Ka Tiri o te Moana

Ka Tiri o te Moana

Performance

Sunday 12 and Thursday 16 October, doors open 6.30pm, performance starts 7pm

Foyer

$30

Atamira Dance Company presents a groundbreaking collaboration between Arts Foundation Laureate Louise Pōtiki Bryant, acclaimed composer Paddy Free, scenographic artist Rowan Pierce and lighting designer Robert Larsen. 

Choreographed by Pōtiki Bryant, Ka Tiri o te Moana is both live performance and installation exploring Kāi Tahu relationships with Te Moana Tāpokopoko a Tāwhaki - the Southern Ocean and Ka Tiri o te Moana - Antarctica. 

Ka Tiri o te Moana takes inspiration from the Kāi Tahu kōrero tuku iho of Tamarereti. Mesmerised by the Southern Lights Tamarereti captained the waka Te Rua o Maahu into the Southern Ocean in search of their source, spending many months at sea. Ka Tiri o te Moana aims to honour Tamarereti as an agent for change and how his curiosity and courage inspires hapū in present day climate action and adaptive responses to sea level rise.

Adaptation Futures Series
Otautahi plays host to the 8th international adaptation Futures Conference. Adaptation Futures is the flagship event of the United Nations World Adaptation Science Programme and this year Te Puna o Waiwhetū is proud to be the conference’s cultural partner with performances, talks, tours and conversations in the spaces where art and climate cross.

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