A Raptor in Dunedin

A collaboration between a poet, choreographer, dancer, and a composer, this show mines the depths of grief, faith, and growth. Rooted in place (Ōtepoti Dunedin) and in distance (between Ōtepoti and the home of a distant lover), this performance is about how sometimes the cost of profound connection is breaking open the heart like a summer fruit – in the dead of winter. The exploration is presented in the body, which is where these connections are born and reside: through dance, sound/music, and poetry.
Audiences can expect a profoundly emotional exploration of investment in the connections between people – lovers, family, friends. The show will begin outside of the theatre, a performative promenade in which the audience integrates and finds their seats in a collective river of movement.
Poetry: Kim Cope Tait
Music composition: Maddy Parkins-Craig
Choreography: Sofia Kalogeropoulou