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Sunameke is a Pacific Island Performance Group based in Darwin in the Top End of Australia. Our Traditional and Contemporary dance and song are from Oceania.We have performed nationally and internationally, forging our path for forms of cross cultural performance! Sunameke Productions aim to create work that reflects our cultural diversity within a contemporary context with particular emphasis on the experience of the "Hapakasi". Our motto is "From old to new old, that's the way we go forward", embracing our cultural dances and giving them a new purpose away from their original contexts through our performance practice.
Crew
Sunameke was formed in 1997 by Julia Gray, Katrina Sonter, Samantha Sonter and Yolanda Gray.Current Performers: Yola Gray, Katrina Sonter, Samantha Sonter, Justine Maxwell, Renee Lalor, Julia Quinn, Courtney Chin, Noella Goveas, Yvonne Tan,Music Men: James Mangohig, Phillip Eaton and Mark SmithLittle Sunameke: Keama Aniheta, Salevasa Gray , Jaxon Lloyd and Aria Roberts, Amelia Kadiba, Kamali Lalor, Amy Pearl and Lee Russell.Director: Julia Mageau GrayBorn of Papua New Guinea/Australian heritage and raised in both Australia and Papua New Guinea I have been exposed all of my life to the impact of two very separate and distinctive cultures. After graduating with a BA in Dance(Hons) from Adelaide University, I have spent my professional life as a freelance dancer and choreographer in finding ways to express my Papua New Guinea heritage. I have been privileged to work in numerous projects in collaborative and directing capacities. Career highlights have been working with Tracks Dance Theatre, DrumDrum, Sunameke and touring the Pacific Islands courtesy of the Cultural Linguistics Award from the Office of Multi-Cultural Affairs.
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Reviews
Vavine
Vavine : Brownsmart
Dancing between two shores - Janice McEwen Long ago the temptress Vavine tricked the mighty hunter Alule into revealing all his dances and abandoning all his costumes to her. From these dances sprang the rich culture of the Mekeo people of Papua New Guinea.The Pacific Island performance group Sunameke created a contemporary dance, Vavine, around this narrative and performed it recently to packed houses at Browns Mart Theatre in Darwin. Sunamekes director and principal choreographer, Julia Gray, used the production to explore how cultures shift and change over time. How these changes have played out in her own life and the lives of others caught between 2 shores, is one of the major narrative strands of this multi-faceted production.For some of the dancers in Sunameke this was their first performance in a theatre. Others have much wider experience. Together they produced a performance that resonated strongly with the multicultural Darwin audience. For many in Darwin, especially those from the South Pacific and Asia Pacific regions, dance is a key cultural activity practiced with respect for each dances particular essence and reason for existence.In this performance a hypnotic voice-over narration echoed and re-iterated fragments of the Vavine story, interwoven with contemporary text from the distinguished Pacific poet Teresia Teaiwa. Drama and melancholy were added through a soundtrack comprising mostly traditional island guitar and ukulele music, but also including some original tracks from Airileke Ingram of the Drum Drum group. The narrators voice added a heightened significance to the dance and immersed the audience in the power that emanates from myth.The dramatic tension was alleviated by more light-hearted episodes such as a group of young girls sweeping the stage with straw brooms and competing to grate coconut for the prize of a Cherry Ripe. There was humour too in the raw energy of Teaiwas text: This is just the husk of the coconut, babywait till you reach the shell!Darwin has as many as 50 cultural dance groups who maintain their culture and traditions through performance. The particular significance of Vavine has been the creation of a contemporary performance based on traditional dance movement. This process both questions and reaffirms the relevance of dance traditions in the changing post-colonial space between 2 shores.Sunameke, Vavine, director Julia Gray, performers Yola Gray, Richard Broughton, Darrin McNally, Julia Quinn, text written and spoken by Teresia Teaiwa, choreographers Julia Gray, Yola Gray, Pamela Cameron, Richard Broughton, Vanessa Gordon, lighting and design Elka Kerkhofs, Neil McKnight, Browns Mart Theatre, Darwin, Feb13-14
Faia
Faia: Browns Mart & Darwin High School
