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DANCE WORKSHOPS WITH RAKO PASEFIKA

DANCE WORKSHOPS WITH RAKO PASEFIKA
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EVENT IS COMPLETE FREE TO REGISTER EMAIL: auckland@pacificdance.co.nz  Fijian resident dance company RAKO PASEFIKA have a busy schedule when they touch down in Auckland in 3 weeks time.  Their arrival is well timed to coincide with Rotuman Language Week (13th – 19th May) and the 2019 Pacific Dance Festival (5th– 23rd June 2019).     Previous Artists in Residence programs have featured solo practitioners and for the first time, we will have a trio for this popular annual feature on the Pacific Dance New Zealand calendar.  Creative associate and senior artist Samuela Taukave and two principal dancers Emily Marie and Iane Tavo will grace our Auckland dance studios as our Artists in Residence for 2019.     RAKO PASEFIKAwhich was founded in 2007 has grown from strength to strength performing in Fiji and touring internationally with its most recent shows at the Sydney Opera House and the BluesFest in Byron Bay.     RAKO PASEFIKA’Swork is focused on uniting Rotuman people through dance and music and sharing their love of life and the progress of their people which is an ever-present theme in their works.   They continue to mould the outlook and experiences of Rotumans through different artforms that has been born out of their desires to preserve their culture and language that sits on the UNESCO list of endangered languages.     Samuela Taukave shares with Pacific Dance his motivation for the upcoming programming; “RAKO PASEFIKAis proud to be the 2019 Pacific Dance New Zealand Artists in Residence.    Our spiritual commitment to each other and our creations have allowed RAKO PASEFIKAto progress and evolve over the years through a very organic process with strong family values as our foundation.    Part of our quest as Rotuman and Pacific artists is to gain more insight, depth and knowledge of our heritage, with a focus on creative liberty and the recapture and revival of ancient art forms and stories, but with the freedom to create new work without boundaries.  We look forward to the mutual sharing of culture, mana and love for the Arts with our NZ kaunohoga (Family).” RAKO PASEFIKA’Sschedule for May & June is as follows; Week Commencing: 20th May – 16th June 2019 FREE Public Workshops at Te Oro, Glen Innes. Monday 4pm – 6pm Thursday 4pm – 6pm Saturday 2-4pm Wednesday 5th June, 6pm, ASB Waterfront Theatre: Pacific Dance Festival 2019 Opening and Launch, Monday 17th June, 5pm, Te Oro, Glen Innes, Artist in Residence Showing during the Pacific Dance Festival. In addition to their completely FREE public community programs they will visit and command young audiences in a number of primary and secondary schools throughout Auckland.   RAKO Pasifika will close off their residency with a public show during the Pacific Dance Festival at Te Oro on Monday 17th June.  The trio will be capitalizing on their short visit here to Aotearoa, and we invite you to participate and experience in one or all of the creative workshops that will impart not just dance but energy and innovation fresh and direct from the Pacific.

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