Dance fans at both ends of Hawke's Bay will get to see the Royal New Zealand Ballet's Tutus on Tour next month, with performances in Wairoa and Dannevirke along with Napier and Hastings.
The company splits into two to tour the country for the 47 performances which caps off its 60th anniversary, the biennial mixed bill featuring excerpts from five audience favourites and one new work.
"If any ballet programme could define the phrase something for everyone, this show just might get as close as one can get," says RNZB artistic director Ethan Stiefel.
The programme includes excerpts from Flower Festival at Genzano, FrENZy, Through to You by New Zealand choreographer Andrew Simmons, Little Improvisations, and the crowd pleasing pas de deux from Don Quixote. The RNZB will also premiere a new version of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, choreographed by RNZB dancers-turned-choreographers Brendan Bradshaw and Catherine Eddy, and narrated by New Zealand comedian and TV personality Te Radar.
RNZB managing director Amanda Skoog says the RNZB is the only dance company in the world that puts on performances for people in smaller towns.
