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Drua: The Wave of Fire
choreographed by Peter Rockford Espiritu; produced by University of the South Pacific; performed by Pasifika Voices and Oceania Dance Theatre (Oceania: University of the South Pacific, 2012), 58 mins
VAKA, DRUA, AND MOANA were created and produced as a trilogy of films that focus on the art of canoe voyaging in the Pacific. VAKA is about the traditional art of canoe building on Fiji, DRUA is about collaboration in double-hulled canoe building among Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, and Kiribati and the demise of this art fo...
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choreographed by Peter Rockford Espiritu; produced by University of the South Pacific; performed by Pasifika Voices and Oceania Dance Theatre (Oceania: University of the South Pacific, 2012), 58 mins
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VAKA, DRUA, AND MOANA were created and produced as a trilogy of films that focus on the art of canoe voyaging in the Pacific. VAKA is about the traditional art of canoe building on Fiji, DRUA is about collaboration in double-hulled canoe building among Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, and Kiribati and the demise of this art form when steam ships arrived in the Pacific, while MOANA is about the symbol of the double-hulled canoe as a hope for rising sea levels...
VAKA, DRUA, AND MOANA were created and produced as a trilogy of films that focus on the art of canoe voyaging in the Pacific. VAKA is about the traditional art of canoe building on Fiji, DRUA is about collaboration in double-hulled canoe building among Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, and Kiribati and the demise of this art form when steam ships arrived in the Pacific, while MOANA is about the symbol of the double-hulled canoe as a hope for rising sea levels and the human effects of climate change on the Pacific Islands. All three originated from the Oceania Center for Arts, Culture, and Pacific Studies (OCACPS) based at the University of the South Pacific and are informed by scholarly research. They were conceived by Vilsoni Hereniko who was the Director of the OCACPS from late 2008-2010 in collaboration with Peter Espiritu, Igelese Ete, and Allan Alo, all well-known artists working in Oceania. All three productions are extraordinary in that they used huge casts and cost a lot of money to stage and film. These films are particularly important because they demonstrate the beauty and power of the performative arts of Oceania (traditional as well as modern and contemporary) at their best in terms of communicating and disseminating important historical and cultural knowledge about the voyaging traditions of the Pacific. These films are multi-disciplinary as well as inter-disciplinary in their approach to research and dissemination of cultural and historical information employing art forms that are rooted in traditional Pacific cultures: music, dance, oral storytelling, chanting, and indigenous aesthetics.
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Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Documentary, Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Pasifika Voices, Oceania Dance Theatre
Contributor
Peter Rockford Espiritu, Vilsoni Hereniko, 1954-, University of the South Pacific, Igelese Ete, fl. 2005
Author / Creator
Peter Rockford Espiritu, Vilsoni Hereniko, 1954-, Pasifika Voices, Oceania Dance Theatre
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
University of the South Pacific
Topic / Theme
Ocean voyages, Oceans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 by Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture, and Pacific Studies, USP
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Moana Rua: The Rising of the Sea
directed by Vilsoni Hereniko, 1954-; choreographed by Peter Rockford Espiritu; produced by Vilsoni Hereniko, 1954-, European Consortium for Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, Bergen International Festival and University of Bergen; performed by Allan Alo, fl. 2015, Maraia Nasilivata, fl. 2015, Glenville Lord, fl. 2015, Paulini Bautani, fl. 2015 and Dan Fox, fl. 2015, Pacific Percussion, Pasifika Voices and Oceania Dance Theatre, in Moana Rua: The Rising of the Sea (Suva, Central (Fiji): University of the South Pacific, 2015), 56 mins
"For most of us who live in the Pacific, our views of climate change are influenced by what we see happening in our own backyard: waves crashing against our homes, making obvious that we face a bleak and uncertain future." - Professor Vilsoni Hereniko, director and producer of Moana Rua. Moana Rua: the Rising of t...
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directed by Vilsoni Hereniko, 1954-; choreographed by Peter Rockford Espiritu; produced by Vilsoni Hereniko, 1954-, European Consortium for Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, Bergen International Festival and University of Bergen; performed by Allan Alo, fl. 2015, Maraia Nasilivata, fl. 2015, Glenville Lord, fl. 2015, Paulini Bautani, fl. 2015 and Dan Fox, fl. 2015, Pacific Percussion, Pasifika Voices and Oceania Dance Theatre, in Moana Rua: The Rising of the Sea (Suva, Central (Fiji): University of the South Pacific, 2015), 56 mins
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"For most of us who live in the Pacific, our views of climate change are influenced by what we see happening in our own backyard: waves crashing against our homes, making obvious that we face a bleak and uncertain future." - Professor Vilsoni Hereniko, director and producer of Moana Rua. Moana Rua: the Rising of the Sea was filmed on stage at the Bergen International Festival, Norway, on 31 May 2015. A collaborative production by The University o...
