MATA MATA

Awakening the taniwha, honouring the reclamation

MATA MATA is an offering through the act of solo dance. A summoning of the ancestral spirits that reside deep within the awa. As the taniwha stirs just beneath the surface, memory begins to flow from skin into whenua. Awakening the blood memory that is present here. Becoming a sacred ancestral ritual, allow yourself to slip into this journey of returning. Acknowledging the physical body as a vessel to conjure spirit, mana, and memory. MATA MATA is the honouring of Whakapapa and identity and the holder of space to witness the sacred act of awakening this reclamation. 

• Lead Artist

  Harrison Cook

• Composer / Sound Designer

  W. Sze Tsang

• Lighting Designer

  Matthew Erren

• Stage Manager

  Riley Billyeald