Birds with Skymirrors by Lemi Ponifasio review

Acclaimed New Zealand-Samoan choreographer Lemi Ponifasio creates a world full of portent – devoid of colour, except for the green on a birdman’s head.

By Francesca Horsley In Dance

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17th March, 2012

Review

The shadows between the karanga, theatre and dance carry an urgent message – we are on the brink of losing traditional worlds and the beautiful and fragile. Ten dancers from the MAU company presented Birds with Skymirrors In a hypnotic, time-stretching performance at the New Zealand International Arts Festival. Breathtaking lighting design by Helen Todd brought its grave world to life, both ushering in and concealing performers. The work achieved transcendence in the relationship of its light, dance and sound. Seven of the company dancers come from the low-lying Kiribati and ...

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