Description: Culture Moves! is a Pacific Dance Studies resource that emerged out of a 2005 conference of the same name held in Wellington, New Zealand at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. The site is maintained by the Center for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawai’i and offers information on the 2005 conference and participating dance scholars, choreographers, educators, performers and artists. It also provides a forum for the promotion of Pacific Dance Studies in both academia and the larger Pacific community in both the islands and the diaspora.
Dates: November 9-12, 2005
Location: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarwea
Keynote speaker(s): Professor Epeli Hau’ofa
Convener(s): Dr. Katerina Teaiwa of UHM Center for Pacific Island Studies, April K. Henderson of Victoria University of Wellington
Sponsors/Co-Sponsors: Center for Pacific Island Studies-UHM