Activities
5. Neil Ieremia - contemporary Samoan artist
Neil's background
How does Neil demonstrate his Samoan background in the dances he's created?
Go to:
CHILDHOOD
IDEAS
CHOREOGRAPHY
COMPRESSION
Word Hunt
How about going on a Pop Up word hunt?
Can you locate the following Pop Up references?
Igelese Ete
Creative New Zealand
Whitireia Polytechnic
Michael Parmenter
Pacific Wave Festival
Injury
'Cultural Connections'
Samoan culture
Finding out about dance
Go to the centre drop down menu and select DANCE.
Read everything you can about the following headings noting how Māori and Samoan dance feature in a unique way in this country.
History, New Zealand, Kapa Haka, Style, Technique.
Gaining ideas from other cultures
"Within Black Grace there are things we gain from our Māori and Samoan cultures - things like the raw energy of haka, movement ideas like sasa and slap dance which we take and use, play around with." Neil.
View all the Movie extracts in Neil's section of Creative Explorer and figure out which ones are examples of what Neil is saying here.
Go to:
Neil Activities - six dance extracts on Dance Choreographer.
CHILDHOOD - Samoa. Show Movie.
6. Your turn
Can you transfer the task outlines in the the different Activities 1 - 5 to another culture?
e.g. Activity 1 is about making your own Māori dictionary of words and special names. Perhaps you could make a Samoan one?
Activity 3. What can you find out about contemporary Samoan artists?
