TERTIARY COLOURS 2014
Q Theatre Loft, 305 Queen St, Auckland
14/10/2014 - 15/10/2014
Production Details
CUMIN Unitec
Choreographed by Olivia Reuters
Performed by Joanne Hobern, Ellen Koland, Chelsea Baxter, Gabby Mersi, Casey Reid, Jenny Pottles, Skye-Leanne Hirst & Amelia Grey
Music Padam Padam – Edith Piaf. Song to the Moon – Lucia Popp.I Pagliacci (1987 Digital Remaster): Recitar! Vesti la giubba (Canio) – Riccardo Muti/Jose Carreras/Philharmonia
Cumin is an exploration about the journey of how we all got here. We are all the fastest swimmers here
ELEMENT DANCE Pacific Institute of Performing Arts (PIPA)
Choreographed by Te Keepa Aria & E.J Emele
Performed by Tekeepa Aria & E.J Emele
Music Tangaroa “god of the sea” – Tiki Taane
This dance piece is based on a personal story weaved together with a concept of the elements
JUST ANOTHER DANCE PIECE Unitec
Choreographed by Eric Ripley
Performed by Reece Adams, Samantha Brown, Benjamin Mitchell & Rodney Tyrell
Music Live percussion by Eric Ripley
A piece that represents the choreographer and how culture has played a big part in everything we do
LOOPER Unitec
Choreographed by Omea Geary
Performed by Taniora Motutere, Caitlin Davey, Cush Roughan, Leah Carrell & Shane Tofaeono
Music Tep and the Logic – James Blake
Good or bad it goes on
MASSIVE GROUP University of Auckland
Choreographed by Sarah Foster-Sproull in collaboration with the performers
Performed by Vivian Hosking-Aue, Morgan Heron, Stephanie Day, Phoebe Holmes, Kimberly Cheng Hui-Xin, Sheri-Dean Wallace, Emily Moffatt, Renee Richards, Caitlin Thompson, Kristin Russell, Sophie Catterall, Laura Wansink, Leighton Rangi, Jas Ofamo’oni, Elijah Kennah, Gracie Pilgrem, Kristie Finlay, Jade Whaanga, Ruby Dale, Anna Rogerson, Stephen Hidalgo, Ameteolepala Kirifi, Tarryn Ata, Tony Pati, Amelia Chong, Katie Lavan, Kerryann Mayhew, Seren Powell-Jones, Morgan Smith, Rebecca McCracken, Maia Hendrie, Millie Burden, Jordan Ella Boot, Hadley Dobbs, Verity Alafa’apae, Shannon Brosnan & Zoë Nicholson
Music Willem and Peter – Andrew Foster
The students and Sarah Foster-Sproull have worked to construct group material that conceals and reveals moments of solo, duet, and group work. They started by exploring the connections and bonds that draw them all together. Then they exploded this out to construct images that speak about one person, becoming many and many becoming one.
PISTANTHROPHOBIA Unitec
Choreographed by Madeleine Powell
Performed by Reece Adams & Elle Farrar
Music Varoeldur – Sigur Ros
Pistanthrophobia, Monophobia, Nosophobia, Achluophobia, Algophobia, Atelophobia, Atychiphobia, Chiraptophobia, Kakorrhaphiphobia, Meteorophobia, Necrophobia, Panophobia, Phobophobia.
TALKING BOLD Unitec
Choreographed by Tori Manley
Performed by Ellen Koland, Chelsea Baxter, Chancy Rattanong, Joanne Hobern, Jenny Postles, Tori Manley & Skye-Leanne Hurst
How we are physically and mentally manipulated, to what extent are we our own creation? Featuring a series of boulders and frights
THE SKY BURNT BLACK Pacific Institute of Performing Arts (PIPA)
Choreographed by Tupua Tigafua
Performed by Tekepa Aria,Rex Atirai, Drummond Lafolafo, Isaac Parper, Ngatuakana Maruaao, Malissa Sripromma, Madila Lotoalahi, Tim Fualau, E.J Emele & Alex
Music Concerto for 2 Mandolins in G major, RV532(arr.S.Behrend):l. Allegro – Antonio Vivaldi. Oboe Concerto in C major,RV452 (arr.S.Behrend):ll. Largo – Antonio Vivaldi. Tumbalalaika – The Barry sisters.
