 reviewed by Sian Robertson 4 Jun 2009 |
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Honest, funny, emotionally raw Three women accompany their friend Manawa (Nicola Kawana) to offer support as she goes back home for the first time in sixteen years to be at her mother’s tangi, and reunite with her son Morehu (Pana Hema-Taylor) whom she left behind as a baby to be cared for by her mother and uncle. [more] |
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reviewed by Janet McAllister (New Zealand Herald) 5 Jun 2009 |
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Fledgling playwright’s subtle touch tugs the heartstrings The simple, heart-wrenching, low-lit climax of Nga Manurere is a reminder there can be more power in a quiet retelling than in a histrionic screaming match. [more] |
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reviewed by Tamati Patuwai 11 Jun 2009 |
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Potent Maori writer ready to soar Waiata laments emanate from the darkness as Poi and Taiaha carve spirals into the still air. Such are the poignant opening moments of Renae Maihi’s Nga Manurere debut; a decent and welcome piece of Maori theatre that traverses the stories of four mothers who in unified piety soldier on with their lot in a world of lost loves, conflicted desires and mumbling men who are more hoha than anything else. [more] |
 reviewed by Steve Attwood (Gay NZ) 30 Jun 2011 |
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Elemental appeal One of the signs of very good art, whatever the genre, is when it has such elemental appeal it transcends boundaries of culture, gender, sexuality, language, race and nationality; when it puts the viewer in touch with the primitive core within us all ... [more] |
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reviewed by Jack Gray 4 Jul 2011 |
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Boldly exploring indigenous philosophies through artistic collaboration ... the company has cut their fingers and drawn fresh blood, weaving and stitching the fabric of time and memory into a cloak of human poetry. [more] |
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reviewed by Greer Robertson 6 Jul 2011 |
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Spine chilling at times There were moments where I forgot to breathe in my spine-chilling captive state.... [more] |
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Otago Festival of the Arts NGA HAU E WHA at Kings & Queens, Performing Arts Centre reviewed by Hannah Molloy 9 Oct 2012 |
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Utterly compelling Some dancers have such ability to express the joy they have in their own skin through the control they have over the smallest muscle and causing it to shift in a poignant and fleeting way. These dancers epitomise that joy. [more] |
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The Body Festival 2012 NGA HAU E WHA at Middleton Grange School Performing Arts Centre reviewed by Toby Behan 13 Oct 2012 |
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Haunting, poetic, uplifting The offerings themselves are well worth the contemplation. All major elements within the performance (the dance, design, and music) are undertaken with extremely high production values and the result is a performance that will visually linger with you for quite some time – at turns haunting, poetic, uplifting – with a ferocious dedication from the performers at all times. [more] |
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Tempo Dance Festival 2012 NGA HAU E WHA at Q Theatre, Rangatira reviewed by Tia Reihana-Morunga 20 Oct 2012 |
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Earth, Wind, Water, Fire and Dance The narrative is rich in Nga Hau e Wha, the dancers are strong and connected. The mahi of taonga, Taane Mete and Taiaroa Royal is always to be respected as is the richness of their performance on stage. They have an organic energy that ripples through to audience. As tangata whenua whakapapa warms the work that is presented. The work is contemporary because it is present and now, the work is traditional because it is connected to wairua. The Orareka Dance Company has gifted another dance story to add to the kete of creativity distinctive to Aotearoa, New Zealand. [more] |
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Tempo Dance Festival 2012 NGA HAU E WHA at Q Theatre, Rangatira reviewed by Raewyn Whyte (NZ Herald) 22 Oct 2012 |
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From primordial time to the near present The dancing requires considerable strength and versatility, with extended passages of slithering, crawling and crouching and rolling at first, sculptural sequences subsequently forming mounds and clumps and tree forms, followed by vigorous sections which launch into the air with leaps that become falls and rolls, and with the dancers running in circles. [more] |
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