Jo Norton, I-Moves, 2005 ReviewFor the final performance Sunamake again graced the stage with their newest work Faia that loosely translates as fate. The work plots the development of the friendships of the dancers who make up Sunameke. Beginning in Papua New Guinea the opening sequence concentrates on traditional movements to slower music. Some dancers entered sweeping with large bunches of grass that added a spectacular sound to the drumming audio. Two dancers sat in the middle of the stage, one comforting the other to illustrate the commitment of relationships during times of need. The dancers also carried striped sheets of cloth that were used to great visual effect as the dancers waved them around their bodies or hid behind them. As the piece developed so too did the dancers relationships with overt characteristics being acted out in a very theatrical way. One dancer pretended to get annoyed with another and they stormed off in a highly amusing fashion. The dancers picked up the pace as the piece progressed. Traditional drumming from the Pacific Islands and PNG (where the dancers migrated from) was composed by Drum Drum. By this stage the crowd was enthralled and clapped along to the beat of the drumming.The most memorable part of the performance was close to the end as all the dancers moved in sync with their feet pounding the floor in unison. It was a warm and personal piece that effectively communicated the strength and nuances of the dancers relationships. Faia was a great piece to finish on, it left the audience elated and full of energy.
Faia ke Vavine
Fai'a ke Vavine at the Adelaide Fringe Festival
Faia ke Vavine Review - Peter Burdon This splendid offering is the brainchild of the resourceful Julia Gray, one of the last crop of dance graduates from the great Adelaide University course, who works closely with women from many Indigenous cultures, of Australia, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, and elsewhere, to reflect on and promote the place of dance in culture. They dance in joy and in sadness, and this performance from Sunameke, a Pacific Island performance group formed from members of Darwins multicultural community, is terrific. Songs of happiness, songs of drudgery, songs of work, songs of play. A song for cleaning a coconut was a popular favourite, as were the tremendous haka from a trio of Maori warriors (well, nearly). Not a moment is wasted in this show which is tightly structured and flows well. And most excitingly of all, its clear as a bell that everyone concerned loves and believes in what they are going. Thats special.
Chauka Calling
Heed the Call of the Chauka
HEED THE CALL OF THE CHAUKASunamekeDirector: Julia GrayPresented by Sunameke (from Darwin)at Western Springs Lakeside, Auckland13 Mar 2010Reviewed by Margi Martin, 15 Mar 2010Aucklands popular Pasifika Festival day arrives Saturday 13 March 2010, bringing togetherthousands for a great day out at Western Springs. The non-stop entertainment is across 12 stages,but focused on the two main stages, which are the Emerging Stage, and the Air New ZealandInternational Stage.The first group on the international stage is Sunameke, a unique Pacific Island dance companybased in Darwin and directed by PNG Hapakasi (half-cast) Julia Gray. Sunamake debuted todayspiece, Chauka Calling, at the 2009 Miss Pacific Pageant in Suva, Fiji.Chauka Calling was created to raise awareness of climate change and its effects in Oceania. Chaukawas the guardian bird of the village in the legend Leveyam and warned the villagers of a threat. ThePacifika audience is reminded to heed the call of the Chauka.Using traditional stories, dances and songs from across Oceania in a contemporary context;Sunameke illustrates the links between Pacific Islanders and the sea and highlights the futureadversity that awaits them in the form of climate change.Being the first group on the Pasifika Festival international stage they have to draw a crowd tothemselves. It is Saturday morning at 10.10am but there are already quite a lot of people at thefestival. Four dancers take places on stage and then the sound track begins with layered andrepeating poetry drawing us to think and try to understand. About a hundred people gather to watch.The layered grass skirts from Thursday nights opening concert are gone and a more contemporarylook is achieved in black strapless tops and fitted skirts. But the beautiful adornments are there inshell necklaces and anklets, yellow hair flowers and high armbands.They are like perching birds, rising and crouching, unfolding and turning to the wind. Wide-openarms in second position, with chests raised and faces upward, their movements blend Melanesiancustom dance with modern vocabularies. Flowing from strong open positions to folding and twisting,fists presenting and hands softening, they move through the voices of poetry and then song that arerecorded in haunting echoes, filling the space. Knees are lifted and flexed feet presented, as armspaddle, heads