July 09, 2015
Atamira takes Moko to Beijing Dance Festival
Atamira Dance Company has become the first New Zealand dance company to be invited to the esteemed Beijing Dance Festival.
It will present its show Moko, which premiered in Auckland just over a year ago.
Festival director Karen Cheung says she appreciates Atamira’s philosophy of promoting Maori culture in a contemporary form.
She says Moko will be the starting point of cultural and artistic dialogues in dance between New Zealand and China.
Artistic director and choreographer Moss Patterson has also been invited to attend Taipei Arts Festival as a guest artist.
Moko’s set design won the Installation Award at the 2015 Interior Architecture Awards.
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