When Ōtautahi Christchurch’s new central city library Tūranga opens Friday 12 October, it will also see the opening of a new Christchurch City Council gallery and a collaborative artwork by Michel Tuffery and local secondary school students.  Tuffery and his team will work from 16th to 18th October, drawing onto Tūranga library’s... Keep Reading

The Māoriland short film initiative NATIVE Slam III has been selected for the ImagineNATIVE film festival in Toronto. More than 4000 films were submitted to the festival this year and Māoriland has five films in the programme. NATIVE Slam is a 72-hour international indigenous collaboration challenge held in the week prior to the Māoriland... Keep Reading

DANZ’s Chief Executive Anton Carter’s three-year fixed term contract is coming to an end in early October.  The DANZ Board thanks Anton for his work during this time and wishes him all the best for his future endeavours. Keep Reading

The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) is pleased to announce the medallists of the prestigious Genée International Ballet Competition 2018, held at Hong Kong City Hall on 12 August Keep Reading

DANZ welcomes some new members to the team. Keep Reading

Jacqui refers to her work is a response to place, a visceral reaction to events and activities around me. Nature, the human condition, music, industrialisation and digitisation are all central themes and an entrance to my work. Long Echo is a meditation on altered nature where social and ecological systems clash. I’ve loosely referenced... Keep Reading

DANZ has announced Auckland based dancer Emma Cosgrave as the 2018 delegate for the Ausdance NSW Launchpad Dance Intensive.  With support from DANZ, the recent University of Auckland Dance Studies graduate will be heading to Sydney to partake in the dance intensive which takes place over five days from June 25. Keep Reading

Eternity Opera announce the cast for production of Orfeo in August After having critically acclaimed productions in 2016 with Don Giovanni and in 2017 with The Marriage of Figaro, Eternity Opera Company returns with two productions for 2018. A concert performance of Monteverdi’s 1607 opera Orfeo in August and a fully staged production o... Keep Reading

Artists and performers have been selected to take part in the first New Zealand iteration of Magnetic North’s multi-artform creative lab, Rough Mix, this May/June. Keep Reading

Twelve New Zealand Films to showcase in the 9th New Zealand Film Festival in China Twelve New Zealand films will screen at the 2018 New Zealand Film Festival in China being held in Beijing, Ordos and Chengdu, and should be seen by up to 10,000 people in 48 screenings in China over the next four weeks. The twelve films, including eight featur... Keep Reading

Dance Aotearoa New Zealand and Wellington International Dance Day organisers (YouthDance Education Trust) have partnered to bring a programme of short dance films to NZ Dance Week and International Dance Day celebrations. Keep Reading

A Canadian writer and Professor of Criminology at the University of Ottawa, Sylvie Frigon, is one of the guests taking part in an interactive creative writing workshop at Rimutaka Prison in Upper Hutt on 8 March. Keep Reading

A state-of-the-art creative campus is set to open in Wellington, offering a world-first Bachelor of Creativity, arming students with the skills they need for the jobs of the future. Keep Reading

Wellington harbour is the setting for the opening of the 2018 New Zealand Festival, with a fleet of waka sailing into the harbour at dusk on Friday 23 February. Te Aturangi Nepia-Clamp, a member of Arts Access Aotearoa’s board, managed the building of four of the waka hourua taking part in the event. Keep Reading

DANZ welcomes is delight to welcome intern Ufitia Sagapolutele. DANZ is a host organisation for the Pasifika internship programme, an initiative funded by Creative New Zealand and administered by the Tautai Trust. Keep Reading