turn to navigate and focused faces remain unsmiling.A feeling of caution floats across the audience as Leviyan is sung in haunting minor unison, inrepetition as the sound of water laps the soundtrack. Harmonies intensify then recede to unisonagain, emulating the tidal water and reminding us that the sea at Mataan beach in Loniu, ManusIslands (PNG) is rising. Dancers now change configuration with rhythmic stepping and running inplace, lifting the energy around the stage.Changing again, blue flags are rested front stage by two crouching dancers, while the other twocontinue to move rhythmically. Percussive tracks take over with intense drumming and rain-stick likesoftness taking there turns. The front dancers begin to raise the flags, swooping, hiding andrevealing the two moving dancers. It is a beautiful spectacle.The final section changes to fast slit drums: a piece called March Up. The smiling breaks out asthey move quickly back and forth across the stage, stepping, hopping and moving in and aroundeach other in lines. It is joyous and entertaining; the kind of piece that gets everyone to their feet tojoin in if they are given half a chance.Sunameke Productions aim to create work that reflects cultural diversity within a contemporarycontext and with particular emphasis on the experience of the Hapakasi the half-cast PacificIslanders experiences. Their website reveals: Our motto is From old to new, thats the way we goforward, embracing our cultural dances and giving them a new purpose away from their originalcontexts through our performance practice.
Aipa
Centipedes at the Pasifika Festival
DIVERSE AND SPECTACULAR OPENINGPasifika Festival Opening Night Showcase Concertat Western Springs Lakeside, Auckland11 Mar 2010[2hrs 15 mins]Reviewed by Margi Martin, 12 Mar 2010Aucklands popular Pasifika Festival is a free celebration of our diverse Pacific communities,organised annually by Auckland City Council. This opening concert featured performances from eachof the 10 communities that will be represented as villages on Saturdays festival day, as well as aspecial contribution from PIBAC, the citys Pacific Island Board, and performances from internationalartists travelling to Auckland for Pasifika: Sunameke from Darwin, Australia and the Mana MaoliCollective from Hawaii.Undiscouraged by sprinkling rain, crowds arrived Lakeside, Western Springs, in Island time. Thediverse Pacific Nations that enjoy Aucklands environment were out in all their colours along with ahandful of Palangis. 7.15 was a good start time for a 7pm concert and Mayor John Banks openedthe concert with respectful words about the Pacifika Festival. The Kapa Haka group came runningfrom their van just in time to open in song at 7.20 and began the concert with warmth andenthusiastic volume. Bruce McCarthy from the Pacific Island Board of the Auckland City Councilpointed out that this is the biggest Pacific Festival in the world, although opening night saw a fewhundred guests, not the thousands expected on Saturday.Miss South Pacific took the stage dancing. Crowned in Suva last week, her classic beauty was welldisplayed in grass skirt and top, necklaces and wrists with woven flowers and a-glowing, oiled skin.Her infectious smile added to her smooth swinging hips and gentle hand gestures.Next on stage were Sunameke, special guests from Darwin, but of PNG origins. This professionalgroup has been travelling a lot lately, making the rounds of Pacific based festivals. Four womenmake up the company and NZ-based relatives filled the team out to seven dancers. Six appeared onstage and the seven will be performing on Saturday.Those wishing for a spectacle were disappointed here. But Sunameke are known for their desire topromote Mekeo culture through performance and requiring the audience to think about this. Theyremained true to this on the night. They danced Geva, a custom dance from Mekeo, usually dancedin the centre of the village where men court and attract women.Months of preparation traditionally go on as feathers and dogs teeth are collected for elaborate headdresses and costumes called Pakai. Geva and thus Pakai is the art of pulling women. Sunamekeappeared with swinging hips, stepping side to side in hypnotic rhythms and blank, focused faces.Their upper body movement was bound as they clutched hands together around frangipani leis.Yellow tops and headbands were simple compared to the heavily laden chests in the village setting NZ customs would never have allowed all the costume in! Face paint in yellow, red and blackdisplayed two different designs, differentiating two Mekeo clans.The swinging hips created half-circle patterns emphasising their layered grass skirts with strips oftapa seen hanging through the strands of yellow, green and red.read the rest of the review about the opening night....
