Pacific Dance New Zealand presents
PACIFIC DANCE FESTIVAL
‘Ua vela le fala’ (Samoan translation: ‘the mat is hot’)

The stage is set for 2023 Pacific Dance Festival

After three years of absence from Auckland’s theatre scene, the annual Pacific Dance Festival will finally return to our stages from 1 – 16 June. The 2023 festival programme represents the international partnerships which celebrate the diversity and richness that the Pacific brings to the dance and arts landscape of Aotearoa.
 
Filled with aroha/alofa/‘ofa (love) the team at Pacific Dance New Zealand have curated a programme of full length works, workshops, seminars, screenings, fashion shows, matinees and the much anticipated Moana Showcase that will be include the Annual Choreographic Lab showing of emerging Aotearoa based Pacific choreographers. International, local, emerging, established, contemporary and heritage artists from across Moana Nui a Kiwa bring to the mat their stories, their worlds, and their mana to suit and enrich the journeys of our diverse audiences. 

WHEN: 1 – 16 June 2023
WHERE: Q Theatre, ASB Waterfront Theatre, Auckland Arts Gallery and the Auckland War Memorial Museum to name a few
TICKETS: Find out what’s on offer and where to get tickets at https://www.pacificdance.co.nz/