Water Debate Surfaces in Indigenous Contemporary Dance Festival

The debate over water has emerged as a common topic at this year's Indigenous Contemporary Dance Festival, Atarau held in Wellington tonight. This year the festival showcases performances and stories from North America and Torres Strait Aboriginals from Australia. This performance is about us sharing our stories and culture through dance with the indigenous peoples of America and also Torres Strait Aboriginals from Australia. They want to share with the world their story and opinions of how polluted the world's waterways are becoming. It's a very deep and personal topic for Dancing Earth because their elders are sharing with them the stories of how their rivers, streams and waterways are disappearing and becoming polluted. It's been a dream for me to showcase to everyone my aerial dances made even more important with the music by Tiki Taane. This is a wonderful showcase for the people of Wellington - so if you are here, come on down and see the variety of dance the world has to offer.