CLUB NIGHT

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DJs

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LGBTQIA+

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PERFORMANCES

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CLUB NIGHT 〰️ DJs 〰️ LGBTQIA+ 〰️ PERFORMANCES 〰️

Tempo Dance Festival presents

BODIES: a club night

Co-curated by Prowl Productions + Tempo Dance Festival

Time to amalgamate, time to stand out. Time to let go. Time to transform. Time to rebel. Time to find out what is strolling under our skin. Time to dance it all out — ’cos tomorrow ain’t gonna build itself.

A party and a provocation, for your brain and your behind.

Featuring performances from Prowl Productions, The House of Coven-Aucoin, Kerith Manderson-Galvin, Projekt Team, Wiseman Zekaria Mataiti, DJ Brenda, DJ AMERO, DJ Happyfeet, Kuini and more, get ready to sweat the night away.

Scroll down for more information about these incredible artists.

Check back for a detailed schedule closer to the day.

VENUE

Cassette Nine, 9 Vulcan Lane

DATES & TIMES

Fri 16 Oct

9.30pm – late

PRICES & TICKET INFO

$19–$25+
Booking fees apply

ACCESSIBILITY

Promenade | Sensory Adaptive Performance | Relaxed Performance

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CONTENT WARNINGS

R18. See Below

Photo: Jayla Patching

prowl

productions

PROWL Productions is an Aotearoa-based creative company rooted in street dance, performance and community. We’ve co-curated BODIES for all folk who are creatures of the night, those who like to dance, sweat, express and chase a euphoric club experience. Nightlife is a space to move, experiment, find your people and platform artists who deserve more room to take up space. Check your body at the door.

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DJ HAPPY FEET

John “Happyfeet” Vaifale is a New Zealand-born Samoan (Solosolo and Lalo Vaea) Hip Hop and street dance artist, celebrated for his versatility and creativity. With over 15 years of experience battling, performing, and producing at the highest level in Aotearoa, John has established himself as a leading figure in the local dance scene.

A long-time member of the street dance collective Projekt Team, he also leads Loose Change and House of Bounce, two platforms that nurture and support New Zealand’s Hip Hop dance community.

Instagram (Happyfeet)
Instagram (Projekt Team)

And don’t miss Off Axis at Q Theatre

the House of

Coven-Aucoin

The Legendary Trailblazing Illustrious and Supreme House of Coven-Aucoin is Aotearoa’s first official ballroom house and a powerhouse performance art collective that has shaped the scene for over a decade. From legendary Kiki balls to groundbreaking stage works and community workshops, Coven-Aucoin continues to elevate the culture.

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DJ BRENDA

DJ Brenda is the producer/DJ alias of multi disciplinary artist Asher McCarten, better known as TAKATAPUNANI.

Bumping throwbacks and diabolical ID’s, her set’s weave sounds that are distinct to nightlife in Tāmaki Makaurau.

Be prepared to sweat.

Instagram | As Takatapunani

DJ AMERO

AMERO is an energetic rising Aotearoa DJ blending her multicultural roots into genre-fluid sets, moving seamlessly across any sound. From Bass music and Afro House to DnB and other EDM styles, she brings versatility and energy to every set. With three years behind the decks and performing across Tāmaki Makaurau, AMERO brings a love for the dancefloor wherever she plays.

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Escarlata

Dance Collective

Escarlata Dance Collective is a vibrant wāhine-led dance community bringing together women from diverse cultural backgrounds and dance experiences. Rooted in Latin American culture and movement, Escarlata celebrates femininity, individuality, culture, and connection through dance, creating a space where different identities, styles, and stories come together.

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Kerith

Manderson-Galvin

Naarm-based Kerith Manderson-Galvin is a queer femme performance maker who creates unconventional works of theatre, live art and durational performance art.

Their work is often concerned with queer femininity and making radically soft performance that plays with time, reality and feelings. The performances imagine a queer feminine performance aesthetic – they can be gentle, fragile, wild, emotional and imposing.

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Wiseman

Zekaria Mataiti

Wiseman Zekaria Mataiti is a queer Pasifika choreographic and movement artist from Tāmaki Makaurau, working across contemporary dance, Ballroom Vogue Femme, and Street / All-styles battle culture. His practice is interwoven in Pasifika heritage, queer embodiment, and engages in experimental movement practices. He works across choreography, directing, and producing within festival, theatre, and community contexts.

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matua myke

Mikal Davis Hoeft, aka Matua Myke, is a Māori/Cook Islands street dancer from Tāmaki Makaurau, of Ngāpuhi iwi, representing Projekt Team and Krump fam Hyperush Empire. He is the founder of HD Vision, and is known for his versatility across choreography, freestyle and battle.

Whether battling, training, hosting jams or creating, Matua Myke continues to represent Aotearoa and contribute to the growth of Hip Hop culture.

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KUINI .

From The Rock of Niue, representing the villages of Alofi and Avatele… It is the one and only Kuini.

Kuini is the proud daughter of ballroom’s baddest on the Mic, founding mother of Kiki House, Fale O Lepou-Khan, Kaisindra Lepou-Khan, and the 2026 whacking champion at Prowl Productions Prowl Fest Battle Night. Their journey has now found them in Tāmaki’s battle scene, with a strong intention to represent Fakafifine Niue, Tagata Niue and Mana Moana proudly!!!

a$ap

Keith Apelu Fata, aka A$AP and Rugged Street Beast, is a Samoan Krump artist, battler, performer and community builder from South Auckland, with roots in Saleimoa, Levi and Afega, Samoa. Founder of DAWGWLKRZ, A$AP is also a dancer with street dance collective Projekt Team and has recently earned his name within the international Krump fam, Beastcamp.

A powerhouse on the battle floor, A$AP is a first NZOS Krump Champion, Beatdown ANZAC Cup Champion, Krump Wars NZ Qualifier Champion, Bollywood Champion and, most recently, the 2026 Beatdown Heavy Hitterz Champion.

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