l' Nouvelle-Zélande
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Keepa and Roberta's
Polynesian dancers combine the warm rhythms ofthe South Pacific with
smooth actions to recreate the magic of the
This group of around 30
Polynesian dancers are all students in the performing arts class at the
Polytechnic College of Auckland, New Zealand. The members represent a
number of
Keepa Smith one of the groups
directors was a former musician at the world famous Polynesian Culture
Centre in Laie
Roberta Arahanga the other
director has also tutoured many Polynesian groups and has taken them to
many far away countries around the world. She has performed and judged at
many National maori culture compititions in The group will present a mixed program of Polynesian dances including the Haere Mai, the Taku Kawa and the Tangata Manu. Haere Mai, a Polynesian greeting. means "you are welcome here. " Taku Kawa is an acion song telling the love story of a great chief and a beautiful Maori queen. |