Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Dunham, Katherine.
2. Ngāti Pōneke Young Māori Club.
3. Katherine Dunham Centers for Arts and Humanities.
4. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.

Description

1. 2 videocassettes (19 min.) : si., b&w NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Three traditional Maori dances, shown from various angles and distances, alternating with each other. The poi dance, performed by women, involves the twirling of plant-fiber balls in intricate patterns. Two versions of the poi dance are shown here, the long poi and the short poi, named after the length of the cords on which the balls are fastened. Haka, performed by men, was originally a preparation for war. A fourth dance or game, involving confrontations between two dancers, is also shown at the end of cassette 1.

Series statement

1. Katherine Dunham Centers Collection

Subject

1. Dance > New Zealand
2. Haka (Dance)
3. Māori (New Zealand people)

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-5223

Note

1. Originally filmed on 16mm ; film preserved and transferred to videotape by the Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, in 2001.

Event (note)

1. Filmed in Wellington, New Zealand, on April 23, 1957, by Katherine Dunham.

Title

1. New Zealand [videorecording] : Maori dance / [presented by] the Katherine Dunham Centers for Arts and Humanities.

Imprint

1. 1957.

Country of producing entity

1. New Zealand.

Series

1. Katherine Dunham Centers Collection

Event

1. Filmed in Wellington, New Zealand, on April 23, 1957, by Katherine Dunham.

Performer

1. Performed by Ngati Poneke [Young Maori Club].

Added author

1. Dunham, Katherine.
2. Ngāti Pōneke Young Māori Club.
3. Katherine Dunham Centers for Arts and Humanities.
4. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-5223
2. *MGZHB 6-2685 Additional copy ; 2 film reels (475 ft.) 16mm. This print is stored for preservation and not available for viewing. Use *MGZIA 4-5223 instead