Irish dancing teaches more than just dance steps, as Danielle Wright finds out.

Danielle Wright meets the star of the Royal New Zealand Ballet's season of Angelina Ballerina's Big Audition and finds out why she encourages children to talk through her shows.

Prestigious choreographer Larry Keigwin heads Downunder to create a ballet.

The new artistic director of New Zealand’s premier ballet company, Ethan Stiefel, tells Rebecca Barry Hill what brought him from New York to guide our stagecraft.

The popular TV show which goes behind the scenes of the Royal New Zealand Ballet returns for a second season, with a Spanish import in a leading role. Scott Kara reports.

Dionne Christian explores the Eastern side of Auckland's culture

Bulgarian-born New Zealand writer Kapka Kassabova tells Stephen Jewell how she fell in love with the tango and why she finds it humanising.

No, it's not the return of the much-loved and much-watched New Zealand show with Jase the Ace and various celebrities, sports stars and politicians being put through their rumba and foxtrot paces. It's the American version of Dancing With the Stars.

We've rounded up some of the best events happening all over the country this long weekend.

A week in the life of actor, dancer and musician - Yaw Boateng.

Director Wim Wenders captures a celebrated avant garde dance company in the 3D doco Pina. He talks to Helen Barlow.

A week in the life of dancer and cosmic hippie, Alexa Wilson.

Atamira Dance Company's's beautifully crafted new Te Houhi - The People and the Land are One draws on intricately connected layers of dance, video imagery and narrated text to share poignant ancestral stories from the Ngai Tuhoe lineage.

A forgotten brand of homegrown folk music has turned Puglia into one of the most fashionable summer festival destinations in Europe.

Strap on your dancing shoes to get fit and have fun at the same time.

New Zealand has won two silver and three gold medals at the World Hip Hop Dance Championship in Las Vegas.

Burlesque won't make you fit but it's a good way to escape your comfort zone, discovers Gill South.

As a form of cardio exercise it doesn't get much more fun than Zumba, writes Gill South.

A passionate dance brings out a great passion in its participants. Cate Foster puts aside her fears, feels the rhythm and signs up for tango lessons.

ReQuest, the New Zealand hip hop dance crew who took on the world and won, are struggling to find the funds to defend their title.

A Tauranga granny caught on film dancing with youthful vigour has become a YouTube sensation.