‘Ori Tahiti Studies

Studio: Pepper Street, SE1 0EL

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APRIL 2024

APRIL 17

  • Revisiting The water cycle choreo Part 1 (Wind).

  • Playing with formations and different starting points.

  • Working on moving like the wind and moving together in different directions.

APRIL 10

  • Working on the earth part of the water cycle choreo.

  • Working on our timing, angles and moving together.

APRIL 3

  • Working on a new choreo about the creation of the world.

  • Working on the earth part of the water cycle choreo.

  • Learning how to move like a growing plant.


MARCH 2024

MARCH 27

  • Defining our movements and hand motions of the PR museum choreo Part 1, 2 and 3.

MARCH 20

  • Refining PR museum choreo part 1 and 2.

  • Working on dancing together and feeling the music.

MARCH 13

  • Working our basics.

  • Dancing our complete-ish solos to the drums.

MARCH 6

  • Working on PR museum choreo part 1 with formations and learning part 2 with formations.


FEBRUARY 2024

FEBRUARY 21

  • Basics practice.

  • Showing our working progress of our simple combos with out story.

  • Thinking about a Napoko for our solo.

FEBRUARY 14

  • Working on our beginning pose.

  • Puting together our storytelling choreo with simple combos.

FEBRUARY 7

  • Expressing emotion using our tumu parau.

  • Working with soft and sharp movements.

    HOMEWORK:

  • Practice clean dancing with basic arm positions no gestures!

  • Think about your opening pose.


JANUARY 2024

JANUARY 31

  • Basics practice.

  • Developing our Tumu parau into a dance'.

  • Challenging ourselves to express the emotions of the story.

    HOMEWORK

  • Play with what we choreographed today to see how we can develop and dive more into our story.

JANUARY 24

  • Basics practice.

  • Introduction of ‘Ori studies.

  • Introduction to Tumu Parau.

    HOMEWORK

  • Choose 3 more words to your Tumu parau., choose 5 basics steps. and try to choreograph a little thing with these listed above.


DECEMBER 2023

DECEMBER 6

  • Basics practice.

  • Fa’arapu training.

  • Solo training.


NOVEMBER 2023

NOVEMBER 22

  • Review of Mihi au and Pehe a hine.

NOVEMBER 15

  • Basics practice.

  • Fa’arapu/Ruru training.

  • Solo structure.

  • Solo creation with the structure.

NOVEMBER 8

  • Basics practice.

  • Fa’arapu training.

  • Solo training.

  • Arm basic positions review.

NOVEMBER 1

  • Basics practice.

  • Fa’arapu training.

  • Solo training.

  • Krysten’s feedback.


OCTOBER 2023

OCTOBER 25

  • Basics practice.

  • Fa’arapu training.

  • Solo training.

OCTOBER 18

  • Basics practice.

  • Pehe combos practice: Puarata, Paea and Bora bora.

  • Solo practice.

  • Aparima cool down.

OCTOBER 11

  • Basics practice.

  • Puarata Pehe combo number 3 practice.

  • Fa’arapu training.

  • Solo Training.

OCTOBER 4

  • Fa’arapu training.

  • Pehe combos practice: Paea, Puarata and Bora bora.

  • Pehe combos new creations!


SEPTEMBER 2023

SEPTEMBER 27

  • Breakdown of Pehe combos: Borabora and Paea.

  • New Pehe combo: Puarata.

  • Solo training.

SEPTEMBER 13

  • Brand new Pehe combos:

  • Bora bora: Afata, Tairi’i Tamau and Fa'arapu.

  • Puarata: Hura, Fa’arapu and Amaha.

  • Fa’arapu training.

  • Solo training.

SEPTEMBER 6

  • Basics practice.

  • Fa’arapu training.

  • Tumami on our knees.

  • Hands and basic arms positions practice.

  • Aparima improv.


AUGUST 2023

AUGUST 30

  • Basics practice.

  • Fa’arapu training.

  • Hura/Tamau Taere on our knees.

  • Aparima improv.

AUGUST 23

  • Pehe combo practice: Bora bora.

  • Basics practice.

  • Fa’arapu training.

  • Solo training practice.

AUGUST 17

  • Tumami and Fa’arapu practice/break down.

  • Pate Pate choreo to practice: Levels, Basics, Moving together.

AUGUST 9

  • Pehe combo practice: Bora bora.

  • Basics practice.

  • Fa’arapu training.

  • Aparima practice and improv.

AUGUST 2

  • Pehe combos practice: Bora bora, Puarata and Paea.

  • Basics practice.

  • Tifene practice.

  • Solo practice.


JULY 2023

JULY 26

  • Working on: Hura, Tarao, Tuanee, Ope moving and Fa’arapu moving.

  • Fa’aora practice.

JULY 19

  • Working on Tairi’i Tamau, Varu, Otamu, Te’i and Tumami.

  • Working on moving together and Fa’aora choreo.

JULY 12

  • Working our basics steps.

  • Revisiting Pehe a Hine.

JULY 5

  • Working our Varu, Tumami and Tuanee.

  • Reviewing Tahiti Nui.


JUNE 2023

JUNE 28

  • Working on moving together by feeling each other.

  • Working our the movement of our hands

  • Practicing our arm gestures by following each other.