When you are a kid, you can’t wait till you’re an adult
When you are an adult, you sometimes wish you were a kid
When you are an adult, you act a certain way
When you are a kid, you take risks
A work inspired by the playful poetry, drawings of Shel Silverstein and a sentence beginning with what if…
NAH, YOU GO! Unitec
Choreographed by Regie Malonzo
Performed by Shane Tofaeono & Sione Fataua
Music Dynasty – KOAN Sound
Regie just wanted to make something FUN. Two boys that have too much energy before bedtime
TERRITORY ASSOCIATION ‘14’ University of Auckland
Choreographed by Vivian Aue
Performed by Ameteolepala Kirifi, Stephanie Day, Laura Wansink, Ruby Dale, Kristie
Finlay, Morgan Heron, Gracie Pilgram, Elijah Kennar, Joshua Faleatua & Leighton Rangi
Music Move Around – Diplo. Gangsters in Paradise (Audio) – Youtube. Mi parletz pas de trabalhar – Lo Cor de la plana
Walking through the slums of Auckland in the 1970’s, Ponsonby, where you see no light just darkness. We question ourselves in the year 2014, ‘What if Otara was Ponsonby, today?’ Will Pacific Islanders talk the way they talk? Will Palangi’s walk the way they walk?
60 mins
Sophisticated, cheeky, contemplative and contemporary
Review by Kerry-Ann Stanton 15th Oct 2014
Billed as our chance to see the dance stars of the future, Tertiary Colours features new works from tertiary dance programmes at Unitec (six works), University of Auckland (two works) and Pacific Institute of Performing Arts (two works).
The audience is an expectant fan club as we begin in Q Loft, dance and dancers up close. This is a high quality, energetic show. Skilful curation of the pieces provides good flow through the diverse range of styles. The works bear testimony to skilful choreographic process by both student and professional choreographers alike. I relax and enjoy the evening as piece after piece is delivered with mood, energy and movement vocabulary coherent to the intent. Each work has individual merit and this Tertiary Colours shows development from earlier years.
Notable are the strong starts. Cumin by Olivia Reuters unfolds from closed, like the flowers adorning the dancers heads. Colourful and humorous, synchronised swimming on land. Element Dance by Te Keepa Aria & E.J. Emele, two men face each other off, strong clear positions held. They return to this place of beginning, energy worked out and through. Extra touches catch the eye; clever use of scarves in The Sky Burnt Black, Tupua Tigafua, creates different characters. Add to this flashing eyes, breath and voice, and classical music danced Pacifica style; Tumbalalaika indeed.
Resolutions, or the endings for now, are varied and satisfying. Of course the next group are ready and waiting to emerge from the wings in Looper by Omea Geary. The scene has been set by the moody, breathy leading group.
Numbers of dancers vary from two to about eight. The exception to this, Massive Group, Sarah Foster-Sproull in collaboration with the University of Auckland dancers, is a mesmerising piece as thirty, yes thirty dancers, create multiple moments of shape tension; moving and reconfiguring, precisely, creatively and in unexpected ways.
Pacifica sound and movement are a strong presence, in voice, facial expression, movement of hands and stance. Territory Association ’14’ by Vivian Aue, stridently and confidently moves men and women, Palangi and Pacific Islanders, with slap, stamp and attitude. And Just Another Piece by Eric Ripley, has Eric on live drums. I wonder about the composition of the group. It appears a male dance, yet here we have one woman and three men. Is this deliberate playing with cultural understanding?
Breath and voice feature throughout. Talking Bold by Tori Manley uses breathe as part of the soundscape and releases the group to roll to rest with a final, amplified breath out. And men in PJ’SNah, You Go! by Regis Malone, is all-out arguing, slapstick rivalry with lightness of feet and flexible bodies.
Pistanthrophobia by Madeleine Powell, intrigues with its fluid pairing, and quirky unusual physical connections. I enjoy this piece but find no sense of its title.
This is tertiary dance at its best, sophisticated, cheeky, contemplative and contemporary. The audience leaves bubbling, invigorated by the exuberance of these young dancers giving us a stimulating and skilful taste of dance to come. Last night tonight, Wednesday 15th – go!
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