"For most of us who live in the Pacific, our views of climate change are influenced by what we see happening in our own backyard: waves crashing against our homes, making obvious that we face a bleak and uncertain future." - Professor Vilsoni Hereniko, director and producer of Moana Rua. Moana Rua: the Rising of the Sea was filmed on stage at the Bergen International Festival, Norway, on 31 May 2015. A collaborative production by The University of the South Pacific, the European Consortium for Pacific Studies (ECOPAS), the University of Bergen, and Bergen International Festival. Oceania Dance Theatre and Pasifika Voices are resident artists at the Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture and Pacific Studies, the University of South Pacific, Suva, Fiji.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Pacific Percussion, Pasifika Voices, Oceania Dance Theatre, Allan Alo, fl. 2015, Maraia Nasilivata, fl. 2015, Glenville Lord, fl. 2015, Paulini Bautani, fl. 2015, Dan Fox, fl. 2015
Contributor
Peter Rockford Espiritu, Vilsoni Hereniko, 1954-, European Consortium for Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, Bergen International Festival, University of Bergen, Igelese Ete, fl. 2005
Author / Creator
Peter Rockford Espiritu, Vilsoni Hereniko, 1954-, Pacific Percussion, Pasifika Voices, Oceania Dance Theatre, Allan Alo, fl. 2015, Maraia Nasilivata, fl. 2015, Glenville Lord, fl. 2015, Paulini Bautani, fl. 2015, Dan Fox, fl. 2015
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
University of the South Pacific
Topic / Theme
Climate change, Conservation of natural resources, Mele's Husband, Mele, Aerialist, Vesi Loa Tree, Chief Telematua, Samoans, Marshallese, Fijians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2015 Vilsoni Hereniko
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Moana: The Rising of the Sea
directed by Vilsoni Hereniko, 1954-; produced by Vilsoni Hereniko, 1954- (Suva, Central (Fiji): University of the South Pacific, 2013), 35 mins
VAKA, DRUA, AND MOANA were created and produced as a trilogy of films that focus on the art of canoe voyaging in the Pacific. VAKA is about the traditional art of canoe building on Fiji, DRUA is about collaboration in double-hulled canoe building among Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, and Kiribati and the demise of this art fo...
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directed by Vilsoni Hereniko, 1954-; produced by Vilsoni Hereniko, 1954- (Suva, Central (Fiji): University of the South Pacific, 2013), 35 mins
Description
VAKA, DRUA, AND MOANA were created and produced as a trilogy of films that focus on the art of canoe voyaging in the Pacific. VAKA is about the traditional art of canoe building on Fiji, DRUA is about collaboration in double-hulled canoe building among Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, and Kiribati and the demise of this art form when steam ships arrived in the Pacific, while MOANA is about the symbol of the double-hulled canoe as a hope for rising sea levels...
VAKA, DRUA, AND MOANA were created and produced as a trilogy of films that focus on the art of canoe voyaging in the Pacific. VAKA is about the traditional art of canoe building on Fiji, DRUA is about collaboration in double-hulled canoe building among Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, and Kiribati and the demise of this art form when steam ships arrived in the Pacific, while MOANA is about the symbol of the double-hulled canoe as a hope for rising sea levels and the human effects of climate change on the Pacific Islands. All three originated from the Oceania Center for Arts, Culture, and Pacific Studies (OCACPS) based at the University of the South Pacific and are informed by scholarly research. They were conceived by Vilsoni Hereniko who was the Director of the OCACPS from late 2008-2010 in collaboration with Peter Espiritu, Igelese Ete, and Allan Alo, all well-known artists working in Oceania. All three productions are extraordinary in that they used huge casts and cost a lot of money to stage and film. These films are particularly important because they demonstrate the beauty and power of the performative arts of Oceania (traditional as well as modern and contemporary) at their best in terms of communicating and disseminating important historical and cultural knowledge about the voyaging traditions of the Pacific. These films are multi-disciplinary as well as inter-disciplinary in their approach to research and dissemination of cultural and historical information employing art forms that are rooted in traditional Pacific cultures: music, dance, oral storytelling, chanting, and indigenous aesthetics.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Performance
Contributor
Vilsoni Hereniko, 1954-
Author / Creator
Vilsoni Hereniko, 1954-
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
University of the South Pacific
Topic / Theme
Climate change, Pacific Islander ethnic groups, Pacific Islanders
Copyright Message
© 2013 The University of the South Pacific
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