TAKIRUA - TWO TOGETHER
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MāRAMA: Songs of Rain
by Te Tumu
He pātai tāku
by Natasha van Etten
Fine artists Ta’i Paitai (Tumutevarovaro, A'uA'u, Moata'a) and Natasha van Etten (Ngāi te Rangi, Ngāi Tukairangi) come together to weave day into night, light into dark, the dawn and dusk, from Te Kore to Te Ao Mārama, the known and unknown in a double bill of new dance performance.
NOTE: This is a double bill and one ticket will get entry into both performances.
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MāRAMA: Songs of Rain
by Te Tumu
MāRAMA: Songs of Rain is a new interdisciplinary work of curated performer-audience interactions.
MāRAMA: Songs of Rain
by Te Tumu
MāRAMA frames a journey through the practise of raranga.
Presented in the style of a polyphonic structure, melodies imbue connections across distance in time and across space.
There is the connection of our unborn to ‘enua; our history to pe’e; and our Moana to ‘ui tupuna. The list is endless, and as a weaver, the performer engages in a series of connections through performance, light, sound, imagery and dance.
Combined, the ‘Songs of Rain’ are the constant reminders that we’ve forgotten to listen to.
Created by Ta’i Paitai for Te Tumu. Te Tumu is a new entity by and for Arts Moana
This work acknowledges Ngāti Whātua as mana whenua for where this work is presented, and all tangata whenua across Aotearoa.
Glossary
MāRAMA: 1. Light; 2. Understand; 3. Clear (of vision); 4. Enlighten
Raranga: Weave, weaving
Moana: 1. Ocean; 2. Deep Blue
Pe’e: Chant
‘Enua: Land
Te Tumu: the foundation, the source, the origin
‘Ui Tupuna: ancestors
Date: Weds, 15 February
Time: 8.30PM
Location: Main Stage, Basement Theatre
Price: $18 - $39
NOTE: This is a double bill and one ticket will get entry into both performances.
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He Pātai Tāku
by Natasha van Etten
Locked in a never-ending embrace with darkness, a dark conversational movement exchange occurs; not just to those present, but also to those in the dark, those unknowing and barely there.
He Pātai Tāku takes us on a virtuosic and visceral pathway, unseen but ever present - into an innate state of connection, accessed through Te Kore. Enter a darkness that de-solidifies identities and bodies. Imagine a dark plane that allows us to dissolve into deep space, barely there. Create a dark unknowing and share it across time, space and a genealogical continuum. Through the dark we experience the potential outside of ourselves. Encounter a new mode of living, inviting all that could emerge from the void: filled to the brim with fluidity, possibility, mystery, sweaty bodies and deep base.
Date: Weds, 15 February
Time: 8.30PM
Location: Main Stage, Basement Theatre
Price: $18 - $39
NOTE: This is a double bill and one ticket will get entry into both performances.
The Artists
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Teokotai Paitai
ARTIST - MāRAMA: SONGS OF RAIN
(Tumutevarovaro, A'uA'u, Moata'a)ARTIST
Tangi kē, tangi kē, tangi kē rava ua mātou oki tātou.
Kia Orana tatou kātoatoa
Part-time weaver and freelancer, former performance artist, choreographer, events manager, project manager, producer, festival director and festival navigator, Teokotai continues to weave a fine mat across the Arts in Aotearoa.
He has been fortunate to work alongside and for, many of his favourite artists, who continue to pave a pathway for others.
He has sat on the Playmarket Board, the Tautai Trust Board and the contentious Auckland Pride Board of 2018.
Born, raised and still loving, in Te Rimu Tahi in Tāmaki Makaurau
At the time this went online, he had unconfirmed work in Tāmaki Makaurau, Sydney, and somewhere (secret) in the Pacific. One thing that is confirmed is he will continue to weave kete in 2023.
no reira
Kia Orana e Kia Manuia
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Natasha van Etten
ARTIST: HE PĀTAI TĀKU
Natasha van Etten (Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāi Tukairangi) is a freelance dance practitioner, teacher, and producer in Tāmaki Makaurau. She responds to social and political issues primarily through performance and is passionate about facilitating spaces that open dance and the performing arts to people of all ages, backgrounds and experiences with the hope to unite communities through shared experiences. Currently, Natasha seeks to make space for indigenous storytelling through her own work and to support others to tell theirs.
Recently, she has worked alongside Kaliyah Lima under their collective MA’AM - Moving And ‘ Adventurously Making, and wants to acknowledge the impact this creative partnership has had on the development of this work.
IG: @na_te_kore
@natasha_vanettenADDITIONAL CREDITS:
SOUND DESIGN: Paige Pomana