Living and Sharing Pacific Island Culture
Elaine Talamaivao, a Polynesian dancer and educator and the director of Tala Mai Moana in Southern California, brings her lived experience with Samoan, Hawaiian, and Māori cultures to her community.
March 10, 2025 | Read Article
The Spiritual Work of Dancing
Gabrielle Thomas, a choreographer at Atamira Dance Company in New Zealand, discusses how her choreography draws upon her Māori worldview and how motherhood and living in a small town inform her process.
May 11, 2020 | Read Article
Making Work from A Military and Māori Perspective
Maaka Pepene, a Māori dance artist in Aotearoa/New Zealand, describes how his background on the streets and in the military inform his values and choreographic approach.
May 4, 2020 | Read Article
“An Expression of My Māori Culture”
Louise Potiki Bryant - a choreographer and dance artist in Aotearoa/New Zealand - discusses her work, "Onepū," for Atamira Dance Company and how it draws on her feminine understanding of her Māori ancestry and mythos.
August 1, 2019 | Read Article
Where Global and Indigenous Meet
An Interview with Jack Gray BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHY BY JINKI CAMBRONERO Jack Gray is the artistic director and founder of Atamira Dance Company, a contemporary Māori contemporary dance theater company in Auckland, New Zealand. In this interview, he discusses the making and the impact of one of his most […]
March 29, 2018 | Read Article