Foreword Salote Nita Latu, Nicole Peirera and Pauline Hiroti. Preface Stephanie Burridge. Acknowledgements. Introduction Ralph Buck and Nicholas Rowe. 1. Godwits, Kuaka and the Returns of Ausdruckstanz in Aotearoa Carol Brown 2. The Role of Gunge Takwaku Dance in Kraku-bandi Female Initiation of the Yangit of Papua New Guinea Naomi Faik-Simet 3. Learning and Performing my Pacific Island identity Teuila Hughes 4.

Earthquakes and Aftershocks: Dance in Christchurch Trudy Dobbie 5. Hip Hop Dance in New Zealand and Pacific Islands Katherine Walker, Josh Mitikulena and Seidah Karati 6. Tracing the Steps of Modern and Contemporary Dance in Twentieth-Century New Zealand Marianne Schultz 7. A Teachers Story: He Purakau na te Kaiako Tia Reihana-Morunga 8. Dancing the Kolo under the Long White Cloud Dagmar Simon 9. Treasuring the Meke in a Modern Fiji Sachiko Miller 10. The Role of a Service Organisation for Dance DANZ, Dance Aotearoa New Zealand Tania Kopytko 11. Artist Voices and Biographies Sarah Knox and Rose Martin.

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