E ngaro ana koe? (Are you lost?) is a full-length multimedia dance work that questions: How do we break bread with our taniwha?
This work embodies the shedding of skins, the practice of growing new niho, and the act of morphing—again and again and again. It is an archival space. It is a place to wade, yield, sigh… exist. But more than that, it is a karanga to face the raruraru that often sits deep within the puku of those who feel disconnected from their whakapapa.
Will we allow our taniwha to consume and engulf us—or will we cradle her with care?

Weaving pūrākau and personal journeys, E ngaro ana koe? highlights eight powerful movement artists as they find communion in confronting their individual and shared taniwha. Guiding us along their sacred awa of shared concerns, joys and dreams—inviting us to reflect, witness, and feel.

Each night is a unique experience of movement, poetry, archival film, sculpture, and connection to the virtual ether.

We invite you to consider:
What brought you here?
The whenua you reside on?
And where you might be headed next.

Ōtautahi raised and Tāmaki Makaurau based, Ella Rerekura (Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) debuts her first full-length work in collaboration with friends.

Ella’s multidisciplinary practice spans dance, choreography, writing, pigment making, and archival processes, tools she uses to explore the complexities of her identity as wahine, Māori, and CODA (Child of Deaf Adults). Her work is deeply rooted in her whakapapa journey, reflecting a personal commitment to understanding and embodying the presence of her tūpuna and how they reside in her body today.