Rere Ao - Flight Between Worlds

The Dowse Art Museum is a free public gallery for people to enjoy contemporary art and culture.With constantly changing exhibitions, a welcoming family lounge and delightful store a visit to The Dowse Art Museum is the perfect way to upgrade your day. After you’ve feasted your eyes on the extraordinary art and attended one of our events you can have enjoy kai and kōrero with friends and whānau at Bellbird Eatery.

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“Rere Ao” is a Cook Islands dance theatre response to Shannon Te Ao’s poetic visual installation la rā, ia rā.

Choreographed by Inano DanceInspired by: la rā, ia rā (rere runga, rere raro) by Shannon Te Ao “Rere Ao” is a Cook Islands dance theatre response to Shannon Te Ao’s poetic visual installation la rā, ia rā. This show explores the movement between realms of life, death, and the present moment , through the spirit of the tiwakawaka (fantail).  In Cook Islands style, it combines ura and storytelling to reflect the urgency of being present and honouring ancestral messages. BiosINANO DANCE is Wellington’s first Cook Islands dance company and Ura Kuki Airani classes. Our mission is to perpetuate our heritage arts and peu maori through dance, music and creative expressions. Constantly pushing the boundaries and creating expression that speaks to people. Inano dance is committed to improving healthy lifestyle changes, staying connected and grounded to our kaupapa. TE HAU WINITANA (Ngāti Ruapani, Te Ati Awa, Kuki ‘Āirani) is a performing artist, dancer, teacher and choreographer of pacific dance, and currently the director and co-creator of Pacifit Group Ltd and Inano Dance School. In 2017, she officially launched her own dance school, Inano Dance, specialising in Cook Islands art, music, dance and culture. Winitana also was the first New Zealand dancer to compete in the 2017 Heiva San Diego International Tahitian Dance competition, placing second in the advanced female soloist category. Since graduating from her tertiary studies at Whitireia Performing Arts in 2013, she has toured, performed, choreographed and taught on an extensive range of national and international artistic projects, dancing for companies such as Le Moana and Tawata productions, and has toured as far as Europe, Oceania, Canada and USA.

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