Rongo Whakapā | Kaitaia's Civic and Community Centre serving the Far North of New Zealand

An intimate and shared exploration of presence, connection, and community through dance.

Rongo Whakapā is the debut choreographic work of Ngāpuhi choreographer Brydie Colquhoun (and Ahipara local), one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most captivating Māori contemporary dance artists.

Rongo Whakapā, meaning “sense of touch,” decolonises the performance space, proposing new ways of gathering and encountering and invites audiences to slow down, witness and connect in a time of increasing disconnection.
In an intimate environment where six dancers respond to each other in a shifting space, audiences are invited to sit, stand or move around the performance space, witnessing entrancing movement, immersive sound design by Eden Mulholland, and distinctive spatial design by Rowan Pierce.

Atamira Dance Company is Aotearoa’s leading Māori Contemporary Dance Company and excited to be bringing Rongo Whakapā to Te Ahu Hall in Kaitaia,13-14 May.