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      On the Need to Dance with Words
      Basement Theatre presentsOn the Need to Dance with Words

      On the Need to Dance with Words

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      Basement Theatre

      Lower Greys Avenue

      Auckland, New Zealand

      When

      Fri 7 Jul 2023

      Running Time

      70 minutes

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      On the Need to Dance with Words asks six performers to speak aloud Whaea Ani Mikaere’s Colonising Myths - Māori Realities: He Rukuruku Whakaaro into poem, rotarota, waiata, pao, ngita, haka. In doing so they honour whakatauākī. 
       
      The evening will begin with Grayson Goffe welcoming us into the space and a video by Aroha Abigail Jensen to hold us. 
       
      Asking our audience to consider which kōrero they might themselves repeat verbatim and from who they source it. The performers will not be performing or writing any new works. Instead, they will use this as an opportunity to breathe in the work of Ani Mikaere as mokopuna, and exhale her reo. This is to demonstrate the duty we have as makers, to remove ourselves from the centre and in fact, stand proudly, in the knowing that we are only our web of connections and intergenerational being. We are more than the individual, we are whakapapa.
       
      Come and take residence in these words with us, as we conclude Basement's Matariki Wānanga, and share boil up.


      Presented by Te Tīmatanga
      Curated by Hāmiora Bailey and Briar Pomona
      Produced by Nathan Joe

      Featuring:
      Robyn Pryor
      Alvie Mckree
      Tangaroa Paul
      Grayson Goffe
      Aroha Abigail Jensen
      Kate Laughter
      Te Kahureremoa Taumata
      Matariki Bennett

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      Please arrive at least 15 minutes before show start time. Latecomers admitted into the theatre at Basement's discretion. No refunds will be given. 

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