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In association with AT&T Performing Arts Center Presents
Choreographers: Taiaroa Royal/Malia Johnston
Taane Mete
Cultural Advisor: Tūī Matira Ranapiri Ransfield
Lighting: Vanda Karolczak
Music: Victoria Kelly
Costume: Elizabeth Whiting
Set: Tracey Collins
A.V.: Rowan Pierce, Rebekah Boyce
Stage Manager: Vanessa Reed
Jana Castillo
Paige Shand Haami
Emma Cosgrave Alaina Cota
Abbagail Rogers Cory-Toalei Roycroft
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The Dallas Arts District is situated in a city rich in histories that oftentimes are unknown or uplifted. We acknowledge that Dallas is a Relocation Site and how that fact directly shapes the uniqueness of the Indigenous makeup of our city. We acknowledge that our Indigenous relatives are a living and vibrant community that actively contribute to the arts, culture, and heritage of the city we serve.
The Dallas Arts District also acknowledges that this land we occupy was built with stolen labor by a stolen people indigenous to Africa. We acknowledge that our work lives in a neighborhood that was once one of the original Freedman's Towns (North Dallas, St. Paul UMC) not only of the City of Dallas but this country. As well our core work happens closely to the neighborhood of “Little Mexico” and we acknowledge the contributions of not only this neighborhood and what it birthed in our city but the ancestral contributions of the Indigenous Peoples of Mexico as what we know as Texas was once was Mexico.
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Inspired by the true story of Te Aokapurangi, a young maiden from Rotorua, influences the storyline of this production. She was captured in battle by a tribe from the Far North and many years later she returned and single handedly saved her people from slaughter. The story of Te Aokapurangi has been the pivotal inspiration behind this work. Her courage, determination and fearlessness fuels the choreographic style explored in this exciting new piece.
Mana Wahine has been inspired by Tūī Matira Ranapiri-Ransfield having a conversation with Taiaroa Royal over three years before Mana Wahine premiered. The stories shared in this dialogue reflect two ancestresses and their greatness from the Ngāti Ohomairangi people of Te Arawa. They are Kearoa matriarch and wife of the great navigator and high priest Ngātoroirangi, and Te Aokapurangi of the Ngāti Rangiwewehi and Tapuika kinships. Although under very different circumstances, these courageous women are responsible for saving their people. It is their legacies that have enthused this piece of work.
Collaboratively, the dancers have interpreted these stories through a culmination of physical dexterity, control, balance, strength and grace. Their own intimate stories regarding the women they descend from and who have sculpted them as Mana Wahine are embedded in this work. Driving the imagery, defying the impossible, exploring and evolving potentiality and imagining the invisible is what these precious vessels bring to this forum of Mana Wahine.
Tūī has brought a vast knowledge and lifetime of Māori cultural performing artistry to this piece. Woven throughout the performance is evidence of her expertise and special knowledge. We witness skills like karanga [call together], wiriwiri [trembling hands], pūkana [facial expressions], patu, poi [objects used by the dancers], oro, tangi apakura, oriori [various spoken word forms to mourn, to teach] and her own presence and quintessence as a Spiritual Warrior and Mana Wahine herself. The piece commences with Waerea, an incantation to clear physical, mental, emotional and spiritual obstruction allowing the dancers freedom and space to dance. Tūī concludes the piece with a pātere [chant], which gives the whakapapa [genealogy] of women. This begins with the creation of life, from Ranginui Sky Father and Papatūānuku Earth Mother. Also included are the origins of mana [prestige, power, status), mauri [vital essence] and tapu [sacredness] of women. It honours and acknowledges Hine-nui-i-te-pō; Goddess and Deity of the spirits and souls of humankind. Everlasting peace, eternal life and enlightenment remain with her.
