October 2006 Rangiatea – Seeds Sown from Greatness.
This year Manaia worked in collaboration with International Workshop Festival to bring a series of Maori performance based workshops culminating with a show at the Cochrane theatre, West End, London.
The workshops were open to the public and involved a number of performance disciplines including haka, poi, taiaha and ta moko. The show was definitely a high light for Manaia.
Called, Rangiatea – Seeds Sown from Greatness, in reference to the homeland of all Polynesian Peoples, it was a showcase of the work of a number of Maori and Polynesian performing artists, with work inspired by our ancient stories of creation and movement.
Manaia’s piece was a 40 minute production of the story of Rangi and Papa and their children the story of the creation of the universe - featuring Tane, Tangaroa, Tumatauenga, Tawhirimatea and others.
