Event | Vavine | |||||||
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Venue | Brown's Mart Theatre, Darwin, NT | |||||||
First Date | 13 February 2004 | |||||||
Last Date | 14 February 2004 | |||||||
Dates Estimated | No | |||||||
Status | Professional | |||||||
World Premiere | No | |||||||
Part of a Tour | Yes | |||||||
Description | Vavine will be presented by the Sunameke Pacific Island performance group. Sunameke captures the cultural diversity of Darwin and performs a wide range of traditional and contemporary song and dance from Papua New Guinea and the South Pacific.Sunameke has toured around Australia and the Pacific and has increased its numbers from four to fourteen and will perform for the first time in Darwin this weekend.Vavine is based on a legend from the Papua New Guinea region of Mekeo and tells of the story of Kolou Vavine." The legend is about the origin of our songs and dances from the region and how w | |||||||
Description Source | Reviewer's Opinion | |||||||
Primary Genre | Dance | |||||||
Secondary Genre |
Contemporary
Dance Traditional |
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Subjects |
Intercultural
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Text Nationality | Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands |
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Production Nationality | Australia | |||||||
Event Status | Completed | |||||||
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Event Identifier | 62753 | |||||||
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