'Te Houhi - The people and the Land are One' - Atamira Dance Company

21st - 25th September, Q Theatre, Auckland

"...mastery of singular images [...] told from the heart [...] mesmeric,
powerful and moving." Francesca Horsley, NZ Listener on Atamira Dance
Company's Ngai Tahu 32

Te Houhi celebrates the tribal history of choreographer Maaka Pepene whose
ancestors the Tuhoe people provided refuge to Maori prophet and freedom
fighter Te Kooti in the 1800s and were consequently evicted from their land
and prevented from taking their Wharenui with them.

In 1908 the government agree to return the Wharenui to its rightful owners
and offer to transport it from Te Houhi to Waiohou. However, in an act
symbolising the spirit and political defiance characteristic of Ngai Tuhoe,
they choose to carry their sacred building several miles by hand to a new
settlement, reclaiming with it their faith in each other, their land, and
Te Kooti.

Atamira Dance Company and Maaka Pepene in association with STAMP at THE
EDGE bring this poignant story to life, with audio visuals by Tuia award
winner, Louise Potiki Bryant, music score by Pitch Black musician, Paddy
Free and lighting design by Vanda Karolczak.

Te Houhi explores the hope and unity of those who are affected by
injustices common to Maori during colonisation that continue to this day
and captures the spirit of a people who are at one with their land.

Proudly supported by: Creative New Zealand, ASB Community Trust, Auckland
Council, Toi Maori Aotearoa, British Council, Real New Zealand Festival,
DANZ and @URL

http://www.qtheatre.co.nz/te-houhi
http://www.atamiradance.co.nz/news.php
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Atamira-Dance-Company/124245364253126

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Beautiful guys, keep it up! Be thinking of you with all my heart xxxxx G