The pressure is on for Atamira Dance Collective's two rising stars whose first choreographic works for the company form the heart of Hou, a dance performance and Maori arts symposium in Henderson this weekend.

The carny folk have come to Wellington, all sweat, glitter and sawdust.

About 5200 naked people have embraced each other on the steps of Sydney's iconic Opera House for a photo shoot by Spencer Tunick.

New Zealanders are guaranteed a special buzz at the latest MetOpera presentation, opening next week.

Expat artist Felix Kelly is little known in his homeland but his colourful life story reads like a movie.

A 6am powhiri for two hundred international artists kicked off the 2010 New Zealand International Arts Festival on Wellington's waterfront this morning.

Fresh Gallery - Pelenato Liufau, to Mar 13; Otara Town Centre.

Former festival junkie Mark Amery re-emerges as a critic and commentator for the NZ International Arts Festival opening in Wellington today.

Swedish contemporary circus perform to live rock.

Movement and acrobatics performed by monks from the Shaolin Temple.

Hundreds of festival-goers slapped on sunscreen and absorbed three days of music and art by the sea at the biannual Splore festival at the weekend.

When Eugene Mursky makes his New Zealand debut on Thursday, he couldn't wish for a more theatrical launch than Prokofiev's glittering Third Concerto.

In Rotorua with Chinese Ambassador Zhang Limin, the Prime Minister took a mallet and chisel to what will be a 10m kauri waharoa, or gateway.