8 Mar 2025

Malia Johnston: A performance of air

From Saturday Morning, 10:30 am on 8 March 2025
Belle and performance of air at the Auckland Arts Festival.

Photo: Auckland Arts Festival

Malia Johnson Creative Director of Belle

Photo: Nick Monro

Malia Johnston is a renowned director and creative. She directed the opening ceremony for the Fifa Women's World Cup 2023 and has been the show director for the World of Wearable Art since 2002.  

Her latest work Belle - A Performance of Air is a mesmerising melding of lights, aerial performance and theatre at the Auckland Arts Festival this month.  

Mihi caught up with Malia at TAPAC, where she was training the dance crew.