Dance
Two stunning new contemporary works - Douglas Wright's
rapt, and Maguy Marin's May B - headlined the
strongest and most exciting dance programme in the history of
Auckland Arts Festival in 2011. The 2011 Festival celebrated
one of the world's most influential dance nations with a showcase
of five outstanding contemporary French works, under the banner
FranceDanse. This showcase of French contemporary dance made
up the Festival's entire 2011 international dance programme and was
presented in partnership with Culturesfrance.
We look forward to sharing the 2013 Festival programme
with you. Look out for the release of this!
PHOTOGRAPH: Douglas Wright Dance,
rapt. John Savage
Douglas Wright Dance: rapt
A special Festival commission, rapt is Douglas Wright’s 11th full-length work featuring some of New Zealand's finest international dancers... more info The Show Must Go On
French choreographer Jerome Bel’s signature piece, The Show Must Go On, comes to New Zealand for the first time... more info Who Are You?
A new dance piece directed by Neil Ieremia, Who Are You? features a company of exciting new performers - UrbanYOUTHMovement... more info Sound of the Ocean
Music. A sensational mix of martial arts, live drumming and tai-chi, Sound of the Ocean is a spectacular international masterpiece… more info Gregory Maqoma: Beautiful Me
South African dancer and choreographer Gregory Maqoma performs a mesmerizing solo piece, blending Michael Jackson’s moonwalk, Indian kathak and Afro-fusion… more info Loin... (Far...)
An intense, poetic, piece of dance-theatre that explores the misshaping effects of foreign invasion and colonisation on individuals, families and society...
more info May B
A choreographic masterpiece based on Samuel Beckett characters, Maguy Marin’s May B (1981) continues to excite and surprise audiences worldwide… more info Salves
We regret to announce that due to complications with freight and transport Salves has been cancelled. more info