The Royal New Zealand Ballet is bringing Tutus on Tour to the Isaac Theatre Royal on 5 November.

The performance is part of a 10-city tour from Auckland’s North Shore to Invercargill that began on October 7.

Artistic Director Patricia Barker has curated a gorgeous gala programme that showcases RNZB dancers at their very best. Beloved classical favourites sit alongside more recent works, including one New Zealand premiere.

The pas de trois from Le Corsaire offers firecracker virtuosity, while the joyful ‘Waltz of the Pohutukawa Flowers’ and grand pas de deux from the RNZB's production of The Nutcracker, choreographed by Val Caniparoli, heralds the Christmas season with warmth and grandeur.

On the contemporary side, Christopher Wheeldon’s After the Rain pas de deux (2005) makes its RNZB debut. Gentle and tender, showing a profound connection between its performers, it is a work that is cherished by every dancer lucky enough to perform it.

Olivier Wevers’ The Sofa (2013), to music by Mozart, introduces this rising star of contemporary ballet to Aotearoa.

Rounding out this generous programme of dance is RNZB Choreographer in Residence Shaun James Kelly’s The Ground Beneath Our Feet (2019), an exuberant ballet, tailor-made for the RNZB, that rides the scintillating rhythms of its music like a rollercoaster.

Royal NZ Ballet, Tutus on Tour, Isaac Theatre Royal, 5 November 2022
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