Kōanga Festival | Opening Event
Ngā Tohu O Te Taiao | Rikki Solomon – Marcus Winter – Pūoro Jērome
Te Pou has been holding a Kōanga Festival since 2016 to celebrate spring, and to bring together local and regional audiences to enjoy a fortnight of free events. Kōanga is an important event at Te Pou providing events which appeal to an age range from tamariki to kaumātua. Everything is free and we focus on providing local communities with performing arts events in multiple languages.
Sunday 26 September 2021, 6pm
Korekore te whīwhīa, Mahuru
Online (Zoom) from 6pm
Connecting to the maramataka through pūrakau, pūoro and toi onepū
This new performing arts concept-in-development builds our connection to the tohu of the natural world, celebrating the change in season through a digital arts experience. The performance brings together mātauranga Māori with Rikki Solomon, live sand art from Marcus Winter and taonga puoro from Pūoro Jērome. In this first development of the project, these creatives weave stories of Kōanga through video and wānanga, connecting us to this time and place.
Tuia ki te whenua
Tuia ki te rangi
Tuia ki te moana
Rikki shares mātauranga around the tohu of the change of seasons from the skies, the land and manu, the ocean and our waterways. We then look to the marama and the night sky and ground ourselves in this time of Kōanga.
Register to attend this online zoom whakaari matihiko and wānanga. You will be emailed with link details.
https://www.tepoutheatre.nz/nga-tohu-o-te-taiao
ABOUT
Te Pou Theatre is a kaupapa Māori performing arts venue for all that supports the presentation and development of contemporary and community performing arts locally, nationally and internationally from our home in Waitakere, Tāmaki Makaurau.
Creator
Te Pou Theatre
Project Date
Sunday 26 September 2021, 6pm
Location
Online
Funding Source
Creative Henderson-Massey