Bruce Mason Centre Announces February/March Events

Mums n Kids Magical Storytime - Every Tuesday & Friday @ 10am. Kids come sit on the mat and be swept away to a land of stories and fun. Stories and characters change every show. Kids $5 under 1's free with a paying child.

Auckland Arts Festival - Loin...(Far...) - Rachid Ouramdane - Thursday 3 March - Saturday 5 March Daily at 7.30pm. In Loin... (Far), Rachid Ouramdane uses multi-media and a sophisticated sound-scape, to create an intense and poetically bold piece of dance theatre that explores what it means to be far from home. A performance of "ineffable beauty". The Guardian.
Using multi-media and a sophisticated sound-scape, Ouramdane's performance incorporates documentary imagery, extracts from his father's diaries, and brings in his mother's voice and testimonies from victims of the Vietnam War.

Auckland Arts Festival - Gregory Maqoma - Beautiful Me - Yuyani Dance Theatre Monday 7 March - Wednesday 9 March Daily @ 7.30pmSouth African dancer and choreographer Gregory Maqoma performs Beautiful Me, a solo piece that has mesmerised audiences with its blend of unlikely dance elements - Michael Jackson's moonwalk, contemporary Indian kathak and Afro-fusion.

TOWER TUTUS on Tour - Thursday 10th to Saturday 12th March 2011. 2011's Tower Tutus on Tour is all about Families. Featuring a new production of Pinocchio and Verdi Variations, its the perfect ballet for young and old to enjoy together.
The Bruce Mason Centre in association with the Royal New Zealand Ballet is proud to present this stunning show. Adults $45 / Children $25 + booking fee.

Auckland Arts Festival - Gaff Aff - Zimmermann & de Perrot - Wednesday 16 March - Saturday 19 March Daily at 7.30pm Tickets Available from 23 November 2010. A high-octane, head-turning mix of music, fine art, choreography and clowning comes together in the ingeniously funny world of acclaimed Swiss duo Martin Zimmerman and Dimitri de Perot, described by The New York Times as "a precisely calibrated blend of mime, physical theatre and silent-movie comedy".

Morning Melodies - Monday 21st March 2011 Royal New Zealand Navy Band @ 11am. Tickets $3

Dora The Explorer Live! Monday 28th March 2011 @ 10am or 12.30pm Join Dora, Boots the monkey, Diego and their friends as they embark on an exciting journey through the number pyramid, the mixed-up jungle and more in search of Osito, Dora's missing teddy bear.
Tickets $39.95 - Under 12 months free of charge with paying adult provided they do not occupy a seat.

For full show information visit www.bmcentre.co.nz.

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