TEMPO DANCE FESTIVAL TE RERENGA O TERE 2024
Hōtaka Tūmatanui—Public Programme
11 - 15 October 2024
Strand Arcade, Myers park, Wellesley STudios
The public programme unfolded across the city as an open invitation, drawing dance beyond the theatre and into the shared spaces of Tāmaki Makaurau.
Anchored within the Strand Arcade and extending through the surrounding city, the programme activated streets, shopfronts, and passageways with movement, sound, and encounter. Audiences were invited not only to witness, but to participate, whether through guided processions, performance installations, or practices of care and wellbeing.
Works such as Hine Downtown carried participants through the urban landscape in a collective journey shaped by sound and story, while A Rosegarden transformed the arcade into a site of reflection, memory, and live performance. Alongside these, the hauora programme offered space for rest, healing, and reconnection through a range of embodied practices.
More than 200 people engaged directly with the programme, with many others encountering it in passing, drawn into moments of curiosity, pause, and discovery.
What emerged was a renewed sense of the city as a living stage, where dance met everyday life, and where place, people, and movement were brought into relationship. Through these activations, the public programme contributed to a more open, accessible, and connected experience of dance, inviting new audiences into the rhythm of the festival.
FRIDAY OCTOBER 11
— Myers Park —
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HINE DOWNTOWN | 7:00 - 8:00pm
WITH RACHEL RUCKSTUHL-MANN
// MYERS PARK //
A walking performance from Myers Park to the Strand Arcade.
SATURDAY OCTOBER 12
— Strand Arcade —
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YOGA WITH TAANE | 9:30 - 10:30am
WITH TAANE METE
// STRAND ARCADE SHOP 17 //
Begin your Saturday with an energising and revitalising yoga session led by Taane Mete.
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HIP HOP WORKSHOPS | FROM 10:30am
WITH RICHIE CESAN
// STRAND ARCADE SHOP 17 //
Bring your tamariki down for a dynamic and engaging Hip-Hop workshop for ages 5-14 yrs.
10.30 am - 11:15 am (5 to 10 years old)
11:30 am - 12.15 pm (10 to 14 years old) -
HINE DOWNTOWN | 1:30-2:30pm
** BOOKED OUT **
WITH RACHEL RUCKSTUHL-MANN
// MYERS PARK //
A walking performance from Myers Park to the Strand Arcade.
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STRANDS OF KOTAHITANGA | 3:00 - 4:00pm
Strands of Kotahitanga: Urban Decolonising Utopias Workshop with Dr Mark Harvey
// STRAND ARCADE SHOP 13 //
This workshop will explore through movement and guided collective actions in an urban setting what it might mean to resist colonial capitalism. Be prepared for fun body time and political utopias.
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HAUORA CLINIC | ConTact C.A.R.E | 12:00 - 3:00pm
WITH ROSE TAPSELL
// STRAND ARCADE SHOP 16 //
Rose practices ConTact C.A.R.E Flinchlock® Release, a martial-arts based method to release shock and trauma held in the body from surprise impacts and accidents.
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HAUORA CLINIC | RONGOA | 12:00 - 3:00pm
WITH PIRIPI MORUNGA
// STRAND ARCADE SHOP 17 //
Join Piripi Morunga, a highly experienced Rongoā practitioner with over 18 years of expertise in health and community education for a 20-minute body alignment session.
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HAUORA CLINIC | ZENTHAI SHIATSU | 12:00 - 3:00pm
WITH BRYDIE COLQUHOUN
// STRAND ARCADE SHOP 16 //
Zenthai Shiatsu is a holistic therapy integrating Zen Shiatsu, yoga, traditional Thai massage and osteopathic techniques.
SUNDAY OCTOBER 13
— Strand Arcade —
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YOGA | 9:30 - 10:30am
WITH CAROLINE BINDON
// STRAND ARCADE SHOP 17 //
Begin your Sunday with an energising and revitalising yoga session led by Caroline Bindon.
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HIP HOP WORKSHOPS | FROM 10:30am
WITH RICHIE CESAN
// STRAND ARCADE SHOP 17 //
Bring your tamariki down for a dynamic and engaging Hip-Hop workshop for ages 5-14 yrs.
10.30 am - 11:15 am (5 to 10 years old)
11:30 am - 12.15 pm (10 to 14 years old) -
HAUORA CLINIC | KOMAKO SILVER | 12:00 - 3:00pm
WITH KOMAKO SILVER
// STRAND ARCADE SHOP 13 //
Oro Mauri therapies are a sound based practice that uses tools such as Taonga Puoro (Maori healing instruments) to assist in healing.
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HAUORA CLINIC | RONGOA | 12:00 - 3:00pm
WITH PIRIPI MORUNGA
// STRAND ARCADE SHOP 17 //
Join Piripi Morunga, a highly experienced Rongoā practitioner with over 18 years of expertise in health and community education for a 20-minute body alignment session.
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PACIFIC MOVEMENT WORKSHOP | 3:00 - 4:00pm
WITH CHARLENE TEDROW
// STRAND ARCADE SHOP 17 //
Experience Pacific culture and identity through Pasifika dance and cultural stories.
MONDAY OCTOBER 14
— Open Studio at Wellesley Studios —
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TITANIUM | 2:00pm
BY JENNY DE LEON
// WELLESLEY STUDIOS, 113 Wellesley Street Auckland CBD //
Youth and beauty, age and bones...
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A NEW ENCOUNTER WITHIN | 3:00pm
BY LUSI FAIVA
// WELLESLEY STUDIOS, 113 Wellesley Street Auckland CBD //
Movements of breath throughout the body as flow through the water.
A ROSEGARDEN
WED 16 OCT, FROM 7:30PM
VENUE:
Strand Arcade
227 Queen Street, Auckland CBD
SCHEDULE:
Created and performed by Claire O’Neil, Kristian Larsen, Zahra Killean-Chance, Rachel Ruckstuhl-Mann, Brittany Kohler, Aloali'i Manley-Tapu, Clare Luiten, Peter Daubé, Rachel Derham & Christina Houghton. Film performers are Adam Boonprakob-Naughton & Forest Kapo.
An evening processional performance installation in Auckland’s oldest arcade, The Strand on Queen Street. Exploring decaying choreographies of promises made and broken, haunting themes of abandonment and care, and vanishing portrayals of presence, integrity and beauty, A Rosegarden, curated by choreographer Claire O’Neil in collaboration with movement and sound artist Kristian Larsen, untethers a gentle chaos of energies and forms of old and new, making disappearing promises about the future from the past.
