Friday night at Tempo Dance Festival 2013 was all about Footnote's final offering in its Made in New Zealand series. And what a way to go.

US media question the presence of Destiny Church at a "coveted" time in a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.

Is there a swimsuit section in Mr Gay World? Isn't a beauty pageant for gay men a bit retro hetero?

You could just be mesmerised by the sheer physical beauty of the Royal New Zealand Ballet's Swan Lake. It is the stunning production's fourth season, its best ever and a perfect celebration of the company's 60th anniversary year.

If this show doesn't put a smile on your face you probably need to see a doctor.

Kiwi fans have the opportunity to re-live the thrill of a Michael Jackson show as Cirque du Soleil bring their arena spectacular Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour to Auckland. Lydia Jenkin went to Japan to check out the production.

Driven by the relentless rhythm of their eight-strong Live-Band, Ballet Revolucion's troupe of 20 young Cuban dancers explode on to the stage with the ferocious force of a Caribbean tsunami.

Young dancer Ava McKenzie was almost speechless when she found out she will be heading to Disneyland to perform in the Main St Parade.

Dance is alive and well in Auckland's high schools, judging by the creativity, commitment and polished performance given to the 41 dances presented by teenagers.

A leading choreographer who has been acknowledged in the Queen's Birthday Honours list is one of three generations in her family to receive the nod.

When Ursula Robb, New Zealand dancer turned global star, takes the stage in her stunning solo Faune the everyday world stops.

Following the excellent French documentary La Danse and New Zealand's reality series about our national ballet company, Bess Kargman's expose of the Youth America Grand Prix dance competition is riveting.

Over the next few months children, from tots to teens, can immerse themselves in music, comedy and drama as they like it: loud and boisterous, writes Dionne Christian.

King Kong thunders into Melbourne this June. Rachel Grunwell meets the lead.

Dance music stars Swedish House Mafia have officially disbanded after playing their final show at Florida's Ultra Music Festival on Sunday.

Choreographers Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet take the biblical story of the Tower of Babel with its smiting of the human race into painful divisions of nationality and language.

Stage star Sutton Foster has gone from a cameo on Flight of the Conchords to a lead role on Bunheads.

Around 100,000 people are expected at Western Springs Lakeside Park in Auckland today for the annual Pasifika festival.

Cantina opens with a velvety voiced crooner promising to "shoot the moon right out of the sky" and honours that with an exhilarating acrobatics display set in the seductive ambience of a 1920s speak-easy.