Tempo Dance Festival presents

Bloom

Bloom celebrates choreographers whose work is in a blossoming, shifting or simmering state.

Compelled by what is most urgent for these makers, this space is for curiosity, searching and pushing forward to reveal tomorrow’s bodies and tomorrow's ideas, interjecting into today.

Featuring new and reimagined works from Lily-Mae Solhee Baird, Wiseman Mataiti and Janina Smolira, that speak to being the body / beyond the body, queerness, indigeneity and who is going to give them their 10s. Contemporary dance meets musings on Buchaechum (Korean fan dance), the energy of Taekwondo clashes with carnivorous flowers, and Ballroom is in full bloom with an excerpt of 404: Fafa Not Found, a highlight of Auckland Pride.

CREDITS:

With thanks to Basement Theatre.

Carnivorous Flowers

Special Thanks to Footnote New Zealand Dance, and the Pōneke Festival of Contemporary Dance.

Choreographic Direction: Janina Smolira

Performers / Collaborators: Grace Lewis, Trinity Maydon

Choreographic Research Contributions: Ellie Chick, Sylvie Manning

Lighting Design: Tom Smith

(How) Does This Make You Feel?

Artist: Lily-Mae Solhee Baird

404: Fafa Not Found (excerpt)

Director: Wiseman Zekaria Mataiti

Creative Producers: Wiseman Zekaria Mataiti, Leilani Grace Tonu'u

Performers: Wiseman Zekaria Mataiti, Ratu Komaiwainicka Loaloadravu Waqalevu, Juelz Lilomaiava

Costume Design: Gaven Kurt Bugia

Sound Design / Sound Composition: Devonte Tama'ali'i