Ava

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Event Ava
Venue Maidment Theatre, Auckland CBD, New Zealand
First Date 9 September 1998
Last Date 12 September 1998
Dates Estimated No
Status Unknown
World Premiere No
Description Ava is the Samoan word for the passage through a reef…'I've used the reef as a metaphor for the possibiity of a journey. It's an opening…I'm not concerned with beautiful choreography. What I'm saying is let's expand the concept of dance. What is dance to a crippled person? A person with no eyes?
Primary Genre Dance
Secondary Genre Dance
Subjects Samoa
Organisations
  • MAU, Production Company
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Lemi Ponifasio Choreographer
Lemi Ponifasio Director
Text Nationality Samoa
Further Information The 90 minute work draws inspiration from traditional Polynesian rituals and myths, then fuses it with Western and Asian dance techniques. (Sunday Star-Times).
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 188542