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.

After six years off, acclaimed NZ dancer returns to her passion, writes Sarah Lang.

Following an exceptional launch season in 2012, The New Zealand Dance Company (NZDC) is thrilled to announce their six centre North Island tour of Language of Living this May/June. The company makes a one-night-only return to Auckland’s Aotea Centre before hitting the road to premiere the show in Wellington, Hawke’s Bay, Whangarei, Orewa and Warkworth.

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.

The Chinese lion dance has become a well-known representation of Chinese culture, despite the fact that China has no lions. It's believed to chase away evil and bring good fortune.

South Korea's Psy will perform his famous Gangnam Style dance at an event organised by Malaysia's ruling coalition, an official says as the bloc tries to attract young voters ahead of polls.

Nicole Kidman has defended her recent TV lap dance, explaining the saucy spectacle was totally "impromptu".

An informal street dance style that was born when the American GI's introduced Paris to the jitterbug in World War II.