CIVIC: Double Bill - SEKI

Shifting Centre presents CIVIC: Double Bill - show two is SEKI by Poneke-based artist Sefa Tunupopo.

ARTIST BIO:

Sefa Tunupopo (he/they) is an emerging artist of Samoan descent (Vaiala, Puipa'a) who centres movement and connection and is currently based in Wainuiomata, Aotearoa. He is a graduate of the New Zealand School of Dance (2021), and is currently an independent/freelance dancer, theatre maker, and co-director of a collective of Indigenous artists called 'Shifting Centre'. Sefa's conviction in dance is synonymous with love and aspires to be able to create art with and for his intersecting communities.

SHOW SYNOPSIS:

Set in a wasteland in an alternate present, SEKI follows a man searching for machinery—hoping to build something that will help him become SEKI.

Presented as a development season, SEKI is the debut solo dance work by Te Whanganui-a-Tara based artist, Sefa Tunupopo. This early version of the work offers the first glimpse into ideas that have been slowly unfolding since 2024. SEKI is a love letter to family and a meditation on survival, care, and maintenance. SEKI asks: how do we look after what we’ve made? How do we maintain the things we hold close, our relationships, and ourselves in order to keep going?

Creative credits:
Sound Design: Montell Nickel
Lighting Design: Isadora Lao
Media: Havea Latu
Mentor: Ooschon
Supported by: Te Auaha & Peacocke Dance Trust

TIME: 8:45PM

LOCATION: Tapere Iti, Te Auaha (65 Dixon Street, Te Aro, Wellington 6011)

PRICE:

• General Admission $10.00

• Unwaged $5.00

• Aroha Ticket $30.00 (GA + $20 donation)

*Booking fee applies to all tickets*

Shifting Centre are a Tangata Whenua & Tangata Moana artist collective and we acknowledge that we stand, live, create and exist on unceded lands of Indigenous Māori. We also acknowledge Te Ati Awa & Ngāti Toa as Mana Whenua of Pōneke.

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