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Postcard from Samoa

Started by Shana A, May 05, 2009, 09:17:13 PM

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May 05, 2009, 09:17:13 PM
Postcard from Samoa
Written by Garrett Bithell   
Wednesday, 22 April 2009 10:19

http://sxnews.e-p.net.au/feature/postcard-from-samoa-5336.html

A new dance show presents tongue-in-cheek look at the cultural reality of modern-day Polynesia.

When Polynesian dancers Efeso Fa'anana and Lisa Fa'alafi formed Polytoxic in 2000, it was about filling a void in the Australian dance world.

"We realised there was no real place for us to fit," Fa'anana tells SX. "Having a football player's build with size 13 flat feet, there was no way I could have trained with a classical ballet company.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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