Ngati Tuwharetoa, Ngati Pukenga, Ngati Rahiri
Born in Turangi Moss’s proud ancestry comes from both the central north island and northern tribes of Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Moss was appointed as the first Artistic Director of Atamira Dance Company in 2010 taking the company to new heights as New Zealand’s leading Indigenous dance company touring nationally and internationally annually.
Moss has also developed a significant body of work which has lead the way for Atamira’s work to be presented on New Zealand’s largest and most prestigious platforms for dance.
In 2013 Moss’s works Moko was selected for presentation at the prestigious Jacobs Pillow USA opening the way for internationaltouring for Atamira. In 2015 Moko went on to tour China and Korea and in 2016 his newest commissioned work Pango toured Taiwan and China with a return tour to Korea in 2017.
Moss joined forces with the Auckland Philarmonia Orchestra in 2011 to present large scale dance projects drawing artists from all communities over Auckland city. These large scale collaboration works have now been presented in all of Auckland’s largest professional dance theatres as part of the Auckland International Arts Festival. The collaboration has produced six major dance works with over 100 performers to original narratives that Moss has written.
Moss has received choreographic awards from Tempo Dance Festival, Toi Maori and Creative New Zealand.
Enter into the nothing, the blackness. From this formless state of consciousness come potential, movement, energy and life. A meditation on the space of Te Kore. Potentiality, and the eternity ofexistence before light, is communicated through mesmeric soundscapes and movement.
Moko is a powerful choreography inspired by the traditional Maori art of body tattooing. Spurred by the enticement of mana (spiritual power) and tracing a return to equilibrium, the patterns of Ta Moko explode both emotionally andliterally onto the stage in new three-dimensional forms. Featuring costumes by avant-garde fashion label World premiered in April 2014 at Aucklands, Sky City Theatre.
AWA is a multi-disciplinary arts spectacle weaving together stories of New Zealand's sacred rivers and China's famous Yellow River. Told through contemporary dance and music – the rhythm of kapa haka, the Chinese martial art of Tai Chi, the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and an 80-strong choir of young artists from schools and communities across Auckland – AWA is another collaboration from the team that brought you Ruaumoko in 2016. Awa premiered at the Auckland Town Hall in March 2017 as part of the Auckland
"It is a spiritual and thought provoking experience. There should be more work of this calibre and stature appearing on our New Zealand stage."
Donna Banicevich Gera, Theatreview, 2016
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