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![Ballet review: High five to fantastic flights of fancy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Ballet review: High five to fantastic flights of fancy
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.
![Flirtatious, modern ballet a whirlwind show](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Flirtatious, modern ballet a whirlwind show
The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Allegro line-up features a love story with a twist.
![Theatre review: Mana Wahine, Q Theatre](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Theatre review: Mana Wahine, Q Theatre
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.
![Colin Hogg: Jabbering spoils a thing of beauty](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Colin Hogg: Jabbering spoils a thing of beauty
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.
![New dance craze hits Aklnd](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
New dance craze hits Aklnd
As a professional bedroom dancer, Sophie Barclay decided to head to the hall and road test a few moves that weren't quite club-ready.
![Love story with a difference](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Love story with a difference
Dozens of dancers, music and a couple of young lovers - the ballet's come to town.
![Peter Calder: Dance breaking out of the box and on to film](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Peter Calder: Dance breaking out of the box and on to film
Anyone who thinks show business is glamorous should have been in the cavernous main auditorium of the Westpoint Performing Arts Centre on Monday morning.
![All alone in a wired world](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
All alone in a wired world
Black Sheep Productions' new dance work Apt Y Idos is an anagram for dystopia, inspired by choreographer Natalie Clark's reading of dystopian novels.
![It's a hard knock life](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
It's a hard knock life
Danielle Wright goes backstage at the Annie the Musical auditions in Auckland.
![Kiwi to take her fashion to US](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Kiwi to take her fashion to US
A Kiwi fashionista is launching her label in the United States while on a whistlestop tour with our leading ballet company.
![Toronto mayor's new antics](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Toronto mayor's new antics
Embattled Toronto mayor Rob Ford has been filmed dancing to Bob Marley's One Love in the council chambers.
![Hannah O'Neill - pirouetting to Paris](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Hannah O'Neill - pirouetting to Paris
Most Kiwis have probably not heard of Hannah O'Neill. The 20-year-old is one of the brightest young stars in the ballet world, who also happens to be a Kiwi.
![Curtain up on fun fare for children](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Curtain up on fun fare for children
Hey kids, get ready to shout 'Look behind you!' when the Christmas panto season starts, says Dionne Christian.
![Lead role at 16 points to bright future](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Lead role at 16 points to bright future
While young Yayoi Matches won't be among the thousands of students sitting NCEA exams this month, she'll be under a very real pressure of her own.
![Dancer on path to dream](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Dancer on path to dream
A young dancer who lost an arm in a car accident as a 6-year-old has overcome the odds and been accepted into a top Sydney dance school.