Latest fromDance

Modern dance goes down to earth
Festival-goers will be treated to the work of a pioneer of modern movement, writes Bernadette Rae.

Raising barre for dance-led fitness
Corazon Miller found Barrefigure testing despite her dance background.

Alternative fitness: Zouk Lambada
A number of classes have cropped up around the country catering to aspiring dancers with classes such as ballet for adults, ballroom, contemporary, hip hop and Latin styles.

Lose weight, keep fit, shake your booty
Lose weight, shake your booty ... welcome to the gyrating world of burlesquercise.

Author laments death of dancing
British author Roger Scruton has used his latest work to offer a withering critique of much of modern dancing.

TimeOut's entertainer of the year is ...
Parris Goebel is TimeOut's entertainer of the year. After helping create this week's cover, she sat down to talk 2015 and beyond with Lydia Jenkin.

Dancers win career lift
A young dancer's journey towards becoming a professional ballerina is a step closer after she was awarded the country's most prestigious ballet scholarship.

Show Me Shorts festival winners announced
The winners at the annual local short film derby has been named with the best film now eligible to be considered for the Academy Awards.

Dance like the world is watching
It's fun, it's social and it gets you fit. Nicky Pellegrino quick-steps through Auckland's large and exciting dance scene.

Dance review: Mitimiti, Tempo Dance Festival
Mitimiti has its beginnings in choreographer Jack Gray's personal journey in search of a closer connection with his Te Rarawa heritage and marae in the Hokianga.

Twelve Questions: Perri Exeter
Perri Exeter is a choreographer and dance teacher at Rutherford College where her students got the best scholarship results in New Zealand.

Sass and tease on show at festival
From high-school teacher to a professional in the art of burlesque dancing - Natalie Hugill, left, has done it all.

Shakespeare's classic comedy spellbinding
If you are going to do fairies there can be no holding back, so wunderkind English choreographer Liam Scarlett unashamedly mixes.

Twelve Questions: Duncan Armstrong
Duncan Armstrong is a professional dancer for the Touch Compass dance company. The 26-year-old Wellingtonian talks to Jennifer Dann.

Lord of dance shows kids a few moves
Dance, dance, wherever you may be - at least that's what the cast of Lord of the Dance were doing yesterday.

Solange's 'dream job' was dancing with Destiny's Child
Solange Knowles wants to be a Destiny's Child backing dancer again.

Kiwi dancers wow at NOW
This second season of NOW - New Original Works - truly reflects its name, with four confidently emerging new choreographers, expressing some very original concepts, beautifully performed by the talented and extremely hard-working team of five dancers.

Why Simon Barnett nearly quit DWTS
The radio host praised for his fit "dad-bod" says he nearly faked a sickie.

What's on this weekend
No need for shivering at home in the mid-winter blast, you can find some seasonal sparkle in our top five list this weekend.

Twelve Questions: Taiaroa Royal
Taiaroa Royal's Okareka Dance Company has been selected to perform its popular show K'Rd Strip, a mixture of dance, kapa haka and drag, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

The reel thing: Michael Flatley takes it to the limit
As his good friend David Beckham told him, Michael Flatley knows that it's best to quit while he is ahead.

What's on this weekend
Rain is predicted, so we can legitimately head indoors for some winter treats.