Venue. James Hay Theatre
Date/Time. Tuesday 6th October at 7:30pm
Duration. 65 minutes
Cost. $25, $18 (concessions) from Ticketek

Four of the strongest voices in NZ Dance combine their talents to bring a powerful and vocative dance performance to the stage. Presented as a five act autobiographical dance journey; Tama Ma is powerfully performed by Taane Mete and Taiaroa Royal; the distinguished Douglas Wright choreographs Act 2 while the extraordinary talents of Michael Parmenter shape Act 4. Mark Summervile and Heather Lee also collaborated on Tama Ma; they directed and produced PITO, a short film that plays in Act 1 of the performance. Tama Ma tells the story of two men who travel from boyhood, to manhood, and the real life tale of love, life, joy and sorrow. The five part act moves from a short dance film projected on stage to a drag queen's journey to femininity and the return back to masculinity. A young boy's connection to his Whanau (family) and Iwi (tribe) and a mature man's ideas of identity are also deeply explored.

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