Booking link all festival tickets $25/$17.50 concession or 2 for 1 shows $35, workshops $25, talks and opening free.
$240 package for Experimental Dance Festival Aotearoa
All tickets are bought online, there are no door sales
Experimental Dance Festival Aotearoa is delighted to announce its 2026 programme of artists. This year's programme will present between 1st-12th December with talks and workshops leading in from 20th November. As an artist led and artist centred festival Artistic director Alexa Wilson teams up with co-curators Kelly Nash (Kaitiaki) and Dina Jezdic to announce this year's lineup, which includes:
Min Kyoung Lee (Korea/NZ), Rebecca Jensen (Australia/NZ), Brandon Ross, Helena May, Sam Hamilton (USA/NZ), pavleheidler (Sweden), Amber Liberte (NZ/Australia), Jake Starrs/Stella Grace Seawright, Victoria Abbott/Mym Kwa (NZ/Australia), Celia Hext and Olivia McGregor, Katie Burton, Oliver Connew, Josiah Morgan/Dominic Hamilton/Dispendio Grupo (NZ/Brazil), Cindy Yunha Jang (Korea/NZ), Charles Koroneho, val smith, Stephen Bain, Chimerik (Canada/Taiwan), Tru Paraha, Presley Ziogas.
Special guest performance artist Cassie Gilmore-Freeth opens the performance festival at Audio Foundation.
SCHEDULE 21 Artists, 10 locations in Tāmaki Makaurau
Prelude to Festival talks/workshops:
20th November 6:30pm, Performance lecture/talk (1.5 hrs) Min Kyoung Lee, Somebody, Wellesley Studios
27th November 6:30pm, Workshop (2 hrs) pavleheidler, Wellesley Studios, 113/115 Wellesley Street, Auckland CBD
Performance Festival Week One:
1st December 5:30pm, Audio Foundation, Festival and video exhibition opening with 6pm performance by Cassie Gilmore-Freeth
1st-12th December: Video works by Brandon Ross, Helena May, Sam Hamilton, Rebecca Jensen, Min Kyoung Lee
Pitt Street Theatre, 78 Pitt Strett, Shared programmes:
7pm pavleheidler and Amber Liberte
9pm Celia Hext/Olivia McGregor+ Jake Starrs/Stella Grace Seawright and Victoria Abbot/Myriam Kwa
2nd December Pitt Street Theatre Shared programme:
7pm Celia Hext/Olivia McGregor+ Jake Starrs/Stella Grace Seawright and Victoria Abbot/Myriam Kwa
9pm pavleheidler and Amber Liberte
3rd December Pitt Street Theatre Shared programme:
7pm Celia Hext/Olivia McGregor+ Katie Burton and Oliver Connew
9pm Celia Hext/Olivia McGregor+ Josiah Morgan/Dominic Hamilton/Dispendio Grupo and Yunha Jang
4th December Pitt Street Theatre Shared programme:
7pm Celia Hext/Olivia McGregor+ Katie Burton and Oliver Connew
9pm Celia Hext/Olivia McGregor+ Josiah Morgan/Dominic Hamilton/Dispendio Grupo and Yunha Jang
5th December
8:30pm Charles Koroneho, Bird of Passage, 74 Kenneth Myers Centre, Shortland Street, CBD
6th December
6:30pm Sovereignty/Body, Group Artist discussion (1.5 hours), Conversation Relay open to audience, Wellesley Studios
Performance Festival Week Two
7th December
6:30pm Workshop (2hrs) Chimerik, Sammy and Caroline Chien-MacCaull, Wellesley Studios
8th December
8:30pm Stephen Bain/Kristian Larsen/Claire O’Neil/Rosie Langbeer, Scam: Meeting point Red Bar, 57 Pitt Street CBD, to walk to location
9th December
8:30pm val smith, TRUSS, Coyle Park, Pt Chevalier: Meeting point at the carpark
10th December
8:30pm Chimerik, Sammy and Caroline Sammy Chien-MacCaull, Inner Sublimity, Silo Hall, 3 East Street, Newton
11th December
Midnight 12am, Tru Paraha, IPO, Auckland Old Folks Association, 8 Gundry Street, Newton
12th December
8:30pm Presley Ziogas, Deadstock Li-Lo, Grey Lynn Park Pool, entrance to park at 71 Williamson Avenue, Grey Lynn
10pm Closing party: Red Bar plus djs, 57 Pitt Street, CBD Auckland (Ticketing launch venue)