Skin Deep
Skin Deep - excerpt from Dear Aunty
DEAR AUNTYSunamekeDirector: Julia GrayPresented _ The Best Of Auditions, Pasifika Festivalat the GALATOS, Auckland10th Mar 2010Words from Tanya MuagututiaSunameke brings a fresh and contemporary look at cultural identity through multimedia and movement in 'Dear Aunty'A short film that shows it's members' candid view on how the world sees them as 'islanders' living in Australia sets up a thought provoking challenge of 'first impressions' and mis-identity in an urban setting. Tatau or tattoo markings are some imagery used in the film to assist with this idea, but it's the thick Australian accents, and close up of the faces that really make this challenge stand out.Following is a movement piece that further depicts identity through the infamous 'Miss South Pacific Pageant' and perhaps how the world should see us represented or representing our island nations. The simplicity of the piece is charming and the shortness of its entirety makes you yearn for a little more.
Who Born You
Who Born You?
Review - Natalie Richards'Who Born You?' December 10th 2010 _ Darwin Entertainment Centre.We all relish in modern day conveniences; driving our Japanese cars, sipping on European beers and wines, eating ethnic foods, leaving our dishes to the dishwasherGlobalisation has seeped through the cracks of our everyday lives and is now an inescapable part of living in a 'developed' nation. Admittedly, there are a number of advantages stemming from Globalisation - I wouldn't be planning my holiday to Switzerland if it weren't for the Boeing Jet obliterating the distance! Within the realm of culture, however, globalisation has not only developed the concept of cultural diversity, but posed a number of difficult questions for many of the worlds cultures, especially those of mixed-cultural heritage:Who Born You?Through the thought-provoking production of Who Born You?, Julia Gray and Sunameke depict the struggle and growth of the mixed race woman's existence in a globalised world where she is torn between two lives. How does she maintain her heritage but conform to her life in Australia? Does she abandon one part of her and embrace the other? I really felt like asking, 'who is this woman'? How can she identify herself? Here is a woman of rich cultural heritage, thrust into a globalised and homogenised society, and searching frantically for a space to ground her bare feet. She is desperately clinging to her cultural roots, refusing to be washed away by a global and homogenised culture, but her identity is blurred and hazy.The deep beats and echoes of harmonies evoke mystery and past tragedies of burden and sadness, perhaps carried by the woman depicted.The dancing portrays beautifully the questions of identity this Pacific mixed-race woman faces. The choreography is packed full of symbolisation and metaphors to enhance the experience. The theme of new and old worlds colliding reverberates throughout the work - traditional music intertwined with glitch beats and bass, traditional rhythmic hips combined with contemporary movements, as well as the use of video and visual accompaniments. The costumes are very much Pacific styled and the simplicity of them drew my attention more to the movements of the dancing.The story flows seamlessly, with a comical duo creating ripples of giggles throughout the audience. The culmination of the journey ends with a magnificent final 'unravelling', a scene of final discovery, revelation, and realisation. The entire work brought to mind the words of the wise Mahatma Gandhi, "No culture can live if it wants to be exclusive." The modern mixed-race Pacific woman perhaps needs to embrace both of her cultural parentages so that she may form her own unique identity.
