Val Deakin Dance Theatre Trust

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AS KIWI AS Get ready for a fun-filled celebration of all things Kiwi at the Val Deakin Dance Theatre’s upcoming programme, As Kiwi As!

Adding heaps of laughs and a kiwi spirit, Christchurch choreographer Fleur de Thier’s new work Ka Pai celebrates the quirks and humour of rural New Zealand life. Featuring familiar music and plenty of fun, it’s sure to have audiences chuckling- and maybe even joining in!

Tickets for As Kiwi As go on sale in September at www.valdeakindance.org.nz

The show runs 18, 19 & 20 September with matinee and evening performances at Val Deakin Dance Theatre Trust dance centre

Get ready for a fun-filled celebration of all things kiwi at the Val Deakin Dance Theatre Trust upcoming performance, As Kiwi As!

This lively production will take the stage at the Dance Theatre on September the 18, 19 and 20th.

Opening the performance is Val Deakin’s much loved Forever Bubbles- a heartwarming journey into the lives of New Zealand women in the 20s, 30s and 40s. With the music, fashion, and household inventions of its era, this nostalgic piece explores what has changed over the years…and what hasn’t! A true feel-good favourite.

Keep an eye out on our fb page for more updates on this fun, kiwi as programme.

Tickets go on sale September at www.valdeakindance.org.nz

The Val Deakin Dance Theatre will be part of the Winterfest in a programme entitled SHE MOVES to be presented in the Theatre Royal at the TSB Showplace on Sunday, June 28th at 3 pm. It is a performance by 4 different groups exploring what it means to be female in dance. There will be several genres of dance on show including contemporary, hip hop and kapa haka. Come and enjoy!

She Moves | Winter Fest Val Deakin Dance Theatre, Academy of Dance Taranaki, Tansi Productions and Taranaki Diocesan Kapa Haka Roopu unite for She Moves, an evocative performance exploring the evolving place of women in society.

We are pleased to announce that bookings are now open for a captivating contemporary workshop led by Christchurch-based choreographer Fleur de Thier. Don't miss this opportunity to move, create, and connect. Please contact Jane on 027 694 0933.

A fabulous showreel from our sold out 2025 season - don't miss it! This weekend only! Saturday 11.30am is sold out! Saturday 1.30pm and Sunday 11.30am and 1.30pm still some seats left.

Giraffes Can't Dance Trailer - Val Deakin Dance Theatre 2025 A 2025 Val Deakin Dance Theatre performance of the children's book Giraffes Can't Dance.306 St Aubyn's StreetNew PlymouthTaranaki, New Zealand

If you haven’t yet listened to the fantastic piano playing of Rosa Scaffidi you are in for a treat when she plays at Whitely church on October 8th, at midday.

There are a whole series of Wednesday lunch time concerts to check out and enjoy, Lunchtime Concerts @ Whiteleyeley.

The concert on October 8th will feature French music by Debussy, Satie and Poulenc and the exciting addition will be dancing to some of the pieces by members of the Val Deakin Dance Theatre. They will ‘illustrate’ the music to parts of Debussy’s Suite Bergamasque, parts of Erik Satie’s Gnossiennes and to Poulenc’s Napoli Suite. A wide range of music indeed!

Dancers Shelley Prestney, Jane Roseman, Inge Vink and Davina Moffat will be joined by the 5 and 7 year old Bliss sisters to explore the space and move to the music.

After a fabulously successful season of 14 sold out houses of Giraffes Can’t Dance at the Dance Centre in August, the Val Deakin Dance Theatre is in the process of planning a repeat season for March 28 next year – watch this space! So many people came and enjoyed watching the show as well as joining in – many school groups, groups from rest homes and lots of families.

Follow the link below to see a trailer for this entertaining and colourful show.

Giraffes Can't Dance Trailer - Val Deakin Dance Theatre 2025 A 2025 Val Deakin Dance Theatre performance of the children's book Giraffes Can't Dance.306 St Aubyn's StreetNew PlymouthTaranaki, New Zealand

We are so lucky to have Janet, Laura and Jesse, three generations of the same family, performing for the first time together! To see them, and the rest of the talented cast bring the beloved story of Giraffes Can’t Dance to life, book here:

https://forms.gle/aJUDkcid93Lv5RkVA

https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360777866/giraffes-cant-dance-nana-can

Giraffes can’t dance, but Nana can Three generations of one family are performing together for the first time in a theatre dance production about a giraffe who wants to dance.