It should have been one of the biggest days of Francesco Ventriglia and Gianluca Falaschi's respective careers.

A dance group has proved there's enough space to swing on a Ryanair flight by performing an "improvised shim sham" at 35,000 ft.

Kiwi ballerina Hannah O'Neill has been named dancer of the year at the prestigious Benois de la Danse competition, often described as the Oscars of dance.

The inspiration that got one Auckland teen aiming for the stage was Dorothy, the green and yellow spotted dancing dinosaur on The Wiggles.

Ballet dancer Lilly Maskery wins place in prestigious ballet competition in New York.

Kiwi dancer Lance Savali is "living the dream" as he tours the world as a back-up dancer for pop queen Rihanna.

Hot-stepping dance sensation Parris Goebel said young Kiwis should back themselves to make it on to the worldwide stage.

Taking dance to provinces and to the young is company focus.

Auckland Arts Festival is providing a trifecta opportunity for Wellington composer Gareth Farr.

Festival-goers will be treated to the work of a pioneer of modern movement, writes Bernadette Rae.

Corazon Miller found Barrefigure testing despite her dance background.

A number of classes have cropped up around the country catering to aspiring dancers with classes such as ballet for adults, ballroom, contemporary, hip hop and Latin styles.

Lose weight, shake your booty ... welcome to the gyrating world of burlesquercise.

British author Roger Scruton has used his latest work to offer a withering critique of much of modern dancing.

Parris Goebel is TimeOut's entertainer of the year. After helping create this week's cover, she sat down to talk 2015 and beyond with Lydia Jenkin.

Sore and blistered feet from hours of working to perfect a dance move might tip an ordinary person over the edge.

Black Grace founder and director Neil Ieremia has created a new work from sections of what has gone before.

It's fun, it's social and it gets you fit. Nicky Pellegrino quick-steps through Auckland's large and exciting dance scene.

Mitimiti has its beginnings in choreographer Jack Gray's personal journey in search of a closer connection with his Te Rarawa heritage and marae in the Hokianga.

Perri Exeter is a choreographer and dance teacher at Rutherford College where her students got the best scholarship results in New Zealand.

From high-school teacher to a professional in the art of burlesque dancing - Natalie Hugill, left, has done it all.

If you are going to do fairies there can be no holding back, so wunderkind English choreographer Liam Scarlett unashamedly mixes.