Events In History
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31 December 1996First Gathering dance festival heldOn New Year’s Eve around 4000 people made their way to the remote location of Canaan Downs, Tākaka, to take part in the first Gathering, a two-day festival for electronic dance music fans. Read more...
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26 May 1926Anna Pavlova dances in New Zealand for the first timeThe world’s best-known ballerina performed her famed ‘Dying Swan’ and ‘Fairy Doll’ to a full house in His Majesty’s Theatre, Auckland. Read more...
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Main image: Competitors in a dance marathon, 1977
Bob Easton and Hera Cook, the last two dancers in a dance marathon held at Olivers Cabaret, Wellington, 1977
