Tōrua
Wellington 2021
MOVEMENT OF THE HUMAN
Tōrua is a new series of movement performances produced by Movement of the Human.
We bring together 7 Incredible Movement Artists from Across Aotearoa who have created beautiful new dance work that will be positioned into different environments and spaces throughout Wellington City.
Tōrua means different things depending on the context. The meanings we are inspired by are - A shift in energy to create a vibration of 2 things. And - to change to direction like the wind or a current.
We are re-thinking the theatre - we are placing these pieces of dance against new sites of theatrical opportunity - bringing new meaning to spaces, places and architectural sites within the urban environment..
Keep a look out on facebook and instagram on the week of the 15th - 2othFeb for where these works will pop up
Some pieces will be longer - others will be only a few minutes. Design your own experience with this beautiful collection of dance works from these amazing movement artists.
Xin Ji, Garbiella Mersi, Brydie Colquhoun, Levi Siaosi, Kia Jewell, Toa Paranihi, Laifa Ta’ala
MOTH is a company that brings together artists from all sorts of backgrounds, including dance, theatre, design, video and music. We're interested in connecting with artists and communities, and offering different perspectives on contemporary life. We've staged works as diverse as Hurihrui - an outdoor spectacle for the Commonwealth Games Arts Festival in Australia in 2018, to Meremere an intimate dance theatre work right through to directing and choreographing the World of Wearable Art Awards Show, a huge indoor arena event. What drives us is how movement, combined with music and light can tell us and make us feel so much more than words alone. Creating and being immersed in theatrical and imaginative worlds with movement is a huge adventure. We discover new things. We are inspired by other perspectives through this which we discover new understandings and ideas and possibilities of worlds beyond our own. Being creative with other artists is what drives us and the kaupapa of Movement of the Human. We collaborate. Through the process of collaboration we are able to create something more, something bigger and something more meaningful than could be created by the individual.
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