Tempo Movement Sessions
Join us for an exciting weekend of workshops at the Tempo Festival celebrating movement, culture and creativity in the heart of the city centre at the Strand Arcade. Whether you’re starting your day with revitalising yoga, exploring Pacific dance forms, or guiding your children through a dynamic hip-hop experience, there’s something for everyone.
Our movement sessions are suitable for beginners and those with more experience too!
RICHIE CESAN
Saturday 12 October and Sunday 13 October
10.30 am - 11:15 am - 5 to 10 years old
11:30 am - 12.15 pm - 10 to 14 years old
// STRAND ARCADE SHOP 17 //
Richie is a passionate teacher who has competed in hip hop world championships and walked away with medals under his belt. Richie has been dancing his whole life and has a wide range of knowledge and skills he enjoys sharing with his students.
DR MARK HARVEY
3.00 pm - 4.00 pm, Saturday 12 October
Strand Arcade - Shop 13
Anyone can participate - open to everyone.
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.
Dr Mark Harvey (PhD, Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Ngāruahine, Clan Keith) is an artist and researcher focussing on social justice, ecology, live art and related choreography, and more recently mātauranga Māori. He has presented in a wide range of platforms such as the Venice Biennale, NZ Festival of the Arts, ANTI festival (Finland) and the Pain in the Class Festival (Estonia). He has published widely including The South Project, Knowledge Cultures and his own book, Playbook. He is a Senior lecturer in Ngā Akoranga Kanikani/Dance Studies at Waipapa Taumata Rau, The University of Auckland.
CHARLENE TEDROW
3.00 pm - 4.00 pm, Sunday 13 October
// STRAND ARCADE SHOP 17 //
Charlene Tedrow is a choreographer, dancer and teacher. She is the Director of Ura Tabu Pacific Dance. Charlene is an exceptionally gifted weaver of Pacific indigenous dance forms, specialising in her heritage art form, Siva Samoa.
