The high school teacher producing the country's top dance scholars says the secret is treating the teenagers like "mini-professionals".

Katy Perry's widely mocked Left Shark nailed his brief, according to a Super Bowl choreographer.

Northern Ballet's noted production of Charles Dickens' famous tale has all the charm of a very traditional Christmas card.

Northern Ballet's noted production of Charles Dickens' famous tale of curmudgeonly greed, grim reflection and a joyous redemption in Act III has all the charm of a very traditional Christmas card.

Rushes from the multi-million-dollar Kiwi feelgood flick Born to Dance have been sent to the American film market this week to whet the appetite of would-be-buyers.

Sydney Dance Company's seminal and celebrated work begins with a simple representation of its title. A couple sit to one side (2), a solitary figure stands to the other (One) and the rest of the company (the Others) take centre stage.

Two richly developed productions from the closing weekend of Tempo 2014 leave memorable images behind them.

There is no complacent sitting back comfortably to watch Alexa Wilson's explosive and challenging choreography The Status of Being, made on the company's very new quintet of five impressive young dancers.

In the FRESH showcase at Tempo Dance Festival 2014, the communication of ideas through the dancing body is still the primary focus of this new generation of dance artists, but the ways in which that body dances are divergent.

Prime programme of 2014 with a distinct flavour.

Theirs is an unlikely story: a bunch of senior citizens from Waiheke — ranging in age from 65 to 95 — who formed a hip-hop dance crew then went to the world champs in Vegas. They talk to Alan Perrott about moonwalking, twerking and feeling alive again.

More than 500 dancers descended on Auckland's North Shore for the inaugural DanceBrandz Nationals competition yesterday.

The opening work in this most mesmerising of programmes begins with a filmed section projected on to a large wooden cube which contains and catapults the dancers into action.

Johan Kobborg's Les Lutins, still in classical mode, cavorts and struts its sweetly saucy stuff to the live virtuoso violin of Benjamin Baker and Michael Pansters on piano.

The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Allegro line-up features a love story with a twist.

Okareka Dance Company has hit the jackpot with this exploration of the strength, the spirit, the wiles and the primal beauty of women, specifically Maori women.

Some television shows spoil their chances for love by talking too much, filling every possible space with words, pre-empting everything anyone says, writes Colin Hogg.