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Footnote open morning class - weekly schedule ⬇

Join us for company class each morning at our Cuba St studio. Classes are koha entry and all are welcome. This pinned post will be updated with the upcoming week's schedule, please check the schedule before attending as classes are subject to change and do not run when the company are on tour.

📅WEEK OF 20 JULY
Monday: 9.20am - 10.30am with Aylin
Tuesday: 9.30-10.30am with Anna
Wednesday: 9.30-10.30am with Ellie
Thursday: 12-1pm with Anita
Friday: TBC

📍Level 1, 80 Cuba St, Wellington
📍Entry via 60 Dixon, please note the studio is only accessible via stairs

Photo: Tiana Kraft-Soffe taken in Footnote New Zealand Dance by @footnotenzdance

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6 months ago

Introducing our next full length work, Big Low Dream by Jessie McCall ☁

Big Low Dream is a new contemporary dance work about what we reach for, together, in the dark. Choreographer Jessie McCall looks to dream logic - unruly, queer, ethically imaginative, as a way to hold onto meaning in a time of overlapping crises. Paradises slip their frames. Unexpected pleasures co-inhabit with the unthinkable. Spectacle flirts with collapse.

Ominous and funny, intimate and sweeping, Big Low Dream is a rehearsal of possible futures — tender, desperate, and rising.

📍Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington | Hannah Playhouse | 10 - 12 September
📍Ōtautahi Christchurch| Papa Hou | 19 September
📍Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland | Q Theatre | 25 - 26 September

Tickets on sale now through the link in bio.

Auckland season presented as part of Tempo Dance Festival 2026. For the full programme visit: www.tempodancefestival.co.nz

Photos: Chloe Hill by @footnotenzdance

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Last month we said farewell to two very special people who have both left their own mark on Footnote, company dancers Cecilia Wilcox and Levi Siaosi.

From the moment she joined Footnote, Cecilia brought a thoughtful intelligence and sensitivity to the work, embodying choreography with both clarity and humanity.

Levi's meaningful commitment and generosity have been felt both on and off the stage, leaving an impact on our art and our community.

Thank you Levi and Cecilia for trusting Footnote to be part of your artistic journey. We are excited to see where your next chapter takes you.

Works featured:
Dry Spell by Rose Philpott
The Impossible Has Already Happened by Claire O'Neil & Jennifer Mascal
Advance to Go by Holly Newsome
Prima Forma by Cecilia Wilcox
Thin Paper, Autonomous Synapses, Nomads, Tokyo(ing) by Kota Yamazaki
Modern God by Jeremy Beck

Music by Emi Pogoni, from Premonition by Forest Kapo. by @footnotenzdance

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11 days ago

AUDITION NOTICE

Footnote New Zealand Dance is seeking contemporary dance artists for a range of upcoming opportunities commencing in 2027.

Footnote commissions, creates and tours contemporary dance works that engage deeply with artists, audiences and communities. We are looking to connect with dancers who are curious, collaborative, versatile and committed to contemporary performance practice.

We are seeking artists for a variety of engagements, including:
-Permanent full-time company positions
-Project-based contracts

While we will prioritise dancers who have lived or trained in Aotearoa New Zealand, we welcome applications from all artists who are eligible to live and work in New Zealand.

For more information visit our website through the link in bio.

Works featured:
Thin Paper, Autonomous Synapses, Nomads, Tokyo(ing) by Kota Yamazaki
Modern God by Jeremy Beck
Advance to Go by Holly Newsome
Dry Spell by Rose Philpott
Mass Solitude by Sarah Foster-Sproull
Prima Forma by Cecilia Wilcox
A Snail Watches Dust Particles In Sunlight by James O'Hara and Eliza Sanders
Dance, Danced, Dancing by Josie Archer and Kosta Bogoievski
Decant by Footnote and Friends

Music by Hominid by @footnotenzdance

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17 days ago

Today is the last day to register a team for the Dance on Screen Film Competition!