Vavine
Faia
Faia ke Vavine
Chauka Calling
Aipa
Skin Deep
Who Born You
Vavine 2004
Faia 2005
Dear Aunty 2009
Aipa - Pasifika Festival 2010
Faia ke Vavine 2007
Chauka Calling 2010
Chauka Calling 2009
Skin Deep - Dear Aunty 2009
Who Born You
History
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2009
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2005
2004
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2010
2010
Pasifika Festival, March 2010 Auckland NZAttend the Ori Tahiti Course - Conservatoire Artistique de Polyensie Francaise -Papeete, Tahiti April 2010Sea Breeze Festival - Nightcliff Foreshore, May 2010 Darwin NTMekeo Laafou - Brisbane, July 3rd 2010
2009
2009
Attend the Ori Tahiti Course - Conservatoire Artistique de Polyensie Francaise -Papeete, Tahiti April 2009Sea Breeze Festival - Nightcliff Foreshore, May 2008 Darwin NTAusdanceNT Imoves season _ the Light House, Darwin Festival, August 2009 AusdanceNT Dancing in the Sand, Darwin Festival, August 2009Dear Aunty Production _ Browns Mart, Darwin Festival, August 2009Sunameke LIVE! _ Darwin Entertainment Centre, September 2009DANZ - Pacific Dance Fono Choreolab, South Auckland, New Zealand, October 2009Wasawasa Festival, Suva Fiji November 2009South Pacific Beauty Pageant, Suva Fiji November 2009
2008
2008
Oceanic Connections conference organised by the AAAPS at Australian National University, 2008 Canberra ACT - Performed Weaving Our Map (Live 1 hr set) - Oceanic Connections Report10th International Paediatric & Child Health Nursing Conference - Holiday Inn Esplanade Ballroom, May 2008 Darwin NTSea Breeze Festival - Nightcliff Foreshore, May 2008 Darwin NTPalmerston Festival 2008 Presented a performance and scholarly paper as a leader in the field of trans-cultural performance at The World Dance Alliance Global Summit in Brisbane in July. - Performed Weaving Our Map (live 20 min set)AusdanceNT Imoves season _ the Starshell, Darwin Festival, August 2008 - Performed Weaving Our Map (live 20 min set)Paradise: Remixed - Something old Something New, Presented by the Darwin Festival and the Cultural Village of the Northern Territory _ Starshell, 31st August 2008 - Program - Paradise Remixed
2007
2007
Adelaide Fringe Festival with Faia ke Vavine, 2007Fai'a Ke Vavine was performed at The Adelaide Fringe Festival to rave reviews.It was a mix of the previous productions "Fai'a" and "Vavine".Arafura Games Opening, 2007 NTNesian Pride presented by Sunameke, 2007 NTFour on the Floor presented by Ausdance NT at the Darwin Festival 2007Sing Sing concert presented by David Bridie and Airi Ingram, 2007 Darwin FestivalManu production presented by the Cultural Village of the NT, 2007 Darwin FestivalManu - Portents and Wonders Darwin Festival and the Cultural Village of the NT presents Afabulous night of high energy performance, song, storytelling and ritual from PNG, Indonesia,Samoa, Kiribati, East Timor, India, New Zealand, Fiji, West Indies and the Torres Straitcultures that reside and share in the history of the Top End.Experience a multi cultural feast ofdances and rituals as over 100 performers take to the stage in a production that celebrates theinfluences and beauty of Manu birds. Manu is also the story of the cultural village itself and istheir testimony, a celebration of beauty and courtship, culture and identity and dreams for thefuture.
