2025 Participate Programme
The Participate Programme is a new branch of the 2025 Festival, offering opportunities for the community to participate in workshops and classes across the week.
Open Morning Class
Join festival artists for a free morning class each day.
Schedule will be posted prior to the festival.
Registrations not required.
Textures in Motion: A Creative Exploration Through Play with WIDance
Discover the joy of improvisational movement in this playful, sensory-rich workshop. Guided by the language of texture, you’ll be invited to connect with your inner mover through curious and open-ended exploration.
Through touch, sound, space, and imagination, you’ll embark on a sensory journey that encourages discovery and new ways of moving. This inclusive experience blends improvisation, interactive play, and prop exploration to expand your movement vocabulary and deepen body awareness.
Open to all bodies, backgrounds, and levels of experience.
10am - 11.30am Saturday 5th July
Studio 1, Te Auaha.
No registration required.
DanceLab
Dance Lab InCubate is open to dancers, theatre practitioners, performing artists and anyone with an interest in movement research and practice. We will start with a regular Dance Lab training which explores the possibilities for improvised movement through guided exercises. We will then work together to create a collective choreography which will be presented as the beginning of an open session which will allow for a blurring of lines between audience and performer. Dance Lab invites participation across artistic disciplines and contributing through music, drawing, written and spoken text as well as movement is encouraged.
Monday 30th June - Studio 1, Te Auaha
1.30-3.30 Dance Lab InCubate Workshop
3.30-4pm Break
4-4.30pm Dance Lab Presentation
4.30-5.30pm Dance Lab Open Session with Live Music
No registration required