Four-week Pacific Dance New Zealand residency at Tiapapata Art Centre in Apia and seeds a 2027 ceremony at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Launched in 2010, the Artist in Residence (AiR) programme is the first dedicated Pacific dance residency in Aotearoa. In 2023, the residency was relocated to Samoa, acknowledging the Moana as a space of shared lineage and cultural exchange. The residency supports Pacific artists to research, reflect, and develop new work grounded in the lands and communities that shape them.
“Our children will feel the land, the language, the songs, and the dances that have shaped our lineage.”
– Aloali‘i Tapu