2006
2006
Fai'a'' Darwin High School, 2006 NT Fai'a was revised and extended after the success it achieved at the "Culture Moves! Conference" in Wellington, New Zealand, 2005. The extended version of Fai'a was performed at Darwin High School to full house audiences.Without Sea Tracks production, 2006 NTI-Moves seasons presented by Ausdance 2006 NT Waka production presented by the Cultural Village of the 2006 NT Darwin Festival
2005
2005
'Our Place' Top End Arts Marketing Launch, 2005 NTOur Place was choreographed for the Opening of "Top End Arts Marketing". It is a piece depicting the vibrant multicultralsim found in the Northern Territory and how people from different places have come to call the "Top End" home.Arafura Games Opening, 2005 NT'Faia' Culture Moves Conference, 2005 Wellington New ZealandFai'a is about the relationship between the Sunameke dancers. Giving insight into the reasons that they continue to dance through adversity. Fai'a translated means directed fate. This piece was peformed for the Ausdance "I-Moves" season of 2005 and also at the "Culture Moves! Conference" in Wellington, New Zealand.TAGATA PASIFIKA FOOTAGENesian Pride presented by Sunameke, 2005 NTDubu production presented by the Cultural Village of the NT, 2005Darwin Festival I-Moves seasons presented by Ausdance NT 2005
2004
2004
Tracks Local production, 2004 NT Vavine production, 2004 NT I-Moves seasons presented by Ausdance NT 2004Weaving the Map is an interpretation through expressive movement and theatre the impact the Christian Missionaries had on the cultures of the Pacific islands, and how that impact has effected modern Pacific Island culture. This piece was performed as part of the AusdanceNT "I-Moves" season of 2004 in collaboration with Juniper Tree Dance Company. Snakes, Gods and Deities Tracks production, 2004 Darwin Festival Urban Village production presented by the Cultural Village of the NT, 2004 Darwin Festival
Genealogy
Genealogy
Pinnacle Events
Many thanks to our Mentors, Advisors, Tutors, and Peers over the years! Papua New Guinea Lopia Faa Clan - Oaisaka Village - Mekeo Auki Aipuga Maino Fii Opu Aipuga Magaiva and Bena Auki Manus Islands Charles Kalweh Paluai Suk Suk and Drum Drum Wendy Polume Gaba Gaba Village - Motu Paia Ingram Airileke Ingram Ranu James Morobe and Sepik Markham Galut Pius Wasi Tolai, East New Britain Lava Watts Woolmah Dunn Lydia Cameron Hudson Higglett University of Papua New Guinea Rodney Kove Stephen KellyKiribati The Muller Family Katerina Teaiwa Margie Muller Lulu TerepoNew Zealand Ricky Kouka and Richard Broughton Te Tuhi Puru Westrupp Miniata WestruppSamoa Fiso Matalepuna Seumanufagai Salevasa Day Iosefa Enari Tanuli Chan Lina TimeTahiti Conservatoire Artistique de Polynésie Française Mamie Louise KIMITETE Vanina EHU Erena UURA Vaehakaiki URIMA TEPEHU Family Leeanne Fabila Leandra ThompsonTonga The Terepo Family Seini and Latai TaumoepeauAustralia Juniper Tree Dance Co. Julia Quinn Tracks Dance Theatre. David McMicken University of Adelaide David and Simi RochePhilippines Cebu City, Cebu Gloribeth Betchay Mondragon
1981R.A.B.S.E.C Cultural Day Performances1991Oaisaka (Inawi) Church Opening 1994UPNG workshops with PNG community in Darwin culminating in the production Danis Bilong Tumbuna1996 UPNG two week workshops with Creative Department in Port Moresby and Paluai Suk Suk Manus Dance Groupas Sanguma Dance Group and Drum Drum and Oaisaka Village Performance1997Adelaide Fringe Festival Performance Danis Bilong Tumbuna.Sunameke founded in Adelaide with Yola Gray, Kat and Sam Sonter1999Research Trip - Papua New Guinea2000Research Trip and A Capella tour - New Zealand2005 Cultural Linguistic Award Pacific Tour - New Zealand / Tonga / Samoa / Hawaii2007Research Trip - Samoa, Tahiti, New Zealand2009Research Trips - Tahiti, Papua New Guinea 2010Pasifika Festival AucklandResearch Trip - Tahiti
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Who Born You
Who Born You
Who Born You?
Check out these links for the film from the production Who Born You?Who Born You? 1 Who Born You? 2 Film - Julia GrayMusic - Arranged and composed by James MangohigAbout Who Born You : it recounts the personal Kokoda Trail adventures of mixed-race modern women. Women born from Indigenous cultures impacted upon by Christian Missionaries and Western Lifestyle. It impels audiences to question depictions of Pacific women as not unlike traditional idols now seen as objects of art in a museum or gallery.It challenges the stereotype of the Pacific Woman with flowers in her hair and a beckoning smile. Delving into the contemporary world of rhythmic hips, shoe boxes, shared space andgrounded feet ? Who Born You will rock your heart and weave the tracks of the modern day Pacific Woman.Directed by Julia Gray, it incorporates contemporary Pacific Dance, film and photography with original music composed and arranged by James Mangohig. In Sunameke Mangohig brings his experience from his bands Kahibaloo and Sietta with his love of electronic, soul and hip-hop. This he combines with Sunamekes vocal powerhouses in creating music combining traditional sounds with what he terms as his TRIBAL BOOM.