Participants will receive the creative prompts on the first day of the Pōneke Festival of Contemporary Dance - Monday 29th June. They will have the week of the festival to create their film, which will be screened at the festival’s closing night and awards ceremony on Saturday 4 July at The Hannah Playhouse, Wellington.

More info about the competition rules, to enter, and to buy tickets to the screening, head over to www.footnote.org.nz/dance-on-screen by @footnotenzdance

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🔥 The After Party 🔥

Close the 2026 festival on the dancefloor with Hannah Tasker-Poland and HOMINID. This is one party you won't want to miss.

9pm sharp: doors open and Hannah's performance begins - latecomers will miss all the fun 👀 Arrive early and enjoy a drink at the Halfway Up Bar 🥂

Tickets only $15, available now online and at the door
www.footnote.org.nz/performance-programme-pneke-festival by @footnotenzdance

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AWAKENING THE TANIWHA, HONOURING THE RECLAMATION.

MATA MATA by Harrison Cook
Thurs 2nd July | 6.30pm
Hannah Playhouse
www.eventfinda.co.nz/2026/mata-mata-poneke-festival-of-contemporary-dance/wellington

Photos: Logan Ringshaw/ Kilter Vision taken in Hannah Playhouse by @footnotenzdance

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The Pōneke Festival of Contemporary Dance celebrates contemporary dance in the capital.

For one week this July, we’re bringing together the freshest artists from across Aotearoa and beyond to heat things up and push the boundaries. Expect performance seasons, artists in residence, free events, parties, debates, and good vibes.

The Pōneke Festival of Contemporary Dance is here to ensure a vibrant future for Pōneke's dance scene, fostering a passionate community around this captivating art form.

See the full festival programme for the event line up and tickets!

The festival is a joint initiative curated by Footnote New Zealand Dance and presented with The Hannah Playhouse and Toi Aro, supported by Wellington City Council.

www.footnote.org.nz/festival-of-contemporary-dance

NZSD videography by Jeremy Brick
Mata Mata videography by Logan Ringshaw/ Kilter Vision by @footnotenzdance

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Dance on Screen Film Competition - The Judges!

We're joined by three of Pōneke's finest to judge the inaugural Dance on Screen Film Competition: Malia Johnston, David Long, and Stella Reid ! They will be deciding the winner of each award category, presented at the awards ceremony and screening on Saturday 4 July at The Hannah Playhouse, Wellington. Cash prizes, fame, and glory up for grabs 🤩

Team registrations are open until 28th June! For more info on entering and to get your tickets to the screening, head to www.footnote.org.nz/dance-on-screen taken in Hannah Playhouse by @footnotenzdance

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2026 Programme at a glance 👀

Plan your festival and don't miss a thing across the week!

www.footnote.org.nz/festival-of-contemporary-dance by @footnotenzdance

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THE AFTER PARTY - DJ SET BY HOMINID

Bringing the club beats to the Hannah Playhouse dancefloor, it's Pōneke's own HOMINID, aka Benny Jennings ✨ Drawing from both experimental and club driven electronic music, Hominid's aim is to create beautiful but driving music that can bridge between headphone listening and club spaces.

Let loose on the dancefloor at the Pōneke Festival of Contemporary Dance official After Party 🔥
Saturday 4th July 9pm | R16
Tickets on sale online and at the door | Entry only $15

www.footnote.org.nz/performance-programme-pneke-festival taken in Hannah Playhouse by @footnotenzdance

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Exciting news: “Djam Leeli” will be performed this Saturday!
Djibril’s solo performance explores how Black bodies navigate histories of displacement, extraction, and survival.
🫶 Entry is free or by donation, but reservations are essential due to limited capacity.
📍 PEG Gallery, Wellington
#goetheinstitut #goetheinstitutneuseeland #loemisfestival #wellington #performanceart by @footnotenzdance

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