Tūī is one of the storytellers and researchers for the cultural components in Mana Wahine. She is the lyric and music composer of the karanga, waerea and pātere [chants, spoken word] for this piece. Tūī has created whakatauāki and karakia for Ōkāreka Dance Company. Her voice features throughout the performance and her face is portrayed audio visually screened in the background of Mana Wahine. She has been our Cultural Advisor, Mentor, Guide and a strong advocate for this work.
This production came to me at my Aunty Ria’s tangi at the family’s Pikirangi Marae, where I caught up with my cousin Tūi Matira Ranapiri-Ransfield. She asked me how Ōkāreka Dance Company was going and then proceeded to tell me the story of Te Aokapurangi and how she saved her people from slaughter. Instantly it struck a chord with something inside me! A woman who outsmarted the chiefs of the tribe by thinking laterally - by thinking like a ‘woman’!!! So after pondering more about it, the idea of taking the inspiration from this story and creating a work that encompasses the amazing essence of women came to me - MANA WAHINE was conceived. More pondering made me realise that in order to create this essence of women we had to have an all-female cast. Then why not take it further and have an all-female creative and production team as well!!! To this we run pretty true apart from 3 men - Rowan Pierce (Audio Visuals), Taane and myself...and I know at least 2 of these men are VERY much in touch with their feminine side!!!
With a 3-year gestation period that covers 2 x 2 week research workshops and a 5 week construction rehearsal period, what you see tonight is the incredible collaborative result of huge amounts of creativity that journey together, arriving at the birth of this production, MANA WAHINE. I hope when you see this you remember, honour and love the woman or women that are your mana wahine. Enjoy!
– Taiaroa Royal
Mana Wahine has been an incredible journey for the entire team. A journey of discovery, history, cultural exploration, uncovering, interpretation and dance. Early on in the discussions it was decided this work would be a co-aurthorship process between the three choreographers and that the dancers would contribute strongly by bringing in their own material and also their choreography. Having Tūi Matira Ranapiri-Ransfield present throughout the entire process has meant she had a significant role in the direction the work has taken and has been a pivotal figure for us all, being not only the origin of the source of the stories and information but a constant guide and leader within the process. This work has been constructed intuitively; it defies narrative, instead unfolding in a way that displays a journey of energies and personal interpretations of the woman’s responses to the many concepts that were explored by all three choreographers. I would like to acknowledge the strength of the female dancers’ contributions to this work and to Tūi’s performance, song and guidance. I would also like to thank the team on a collaborative process that has been very rewarding and fulfilling for me as a dance artist.
– Malia Johnston
From conception to the present day, Mana Wahine has been one of the most rewarding experiences I have ever encountered. Developing the arc of this work has enabled the entire creative team to invest whole heartedly and with an open mind allowing the journey of Mana Wahine to unfold each day. Sharing cultural values and practices on a daily basis strengthens the foundations of Ōkāreka Dance Company and in turn permeates into the performance onstage.
Dance is a living language that changes on a daily basis. Watching these Wahine craft their skill and embody information during this exploration has deepened their own understanding of who they are as woman and who they are as dancers.
–Taane Mete
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Ōkāreka was established in 2007 to fuse contemporary dance with indigenous Māori themes and other genres to create authentic, diverse works. Led by senior performer Taiaroa Royal, Ōkāreka has become one of New Zealand’s most sought after and prolific dance companies. Ōkāreka holds its provenance close to its heart. Through choreography, set design, and costume, the Company strives to tell bold, spiritual stories that are of and from New Zealand. Through careful collaboration, the Company seeks to extend its creativity and its influence by engaging experienced artists from around the Globe – the sole driver – to create evocative, beautiful dance works that tell a story. Ōkāreka is a company guided by Māori beliefs. These beliefs are brought to its work and its audiences. The coming years will be very exciting for Ōkāreka Dance Company, as it relocates itself to its papakāinga on the shores of Lake Ōkāreka, Rotorua. Settling there, the Company will continue to grow and develop both creatively and strategically in areas of repertoire, business and education.