Work
Productions
Who Born You
Dear Aunty
Chauka Calling
Weaving Our Map
Aipa
Faia ke Vavine
Over the Years
Genealogy
Genealogy
Pinnacle Events
Many thanks to our Mentors, Advisors, Tutors, and Peers over the years! Papua New Guinea Lopia Faa Clan - Oaisaka Village - Mekeo Auki Aipuga Maino Fii Opu Aipuga Magaiva and Bena Auki Manus Islands Charles Kalweh Paluai Suk Suk and Drum Drum Wendy Polume Gaba Gaba Village - Motu Paia Ingram Airileke Ingram Ranu James Morobe and Sepik Markham Galut Pius Wasi Tolai, East New Britain Lava Watts Woolmah Dunn Lydia Cameron Hudson Higglett University of Papua New Guinea Rodney Kove Stephen KellyKiribati The Muller Family Katerina Teaiwa Margie Muller Lulu TerepoNew Zealand Ricky Kouka and Richard Broughton Te Tuhi Puru Westrupp Miniata WestruppSamoa Fiso Matalepuna Seumanufagai Salevasa Day Iosefa Enari Tanuli Chan Lina TimeTahiti Conservatoire Artistique de Polynésie Française Mamie Louise KIMITETE Vanina EHU Erena UURA Vaehakaiki URIMA TEPEHU Family Leeanne Fabila Leandra Thompson Ruth ChisakaTonga The Terepo Family Seini (Sistanative) and Latai TaumoepeauAustralia Juniper Tree Dance Co. Julia Quinn Tracks Dance Theatre. David McMicken University of Adelaide David and Simi RochePhilippines Cebu City, Cebu Gloribeth Betchay Mondragon James Mangohig
1981R.A.B.S.E.C Cultural Day Performances1991Oaisaka (Inawi) Church Opening 1994UPNG workshops with PNG community in Darwin culminating in the production Danis Bilong Tumbuna1996 UPNG two week workshops with Creative Department in Port Moresby and Paluai Suk Suk Manus Dance Groupas Sanguma Dance Group and Drum Drum and Oaisaka Village Performance1997Adelaide Fringe Festival Performance Danis Bilong Tumbuna.Sunameke founded in Adelaide with Yola Gray, Kat and Sam Sonter1999Research Trip - Papua New Guinea2000Research Trip and A Capella tour - New Zealand2005 Cultural Linguistic Award Pacific Tour - New Zealand / Tonga / Samoa / Hawaii2007Research Trip - Samoa, Tahiti, New Zealand2009Research Trips - Tahiti, Papua New Guinea 2010Pasifika Festival AucklandResearch Trip - Tahiti
Class
PACIFIC DANCE CLASSES - All are welcome! Sunameke Productions are opening their doors yet again in 2011We are offeringA high intensity workout that incorporates movement from all over the Pacific.What you will need: Water and a Towel / Sarong and a crop top or singletCost : $5 a class When: Tuesdays Children - 4.30 to 5pm (age: 4 - 9)Adults - 5pm to 6.30pm (age: 10+)Where: Holy Spirit Primary School - Gsell St, Wangurienter via Strele Cres into Holy Spirit Parish carpark - locate us in the stage room off the assembly hall.Be sure to book your spot!
Contact
CONTACT US:Please provide the following information and we will be able to provide you with a quote. • Your contact details (phone and email). • The date and time of your event. • The number of sets required (each set is 15 minutes max / 4 or 5 dances). • The type of event. • The location of the event. • The number of guests expected. • How you heard about Sunameke. • Any other information you wish to provide. What we have to offer: Sets of dances from the Pacific Islands These dances are both traditional and contemporary dances from Oceania. Productions -These performances are dance theatre productions that tell our stories.
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Intro
Darwinspasifika
Who Born You
Chauka Calling
Dear Aunty
