikovsky's original score for Irish folk music, added a dash of Nordic… Audio
Ballet being taught in prisons to reduce population
A joint venture between Corrections and the Royal New Zealand Ballet is bringing dance into Arohata Women's Prison for the first time. Video, Audio
Le Moana at the Measina Festival
The fourth Measina Festival includes Le Moana's Watercress Tuna & the Children of Champion Street a multi-media show based on a children's story by Patricia Grace, and a series of dances based on the… Audio
Parmenter returns with large scale dance opera
Acclaimed New Zealand choreographer Michael Parmenter is bringing the myth of Greek hero Orpheus alive with the New Zealand Dance Company. OrphEus explores the relationship between music and movement… Audio
Goose Bumps
Ahead of Michael Keegan-Dolan's work Swan Lake/Loch na h-eala at this years NZ Festival, Nights' dance doyen Chris Jannides takes a look at the ballet Swan Lake - its history and its many… Audio
The Shells We Wear
Salvador Dali is the inspiration behind the new dance-theatre work, Lobsters, opening at Wellington's Circa Theatre this week. Director Miranda Manasiadis and musician and composer Lucien Johnson are… Audio
A step in a different direction
Choreographer Sarah Foster-Sproull is just a few months into the 2017 Creative New Zealand Choreographic fellowship which allows her to delve deeper into dance practices. One area she’s exploring is… Audio
Fashion’s inclusive new mood
Fashion is often a signal of a change in the air, reflecting societal norms and values. On RNZ podcast My Heels Are Killing Me Sonia Sly meets designer Jason Lingard who says being gay and growing up… Audio