Taiaroa Royal, Artistic Director, Co-Choreographer (Te Arawa, Kai Tahu, Ngāti Raukawa, Uenukukōpako). Taiaroa graduated at the New Zealand School of Dance in 1984, has performed with dance companies Royal NZ Ballet, Black Grace (founding member) and Atamira Dance Company, to name a few. Tai was awarded the Te Tohu Toi Ke–Making A Difference Award for his contribution to Māori Contemporary Dance, the first dancer and the fifth recipient of this award; honoured by the Tempo Dance Festival’s ‘Honouring a Dancer’, where the industry celebrated his long outstanding successful career in New Zealand, and in 2011 accepted the Koowhiti Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding Māori Dancer and Choreographer. In 2007 Tai formed ŌKĀREKA DANCE COMPANY with Taane Mete, and 2019 became the Company’s sole director. Tai has choreographed and performed for many different arts organisations including Christmas in the Park, NZ Opera - of which he has also been an associate director, and World of Wearable Art. In 2023, Tai was awarded the Toi Kō Iriiri Queer Arts Laureate for his contribution to the LGBTQI+ Arts community of New Zealand. Tai lives at Lake Ōkāreka, Rotorua.
Malia Johnston, Co-Choreographer, is a New Zealand choreographer and dance director who has created works for many of New Zealand's dance companies including Footnote Dance, the New Zealand Dance Company, and events such as the World of Wearable Arts and the Armistice centenary on 11 November 2018. From 2007 to 2014 Johnston was artistic
director for the World of Wearable Art Awards show. She directed the World of Wearable Art show which travelled to Hong Kong's International Arts Festival in 2012 and was creative director for the 30th anniversary season in 2018. Johnston is a guest choreographer and tutor at the New Zealand School of Dance and a tutor in dance at Unitec Institute of Technology. She is one of the founders of her own company, Movement Of The Human. Directing and choreographing performances for large public outdoor events is an area Johnston works in, including a performance at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park called He Wawa Waraki: Roaring Chorus for the New Zealand Ministry of Culture and Heritage to commemorat the 1918 armistice that marked the end of World War I. In 2021
Johnston directed the opening of The Performance Arcade, What if the City Was a Theatre? programme in Wellington which was a collaboration with Johnston's w kapa haka group Hiwa, Wellington Opera, and singer Sharn Te Pou.
Taane Mete, Co-Choreographer, is a New Zealand dancer, choreographer and yoga teacher. Mete affiliates with the Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Koroki-Kahukura tribes in the North Island of Aotearoa, New Zealand. He graduated with honours from the New Zealand School of Dance in 1988. In 2008 he completed the Leadership New Zealand Programme, Pūmanawa Kaiārahi o Aotearoa. Mete is a dancer, choreographer and yoga teacher, and was a founding member of Black Grace Dance Company. He has danced with Footnote Dance Company, the Douglas Wright Dance Company, Taiao Dance Company, and Fusion Dance Theatre, and the Atamira Dance Company, among others. Mete formed the Õkāreka Dance Company in 2007 with Taiaroa Royal, and departed the Company in 2019. Mete featured in Show McCullagh’s short film Hurtle, and Peter Jackson’s King Kong and has appeared as a presenter for the television programme Takataapui
Tui Matira Ranapiri-Ransfield, Cultural Adviser, Te Ariki Tapairu/Kuikui o Ōkāreka Dance Company
“I rere iho ai au i a Papatūānuku, i a Hinehauone, i a Hinetīmata…., i a Kuraimonoa, i a Mākuratawhiti, i a Kūotepō, i a Hamoterangi, i a Whakaotirangi, i a Kōriko, i a Muriwhenua, i a Iwirau, i a Muriwai, i a Te Moana Kuia, i a Ihuparapara, i a Iwipūpū, i a Irena Pareraukawakawa Hokimā, i a Tini Paana, i a Hine-nui-te-pō….” I am the epitome quintessence of these goddesses, deities and ancestresses, within my inner being I have inherited their mana wahine, their mana tangata, their mauri mareikura, their wairuatanga! I have lived a life full of abundance and wealth! I am the love-child and first born of my dearest parents. I am the eldest of seven, five girls and two boys. I was raised on good values, good morals, practices and a rich whānau, hapū culture. I am blessed to have been reared by many female exemplars. All who were and are wāhine rangatira and āriki tapairu! Their characters are
