UPDATE Thu 8 Feb:

A message from Auckland Arts Festival

Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Arts Festival regrets to announce that the upcoming production of Dragons has been cancelled due to issues with the international shipping and supply chain, making it impossible to proceed with the planned dates. Your ticket/s will be fully refunded. All other Festival events remain unaffected. Explore the line-up at aklfest.co.nz.

 

Part K-pop escapism, part zany performance art – a lavish reboot of Korean dance that thrusts traditional form into a vibrant, Gen Z spotlight.  

Choreographed and performed by Eun-Me Ahn, the enfant terrible of South Korean dance, alongside five young dancers, all born in the 2000s, Dragons is a kaleidoscopic fusion of street, modern, ancient and martial-arts movement that bristles with youthful, futuristic energy. 

Channelling the optimism of dragons in Eastern culture – fittingly, in the lunar year of the dragon – dancers interact with holographics, fluorescent costumes, silvery tubes, and endless explosions of colour. A truly inspired work of hyper-digital expression and non-stop motion.