A young Kiwi will fulfil a dream today when she dances lead ballerina in Swan Lake, performed by the Paris Opera Ballet.

The world's art lovers voted with their feet to make an 86-year-old Japanese woman the most popular artist of last year.

On Friday, Janine Jansen is guest soloist with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra for its first Town Hall concert of the year, playing Tchaikovsky.

A tormented shriek, a sudden drop into darkness and a tall figure in robes emerges from the shadows, ranting.

Entertaining a discerning audience of 2- to 4-year-olds is a never-ending challenge for British theatre artist Andy Manley.

This simply staged one-man show makes for an easy, funny and extraordinarily entertaining night out.

More than 50 years ago an artist from Auckland changed his name to Billy Apple and became a living brand. On the eve of a major retrospective of his life’s work, he talked to Greg Dixon about his past, his present and his future.

The It company from New York City boasts 14 of the best dancers that the money of its founder and funder Wal-Mart heiress, Nancy Laurie, can buy and what those 14 fabulously honed and interestingly diverse beings can do is certainly superb.