Pakeha (non-Maori) call Katei Burrows:enterprising. As with every Maori woman - Kateia, proud of her Maori origin - felt the demand on the world market very well:she understood Pakeha's interest in exotic cultures and tribal values, kept on the outskirts of civilisation.In 2004, together with her husband and friends, she established in London the group Manaia, which means Spiritual Guardian in Maori.ManaiaMaori Performing Arts Companyprotects the traditional Maori culture, preventing knowledge about it from disappearing.They combine artistic performances with educational workshops.

In Wrocław, Manaia will perform "motion songs" spectacles before the screenings of New Zealand films, and organise workshops for children; lectures about the Maori history and culture, about rituals governing the life of the Maori community in pre- and post-colonial times; workshops of the traditional haka dance and singing, and workshops of women dance with the poi ball, which even now accompany hui gatherings.Manaia will also present traditional musical instruments, martial arts and tattoo art.The trainers and teachers will discuss Maori films with the festival audience.

Manaia's presence in Wrocław will be an opportunity to learn the essence of maoritanga (Maori nature).The difficult history of colonisation of New Zealand condemned maoritanga to marginalisation.Nowadays, we are observing a revival of interest in this culture, which has become a kind of trademark of New Zealand.Manaia makes its contribution to creating this trademark.The group wants its audience and the participants of the workshops to appreciate the beauty of particular objects, gestures and signs, to understand their meaning and to learn the characteristic cultural pattern.Only then, will the spectators be able to touch on the phenomenon of maoritanga.
 

21^st July (Monday)

10.00 a.m.: PUPPET Theatre (Summer Stage)

Educational workshops for schoolchildren, part 1 (2 hours)

2.00 p.m.: PUPPET Theatre (Summer Stage)

Educational workshops for schoolchildren, part 2 (2 hours)

Manaia's workshops stimulate creativity, liberate personal expressiveness and self-confidence, teach teamwork and, at the same time, they are an opportunity to enter the world of the variable, exceptional and mysterious culture of Polynesia.Manaia will deliver to the young participants of the workshops a basic knowledge about New Zealand, about The Maoris and about their relations with Poland.The children will see traditional Maori attire, decorations, tattoos and musical instruments.They will learn the basics of traditional haka dance and singing, as well as the dance with the poi ball on string.Supported by the trainers, they will prepare their own short performance, which they will present to an audience.

7.15 p.m.: HELIOS cinema 8

Performance (10-15 minutes) by children participating in the worships before screening of the New Zealand animated film Footrot Flats:A Dog`s (Tail) Tale, directed by:Murray Ball (1986, 72 minutes)
 

22^nd July (Tuesday)

10.00 a.m.: PUPPET Theatre (Summer Stage)

Workshops:poi dance training (1 hour)

The audience will learn the basic elements of the women's dance with the rhythmically thrown poi ball on string, danced to traditional songs.

3.00 p.m.: PUPPET Theatre (Summer Stage)

Lecture:Mahi a Rehia (Maori School of Motion) (1hour 30 minutes)

Manaia will talk about traditional Maori attire and about taa moko - the fascinating Maori tattoo art.We will learn the meaning of the language of lines and characteristic spiral pattern, which have been painted by Maoris on their bodies for ages.

7.00 p. m.: Wrocław Opera

Performance of Motion songs by the dance group MANAIA (8 dancers, 30 minutes) - before the screening of the New Zealand silent film The Te Kooti Trail, directed byRudall Hayward (1927, 103 minutes), with live music performed by the New Zealand pianist Christopher Hainsworth.

9.30 p.m., Market Square

Performance of Motion songs by the dance group MANAIA (8 dancers, 30 minutes) - before the screening of the New Zealand film Sione's Wedding ,directed byChris Graham (2006, 93 minutes) for free

23^rd July (Wednesday)

10. 00 a.m.: PUPPET Theatre (Summer Stage)

Workshops:haka art training (1 hour 30 minutes)

Manaia's trainers will teach their audience the basic elements of the exceptional haka art - the most popular form of expressing the Maori spirit, reflecting the ancient passion and power of the Polynesian culture.This art consists of the provocative haka dance and singing. Participants of the workshops will learn its history and its role in the life of Maori communities previously and nowadays. They will feel by themselves the formalised tradition creating the collective experience, so characteristic of the Maoris, and at the same time freeing the personalities of artists-performers.

4.00 p.m.: PUPPET Theatre (Small Stage, Ground Floor)

Lecture:Maori society and culture (1 hour 30 minutes)

Manaia will talk about Maori society, about relations within the family, the meaning of blood connections and whakapapa genealogy, and about the islanders' religions, and the combining influence of different cultures.
 

24^th July (Thursday)

10.00 a.m.: PUPPET Theatre (Summer Stage)

Manaia will present to the participants of the workshops Maori rituals, characteristic of hui gatherings.Regular hui gatherings are one of the most stable links, connecting the contemporary Maoris with traditions of the community they used to form.Special meaning is assigned to pōwhiri, thewelcoming ceremony, held in the gatherings' house - marae.Participants of the inter-active workshops organised by Manaia will have an opportunity to learn the meanings, terminology and sequence of traditional gestures, necessary for the ceremony, such as:mihimihi - introduction, presenting details of origins, whakapapa blood relations and the place where you come from; hongi - ritual rubbing of noses; karanga - initiation of welcoming, full of metaphors of the conversation of women between the hosts and their guests; whaikōrero - formalistic welcoming speeches; waiata - traditional welcoming songs.

4.00 p.m.: PUPPET Theatre (Small Stage, Ground Floor)

Lecture:Maori and Pakeha - encounter of two nations.Effect of European colonisation on Maori society (1 hour 30 minutes)

The lecture related to the workshops will be an opportunity to learn the history of New Zealand, especially in the period of intensive colonisation, which determined the present shape of this country.Complex vicissitudes of the two nations during colonisation and in contemporary times are a subject of many films presented at the festival.Manaia will refer to problems shown in those films and present the encounter with Pakeha (Europeans) from the natives' perspective.

People who are interested in this programme are asked to send applications to:sekretariat@snh.org.pl.The number of places is limited and they will be granted preferably to holders of festival passes (please indicate it in your mail), and those interested in participating in all the workshops and lectures. People, who will be selected for participation, will receive an e-mail confirmation.

Charge for participation in the programme:

• workshops for children 20 PLN
• grown-ups:30 PLN for the entire programme (lectures + workshops), 10 PLN for one day (lecture + workshop)