Rongo Whakapā | Kōrero with Choreographer Brydie and the creative team
95bFM Stage Directions with Bianca Hyslop and Ashley David
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“Every time you make a work there’s so much teaching. I’ve been learning so much just from watching her practice…she wants to work in a way that creates ease and that’s really shown in the work. It’s really really soft, beautiful and intimate, delicate.”
Kaihautū, Bianca Hyslop
“There’s this aspect of the audience being the viewer and the performers being the entertainers…in this work it’s completely deconstructed, it’s site specific. It’s small in nature, it’s really intimate which is the theme of the work as well.”
Kawhakahaere, Ashley David
7 July 2025
Rongo Whakapā
“Every time you make a work there’s so much teaching. I’ve been learning so much just from watching her practice…she wants to work in a way that creates ease and that’s really shown in the work. It’s really really soft, beautiful and intimate, delicate.”
Kaihautū, Bianca Hyslop
“There’s this aspect of the audience being the viewer and the performers being the entertainers…in this work it’s completely deconstructed, it’s site specific. It’s small in nature, it’s really intimate which is the theme of the work as well.”
Kawhakahaere, Ashley David
7 July 2025
Rongo Whakapā
RNZ: Brydie Colquhoun on her debut choreographic work
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“I was really inspired by a lot of images of hongi, our traditional practices of hongi.”
Brydie Colquhoun
Kaitito Nekehanga (Choreographer)
6 July 2025
Rongo Whakapā
“I was really inspired by a lot of images of hongi, our traditional practices of hongi.”
Brydie Colquhoun
Kaitito Nekehanga (Choreographer)
6 July 2025
Rongo Whakapā
Andrew Whiteside: Caleb Heke and the beauty of dance
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Caleb Heke and the beauty of dance
"...that's also what we've been playing with...how we're so lost in these little screens and how that has become our form of intimacy, as people, as consumers."
Caleb Heke
Dance Artist
3 July 2025
Rongo Whakapā
Caleb Heke and the beauty of dance
"...that's also what we've been playing with...how we're so lost in these little screens and how that has become our form of intimacy, as people, as consumers."
Caleb Heke
Dance Artist
3 July 2025
Rongo Whakapā
The Post: Full circle for Māori contemporary dance leader Marama Lloydd
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"Marama Lloydd was headed for a career in languages until a contemporary dance performance changed her life. Lloydd, 60, (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu, Te Tahāwai, Te Rarawa) danced with Aotearoa’s first Māori contemporary dance company and ran her own fashion label, Marama."
6 July 2025
Rongo Whakapā
"Marama Lloydd was headed for a career in languages until a contemporary dance performance changed her life. Lloydd, 60, (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu, Te Tahāwai, Te Rarawa) danced with Aotearoa’s first Māori contemporary dance company and ran her own fashion label, Marama."
6 July 2025
Rongo Whakapā
Waatea News: The legacy of dance continues
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“I think that’s what makes Atamira really special, we dance alongside out tuakana and our teina artists.”
Bianca Hyslop
Kaihautū
3 July 2025
Rongo Whakapā
“I think that’s what makes Atamira really special, we dance alongside out tuakana and our teina artists.”
Bianca Hyslop
Kaihautū
3 July 2025
Rongo Whakapā
Kickarts: Choreographer Brydie Colquhoun
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“I really like that the audience is going to be right up there with the performers and hopefully witnessing what they’re feeling, the emotion they’re going through. I’m hoping a really intimate experience for the audience.”
Brydie Colquhoun
Kaitito Nekehanga (Choreographer)
29 June 2025
Rongo Whakapā
“I really like that the audience is going to be right up there with the performers and hopefully witnessing what they’re feeling, the emotion they’re going through. I’m hoping a really intimate experience for the audience.”
Brydie Colquhoun
Kaitito Nekehanga (Choreographer)
29 June 2025
Rongo Whakapā
My Secret Auckland: Contemporary dancer Caleb Heke shares their favourite spots in the city
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Favourite place to take a visitor to?
"Basement Theatre is always my top recommendation when I’ve got someone visiting Auckland. It’s such a creative and exciting space, showcasing everything from theatre and dance to comedy. No matter who you’re with, there’s bound to be something on that’ll spark a laugh or a deep thought, or both!"
Caleb Heke
Dance Artist
20 July 2025
Rongo Whakapā
Favourite place to take a visitor to?
"Basement Theatre is always my top recommendation when I’ve got someone visiting Auckland. It’s such a creative and exciting space, showcasing everything from theatre and dance to comedy. No matter who you’re with, there’s bound to be something on that’ll spark a laugh or a deep thought, or both!"
Caleb Heke
Dance Artist
20 July 2025
Rongo Whakapā
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