Poly Movement - Kaikanikani
Arrival to Portugal! Ola World Dance Festival...'Once you have a focus point, where you can channel all your energy for the performance - that's what keeps you going...'
8 part web series Poly Movement - Kaikanikani journeys alongside a group of Maori and Pacific Island dance students as they weave traditional cultural and contemporary dance genres and build their own unique cultural show. As they take to the stage and the world, these students travel to Portugal and tour for a month representing New Zealand at world folk international dance festivals, some leaving New Zealand for the first time. Traveling alongside we feel the infectious striving of the group and the pacific pride that becomes contagious as these young dancers carve a performing future for themselves - who will be there till the last beat as these pacific ambassadors deal with life's never ending and unpredictable challenges.
Primary Title
- Poly Movement - Kaikanikani
Date Broadcast
- Tuesday 7 March 2017
Start Time
- 18 : 50
Finish Time
- 19 : 00
Duration
- 10:00
Series
- 1
Episode
- 7
Channel
- Maori Television
Broadcaster
- Maori Television Service
Programme Description
- 8 part web series Poly Movement - Kaikanikani journeys alongside a group of Maori and Pacific Island dance students as they weave traditional cultural and contemporary dance genres and build their own unique cultural show. As they take to the stage and the world, these students travel to Portugal and tour for a month representing New Zealand at world folk international dance festivals, some leaving New Zealand for the first time. Traveling alongside we feel the infectious striving of the group and the pacific pride that becomes contagious as these young dancers carve a performing future for themselves - who will be there till the last beat as these pacific ambassadors deal with life's never ending and unpredictable challenges.
Episode Description
- Arrival to Portugal! Ola World Dance Festival...'Once you have a focus point, where you can channel all your energy for the performance - that's what keeps you going...'
Classification
- G
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Dance--Polynesia
- Folk dancing, Maori
- Modern dance--New Zealand
Genres
- Dance
- Performing arts
- Reality
Contributors
- Flax Productions (Production Unit)
- Te Māngai Pāho (Funder)
Subjects
- Dance--Polynesia
- Folk dancing, Maori
- Modern dance--New Zealand