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Celebrating the diversity of dance across the South Pacific, this volume studies the various experiences, motivations and aims for dance, emerging from the voices of dance professionals in the islands. In particular, it focuses on the interplay of cultures and pathways of migration as people move across the region discovering new routes and connections.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword Salote Nita Latu, Nicole Peirera and Pauline Hiroti.
Preface Stephanie Burridge.
Acknowledgements. Introduction
Ralph Buck and Nicholas Rowe.
1. Godwits, Kuaka and the Returns of Ausdruckstanz in Aotearoa
Carol Brown 2. The Role of Gunge Takwaku Dance in Kraku-bandi Female Initiation of the Yangit of Papua New Guinea
Naomi Faik-Simet 3. Learning and Performing my Pacific Island identity
Teuila Hughes 4. Earthquakes and Aftershocks: Dance in Christchurch
Trudy Dobbie 5. Hip Hop Dance in New Zealand and Pacific Islands
Katherine Walker, Josh Mitikulena and Seidah Karati 6. Tracing the Steps of Modern and Contemporary Dance in Twentieth-Century New Zealand
Marianne Schultz 7. A Teacher's Story: He Purakau na te Kaiako
Tia Reihana-Morunga 8. Dancing the Kolo under the Long White Cloud
Dagmar Simon 9. Treasuring the Meke in a Modern Fiji
Sachiko Miller 10. The Role of a Service Organisation for Dance - DANZ, Dance Aotearoa New Zealand
Tania Kopytko 11. Artist Voices and Biographies
Sarah Knox and Rose Martin.
Index
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Ralph Buck is Associate Professor and Head of Dance Studies, National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries, University of Auckland.
Nicholas Rowe is Senior Lecturer in Dance Studies and the Associate Dean (Postgraduate), National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries, University of Auckland.
Zusammenfassung
Celebrating the diversity of dance across the South Pacific, this volume studies the various experiences, motivations and aims for dance, emerging from the voices of dance professionals in the islands. In particular, it focuses on the interplay of cultures and pathways of migration as people move across the region discovering new routes and connections.