powerful, staunch, proud, intellectual and cultured. It all began with my conception and birth from my beautiful, influential, empowering Mother, Sweetheart, Pal and Mum, my loving nurturing elegant Nana, my loving kind humble Taua, my generous, lavish, unstinting Aunty and my many sagacious, inspiring Kuia, Hākui, Ruruhi, Taua, Nana, Ruahine, Aunties, cousins, sisters, nieces, mokopuna and friends who have unconditionally mentored and loved me. These learned women taught me compassion, respect, love, discipline, integrity, gentleness and kindness. They cultivated my mother culture in me, hospitality and caring for others, exposure and appreciation for most music, dance and the arts, instrumental in my education pursuits, supportive in my sporting recreational activities, guidance in enlightenment and spirituality knowledge and practice…. they were stupendous role models and excellent people, who fashioned and fed my whole being…. their greatness always a we-inspiring I will forever cherish and treasure….I descend from a long line of illustrious, exceptional, strong, skilled women.
Vanda Karolczak, Production Coordination and Designer. Originally from Montreal, Quebec (Canada). Vanda has been living and working in Aotearoa since 1999. Her design work has spanned over 40 years covering theatre, dance, television, fashion, and music during time spent living in North America, the U.K, as well as New Zealand. She has a strong background in working in the music industry during her time in the UK and Canada touring with such acts as Robert Plant, Erasure, and Alexandre O’Neil and spent 5 years touring with Les Grandes Ballets Canadiens. Since coming to NZ Vanda has primarily been involved in the Indigenous contemporary dance space. She also has also been part of the Creative team for Ōkāreka Dance Company since 2014 and has designed for works such as Mana Wahine (Lighting), Manawa (Lighting), Wired (Lighting) ,and Hōkioi me te Vwōhali (Set and Lighting ) which premiered at the International Arts Festival in Wellington 2020 and recently made its North American debut in Cincinnati, Ohio (2023). Vanda has also worked extensively with the Atamira Dance Company in various capacities since 2003. Her design work for Atamira includes the award winning Ngai Tahu 32 (Lighting) and Taonga (Lighting and Set), Tomo (Lighting, Set, and Costumes), Mitimiti (Lighting), and Ngā Wai (Lighting), among others, and the 2022 legacy work Te Wheke (Lighting) which completed a 4 week tour in North America in 2023. In the past year she was lighting designer for Auckland Theatre Company’s 2023 production of King Lear. Vanda still enjoys touring but when home is based in West Auckland; living and continually being inspired by the beautiful West Coast Beaches and Waitakere Ranges.
Jana Castillo, Dancer. Jana Castillo is one of Australia’s most respected contemporary dancers, whose achievements to date are impressive alone, without taking the artist’s disability into consideration; one that can rob her of movement, speech and cognition. Some of her career-landmarks include Winner of the 2018 Australian Dance Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Dancer, Lead motion-capture actor on feature films The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Dancer with Australian Dance Theatre, and Winner of the 2022 Green Room Award for ‘Best Performer’ (covering all genders).
Emma Cosgrave, Dancer, is a Ngāti Pūkenga dancer, choreographer, and scholar. Most recently, Emma danced with Footnote New Zealand Dance and Atamira Dance Company on various works touring Aotearoa/New Zealand. Emma has also performed alongside Guangdong Modern Company (China). Emma is a graduate of Dance Studies, University of Auckland and has completed her Honours and Masters in Dance.
