It’s one of the most iconic sights of the performing arts, an elegant lady in a graceful red dress that flutters and flows like fiery liquid. The twirling, the whirling, the blurring of red ruffles, hands that clap and heels that snap like the cracks of whips.
Not everyone can do it (well), but everyone probably does it at some point; for there may not be a more joyous activity than moving to the beat of meaningful music—even if it’s in the privacy of your own home, alone. But why, exactly, do we dance?
Choreographers from three continents share New Zealand stages this winter in Bold Moves - a magnificent mixed bill of daring works by the Royal New Zealand Ballet. Definitive danceworks from three different decades, each piece offers a rare glimpse into bold and boundary-defying choreographers who captured the zeitgeist through dance.
Acclaimed NZ choreographer Sarah Foster-Sproull is back in the limelight this winter with her incredible dance piece, ORCHIDS. This exploration of the female psyche is loaded with such power and beauty that it moved audiences to tears during its 2017 premiere at Tempo Dance Festival.
LEECHES follows nine award-winning and internationally acclaimed dancers and their experiences living the modern experience of being Kiwi and Pasifika; their turmoils and triumphs of living in a Euro-centric country.
