Belle – A Performance of Air Belle – A Performance of Air
Aotearoa

Belle – A Performance of Air

  • EXPERIENCES
  • a work of true scale by visionary Aotearoa artists
  • celebrating female strength, agility & unity
  • it will make you gasp
  • aerial artistry, imagination & magic

Movement of the Human (MOTH)
Director & Producer: Malia Johnston

A defining experience of the Festival, this monumental collision of theatre and aerial transforms the Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre into a whole other world. An all-female cast exhibits spectacular strength and skill, emerging and vanishing from portals of light and shadow, all of it enveloped in a gorgeous soundscape. It’s simply breathtaking. With captivating design and composition from the creative force that is Malia Johnston, Rowan Pierce and Eden Mullholand, in collaboration with Jenny Ritchie, Belle is a visual and atmospheric wonder that left us speechless — and we haven’t been able to stop talking about it since. It’s a performance of air, and so, so much more.

Belle – A Performance of Air is a multimedia experience that harnesses the skills of a cast of dance and aerial artists from across Aotearoa. The performers inhabit an aerial world created through spatial, light and video design by Rowan Pierce, composition by Eden Mulholland with live violin and vocals by Anita Clark, and bespoke circus apparatus designed by choreographer Jenny Ritchie. Malia Johnston, whose work includes the World of Wearable Arts show and the opening of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, is the director and producer. Belle was originally part of Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts 2022, premiering in 2024. For AAF, it will be the production’s first presentation outside of Te Whanganui-a-Tara.



Accessible shows & ticket details

Relaxed Performance
Sat 8 March, 2.00pm performance (pre-show demonstration time tbc)

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Very Visual Performance

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$30 for Under 30

$30 Tickets for under 30s are available for this event, photo ID may need to be presented at the venue.

*Adult prices no restrictions
Suitable for all ages · Contains strobe lighting, bright light and haze.
image by Andi Crown

From $59 – $99*


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Dates

  • Thu
    06
    Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Aotea Centre
    7.30pm
  • Fri
    07
    Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Aotea Centre
    7.00pm
  • Sat
    08
    Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Aotea Centre
    2.00pm
  • Sat
    08
    Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Aotea Centre
    7.00pm
  • Sun
    09
    Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Aotea Centre
    5.00pm

Aotea Centre,
Mayoral Drive,
Auckland 1010

+64 9 309 2677
https://www.aucklandlive.co.nz/kiri-te-kanawa-theatre

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Supported by

“The staggering cast and creatives of BELLE breathe, heave, and electrify as one to convey Johnston’s extraordinary vision: one that I still can’t quite believe I’ve seen with my own two eyes.”

Regional News

“I’m left marinating on the epicness as I walk back into reality feeling inspired”

Theartreview

“An aerial circus delight”

RNZ

Credits

Director, Producer
  • Malia Johnston
Production Designer
  • Rowan Pierce
Aerial Apparatus Design, Aerial Choreographer, Costume Designer
  • Jenny Ritchie
Composition
  • Eden Mulholland
  • Jol Mulholland
  • Anita Clark
Lighting Operation
  • Elekis Poblete Teirney
Live Musician
  • Anita Clark - Motte
Aerialist and Apparatus Specialists
  • Imogen Stone
  • Katelyn Reed (Ngāti Porou)
  • Rosita Hendry
  • Ellyce Bisson
Movement and Dance Specialists
  • Brydie Colquhoun
  • Anu Khapung
  • Aleeya McFadyen-Rew
Rigging Team
  • Tom Hoyle
  • Antony Goodin - YOOCREW
  • Nic Balkum - YOOCREW
Stage and Cast Management
  • Michael Lyell-O’Reilly
  • Rose McGrannachan
Photography
  • Andi Crown

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