2022
Our 2022 collection will continue to grow as more is added.
Tempo Dance Festival - 2022
Through the second half of 2022, Tempo: Te Rerenga o Tere burst to life through a series of connected events in multiple venues.
The Creative Team and artist rōpū worked closely together to find presentation solutions that were best suited for each of the works. The programmed activities were presented in five different venues in Tāmaki Makaurau, including a digital online space.
Themes exploring the relationship between humans and technology, connection to place, a remembering of the past, and a sense of forging community echoed through many of the works.
The diversity of spaces and programmed activities allowed new audiences to connect with dance in ways that previously hadn't, and welcomed back existing dance audiences with a sense of invigoration and innovation. The connected series of programmed events allowed people to engage with Tempo at multiple moments across the year, with each connection contributing to the flow and momentum of the festival throughout 2022.
Venues
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Q Theatre
Tempo returned to Q Theatre for the first time since 2019, presenting a diverse programme of eight works presented through 14 shows over a two-week period. Audiences connected once again with the dynamic energy of live dance, including established names, emerging artists, indigenous artists, community- focused organisations, new collaborations and a range of dance genres, styles and experiences.
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Studio One — Toi Tū
Five digital works were presented in situ at Studio One Toi Tū , allowing audiences to engage with digital content in a live way, experiencing curated installation of dance film within spaces, integration of live performance and digital work, and live-streamed performance installations.
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Online Presentation
A collaboration with DOTDOT creative studio to support the presentation of Jahra Wasasala's work KALOUGATA: above the earth. The platform allowed the audience to experience excerpts of dance film, CGI, sculpture, poetry, graphic art, sound-scape, and Jahra's practice and process in an innovative virtual, socially connected way
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Old Folks Association Hall
The presentation of the experimental work Choreographer 12 at the Auckland Old Folks Association Hall was the culmination of a collaborative journey between Auckland’s Kristian Larsen and Melbourne-based Forest V Kapo that began in 2019. The performance fused off-kilter, original movement with immersive live electronic audio and improvisation.
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Living Archive Exhibition
The 22 years of Tempo's history were celebrated in a weekend-long exhibition at Silo 6 in Wynyard Quarter. Ephemera, posters, films, programmes and images dating back to 2000 were presented throughout the venue, allowing audience to connect with the journey of Tempo's inception and evolution.