Paige Shand Haami, Dancer. After graduating from NZSD in 2014, Paige went on to work with Tawata Productions, Taki Rua Productions, Footnote New Zealand Dance, Atamira Dance Company and Black Grace, touring both nationally and internationally. Paige then joined and is still a part of the legendary Cabaret company ‘Le Crazy Horse de Paris’, as the Crazy Girl ‘Lola Kashmir’ in Paris, France. She has performed to people such as Janet Jackson, Zendaya, Usher, Idris Elba, Pink and many more.
Abbagail Rogers, Dancer. Born and raised in Christchurch, Abbie (Kāi Tahu, Te Arawa) is a dancer and emerging producer based in Auckland, New Zealand. Since 2019, Abbie has had the privilege of performing and collaborating with Ōkāreka Dance Company (Mana Wahine 2021/2022), Atamira Dance Company, Gabrielle Thomas, Kelly Nash and Sean MacDonald.
Cory-Toalei Roycroft, Dancer, (Ngāti Kahungunu, Tūwharetoa, Raukawa, Kauwhata, Hāmoa) is a New Zealand based artist that has been dancing since the age of 7. After graduating with a degree in contemporary dance, they have performed both nationally and internationally, holding the passion of telling stories – especially indigenous - through movement.
Alaina Cota, Dancer, is originally from the coast of Oregon, and now resides on O‘ahu, Hawai’i where she received her Masters of Fine Arts in Dance from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. She trained at Ballet Chicago and Houston Ballet and received her undergraduate degree from Western Oregon University with a Bachelor of Science in Dance and Psychology. She has danced professionally for Rainbow Dance Theatre, Polaris Dance Theatre, Cressida Danza Contemporánea, and currently dances for Tau Dance Theatre and Dancers Unlimited.
Vanessa Reed, Stage Manager, has been working with Vanda Karolczak on numerous touring projects in the Contemporary Dance Community of Aotearoa, New Zealand since 2021 as well as a previous US Tour with the Atamira Dance Company in 2023. She holds the supporting role of Stage Manager as well as being instrumental in setting up the set and props for the show and executing any repairs. She understands and supports the Kaupapa Māori when working with the company and is the main support person for the dancers when in the theatres.
Rebekah Boyce, Audio-Visual, is the protégé of Rowen Pierce, the original audio-visual designer and creator of that section of the visual design. With this project’s complicated video mapping needs, Rebekah has been entrusted to recreate Rowan’s work and uphold its artistic elements when working in a variety of situations.
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* in Memoriam ~ denotes TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND Board of Trustee
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Lee Cobb, President
Sue Benn
Joel Bines
Arthur P. Bollon
Mary Ann Borden-Neary
Michael Crossley
Claire Dewar
Matrice Ellis Kirk
Wanda Gierhart Fearing
Steven Gendler
Bill Graue
Rodger Kobes
Noelle LeVeaux
Lola Lott
Venetia Patout
Tracy Preston
DeMetris Sampson
Charles Santos
Arlene Switzer Steinfield
Estela Tejeda-Moreno
Michael Titens
Chandana Weerasekara
Krista Weinstein
Lily Cabatu Weiss
HONORARY BOARD
Mr. Tom Adams (TITAS Co-Founder)
Penny Atkiss
William Benac
Jeanne Marie Clossey
Lauren Embrey
Bess Enloe
Rebecca Enloe Fletcher
Kathryn D. Greene
Carol Hall
Gayle Ziaks Halperin
Sally Hansen
Zoé deRopp Hart
Alan Lerner
Charlene Marsh
Lynn Nikaidoh
Deedie Rose
CHARLES SANTOS
Executive Director
Artistic Director
JOHN FRAZIER
Director of Operations
JESSICA MALEK
Director of Development/ Education
STEVE HAMILTON
Accountant
TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND CO-FOUNDERS
Tom Adams and Gene Leggett
TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND
700 North Pearl Street, Suite 1800
Dallas TX 75201
214.978.2855
Box Office 214.880.0202
titas.org attpac.org/titas
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