WAI BURRA

WAI BURRA is new working bringing together Karul Projects and leading NZ Māori Contemporary Dance Company, Atamira. A trans Tasman collaboration of two Indigenous dance companies that will use First Nations choreographers, performers and collaborators from Australia and Aotearoa.

In this world premiere collaboration, Atamira choreographer Gabrielle Thomas takes us to the depths of the moana in Tere Tohorā Tere Tangata — Where Whales Journey, People Follow; while Karul choreographer Thomas E.S. Kelly brings forth landscapes of molten-born ridgelines in Dargin-nyi Jalu-nu Borrol — From the Bones of the Volcano. The dancers of both companies also unite in a shared exchange. Bringing Māori and Aboriginal cultures and distinct contemporary choreographic languages together, WAI BURRA generates new currents of movement, connection, and possibility.

Each company will create a 20 minute work with their own ensemble to culminate in a final collaborative piece with 11 incredible First Nations performers in a Triple Bill not to be missed.