Schedule by day
Ctenophora Co.
When do we hold things dear, and when do we allow ourselves to let go?
A tangle of holding self, holding together, and holding nothing; folding audiences into a dreamlike vista.
Basement Theatre
Thurs 15 + Fri 16 + Sat 17 Oct | 6.30pm
45 min
Deanne Butterworth + val smith
When It Is Finished explores embodied knowledge with Narrm Melbourne-based Deanne Butterworth; while Glimmer is a choreographic meditation exploring the trajectory of transgender time from our own val smith. A double bill.
Q Theatre | Fri 16 Oct | 6.30pm | 60 min
CONJAH + collaborators
Presented by CONJAH and Auckland Live
Lineages of darkness, defiance, transformation and possibility converge in a spectral terrain. The unfleshed phenomena of dance, design and story-telling makes its highly-anticipated Tāmaki Makaurau debut.
Concert Chamber, Auckland Town Hall
Fri 16 + Sat 17 + Sun 18 Oct | 8pm | 1 hr 40 min
Alisha McLennan Marler + guests
Presented by Touch Compass
An electrifying performance, WHITE NOISE has emerged from award-winning creator/performer Alisha McLennan Marler’s lived experience of disability, as an artist, mother, and person.
Presented with a short work from Oro.
Q Theatre | Fri 16 Oct | 8pm | 70 min
bloom .
Lily-Mae Solhee Baird + Wiseman Mataiti +
Janina Smolira
Bloom celebrates choreographers whose work is in a blossoming, shifting or simmering state.
Featuring new and reimagined works that speak to being the body / beyond the body, queerness, indigeneity and who is going to give them their 10s.
Basement Theatre | Fri 16 + Sat 17 Oct
8pm | 60 min
Co-curated with Prowl Productions
A party and a provocation, for your brain and your behind.
Featuring performances from
The House of Coven-Aucoin, Prowl Productions, Kerith Manderson-Galvin, Projekt Team, DJ Brenda, DJ Happyfeet, Wiseman Zekaria Mataiti, Kuini and more, get ready to sweat the night away.
Cassette Nine | Fri 16 Oct | 9.30pm-late
TŌRUA .
Presented by Movement of the Human and Auckland Live
Acclaimed choreographer and director Malia Johnston returns with Tōrua, a captivating immersive urban dance experience.
(Re)discover the spaces around two of Auckland's newest city landmarks - Karanga-a-Hape Station and Te Waihorotiu Station.
Karanga-a-Hape: Meet @ Pitt St Methodist Church | Fri 9 Oct: 6pm; Sat 10 + Sun 11 Oct: 1pm + 6pm (50 min)
Te Waihorotiu: Meet @ Aotea Centre Box Office | Fri 16 Oct: 6pm; Sat 17 + Sun 18 Oct: 1pm + 6pm (50 min)
FREE, Bookings recommended
To Be Announced
Between shows, check out the exhibition in Q Theatre’s Lounge acknowledging our rich history of amazing dance photography.
Q Theatre | Tue 13 – Sun 18 Oct | FREE
