Dance Vocabulary List – Te Reo Māori
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Movement |
Kori te tinana (body movement) / Kori (to move, wriggle, play) |
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Performance |
Haka / Purei (play, perform) / Mahi (work) |
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Perform (to do a dance) |
Mahia te kanikani |
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Choreography |
Nekenekehanga/ Tito nekehanga |
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Choreograph (to make a dance) |
Mahia te nekehanga |
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Assessment (exam/test) |
Aromatawai |
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Costume (special clothes to dance in) |
Kahu/Kākahu |
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Stage |
Atamira |
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Dance motif |
Waitohu kanikani |
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Facial expression |
Tā te kanohi |
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Focus (where your eyes look when you dance) |
Arotahi |
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Audience (people watching you dance) |
Kaimātakitaki |
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Production technologies (music, stage, costume, lighting) |
Hangarau whakaaturanga |
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Music |
Puoro |
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Sound / sound accompaniment |
Oro (sound) / Oro tautoko (sound accompaniment) |
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Stage set |
Āhuatanga atamira |
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Backdrop |
Tuarongo |
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Stage lighting |
Rama atamira |
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Choreographic intention |
Kaupapa nekehanga |
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Stimulus /stimuli |
Whakaoho |
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Inspiration |
Whakamanawa (to inspire), Ngākaunui (inspiring) |
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Theme |
Kaupapa |
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Body base (the part of your body that is on the floor eg elbows, knees, feet) |
Tumu ā-tinana |
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Levels |
Kōeke |
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Projection |
Ihi (power) / Wana (excite, thrill) |
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