EntertainmentSaving the last dance for Pina BauschDirector Wim Wenders captures a celebrated avant garde dance company in the 3D doco Pina. He talks to Helen Barlow.15 Oct 01:00 AM
EntertainmentMy Big Week: Alexa WilsonA week in the life of dancer and cosmic hippie, Alexa Wilson.28 Sep 06:00 PM
EntertainmentDance Review: Te Houhi - The People and the Land are OneAtamira Dance Company's's beautifully crafted new <i>Te Houhi - The People and the Land are One</i> draws on intricately connected layers of dance, video imagery and narrated text to share poignant ancestral stories from the Ngai Tuhoe lineage. 22 Sep 07:10 PM
TravelItalian tarantula's bite gives birth to a summer beatA forgotten brand of homegrown folk music has turned Puglia into one of the most fashionable summer festival destinations in Europe.02 Sep 10:19 PM
LifestyleDance fitness: Shaking it upStrap on your dancing shoes to get fit and have fun at the same time.03 Aug 11:00 PM
EntertainmentNZ crews dominate World Hip-Hop dance champsNew Zealand has won two silver and three gold medals at the World Hip Hop Dance Championship in Las Vegas.01 Aug 10:30 PM
Opinion<i>Gill South</i>: Unleash your inner tiger with burlesque classesBurlesque won't make you fit but it's a good way to escape your comfort zone, discovers Gill South.03 Jul 09:30 PM
Opinion<i>Gill South</i>: Shaking things up a bitAs a form of cardio exercise it doesn't get much more fun than Zumba, writes Gill South.19 Jun 09:30 PM
LifestyleWeekend leisure: Tango dreamsA passionate dance brings out a great passion in its participants. Cate Foster puts aside her fears, feels the rhythm and signs up for tango lessons.10 Jun 05:30 PM
EntertainmentWorld champion dance crew out of cash to defend titleReQuest, the New Zealand hip hop dance crew who took on the world and won, are struggling to find the funds to defend their title.10 Jun 01:00 AM
New ZealandDancing nana the next Susan Boyle? (+ video)A Tauranga granny caught on film dancing with youthful vigour has become a YouTube sensation.31 May 10:16 PM
TravelParis: A visit to the Moulin RougeIt's still the most famous cabaret show in the world, and has been since the 1890s, but is it any good? P.K. Stowers spends a night at the Moulin Rouge.26 May 12:00 AM
LifestyleWeekend leisure: On pointe for fitnessBallet classes are popping up all over the country, and not just for children. Danielle Wright finds out what the fuss is about at dance class with Company Z founder Timothy Gordon.13 May 05:30 PM
WorldAnother meaningless celebration? Give me a breakAmericans love their 'special days', each dedicated to some section of society.26 Apr 05:30 PM
New ZealandDancer seizes glory with graceAfter winning one of international ballet's biggest awards, Pieter Symonds is being billed as New Zealand's answer to Margot Fonteyn. Bess Manson joins her for tea and biscuits in London.23 Apr 05:30 PM
New ZealandZumba originator entranced by hakaThe haka might soon be incorporated in one of the world's most well-known fitness programmes - Zumba.08 Apr 05:30 PM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: The Show Must Go OnJerome Bel's <i>The Show Must Go On</i> is not so much a dance show as a show about dance. Its conventions, constructions, its expected forms, are mostly stripped away.17 Mar 11:32 PM
EntertainmentTop NZ dance crew make American prime timeAuckland's ReQuest Dance Crew, the current Hip Hop dance world champions, have made the finals of <i>America's Best Dance Crew</i> - the dancing equivalent of <i>American Idol</i>.17 Mar 08:30 PM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: RaptWhen Douglas Wright sets his stage with a big grey wall, it's a wall with an enigmatic, palpable life of its own. 16 Mar 11:08 PM
TravelDon't miss: Noumea CarnivalCarnaval de Noumea - the Noumea Carnival - is a major festival held in the New Caledonian capital every April.14 Mar 04:00 PM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: May BMaguy Marin's landmark work, celebrating 30 feted years of continuous performance, begins with the sculptured forms of its ten dancers, posed in dusty alabaster-like desertion.09 Mar 10:41 PM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: Beautiful MeThe stage is dark with just the faint gleam of drum kit, sita, cello, violin and four seated musicians.07 Mar 10:12 PM
Entertainment<i>Deborah Hill Cone:</i> Bitching as an olympic sportThink Fame plus Benny Hill and you get the gist of hit reality show Pineapple Dance Studios, writes Deborah Hill Cone.07 Mar 04:30 PM
