PAH

Dancing at the edges of time on unsettled grounds.
PAH was a cross-arts, place responsive performance created for Auckland Arts Festival at the Pah Homestead. Eight performers lead audiences inside and outside the house and grounds as they riff on stories and gesture to past inhabitants. Moving through an installation of paintings by Star Gossage and portrait photography by Solomon Mortimer, the colonial heritage house is revealed to be a place of many layers. Ghosts emerge from the past to dance in the present. Eight performers lead audiences inside and outside the PAH Homestead as they riff on stories and gesture to past inhabitants. Moving through an installation of paintings by Star Gossage and portrait photography by Solomon Mortimer, the colonial heritage house is revealed to be a place of many layers.
Energetic and spontaneous... a magical experience. —Dart, W. (2015). New Zealand Herald. The PĀ Collective's concept for this production was nothing short of brilliant. —Lahatte, D. (2015). PAH: Reviving ghosts. National Business Review.
Composition Gillian WhiteheadChoreography Carol BrownVisual Art Star GossageDramaturgy Fiona GrahamPhotography Solomon MortimerDesign Sean CoyleCuration Grant Hall Sound Installation - Russell ScoonesProduction Esther Green Dancers Kelly Nash, Nancy Wijohn, Zahra Killeen-Chance, Emilia Rubio, Haanz Fa'avae JacksonMusicians Luca Magni, Katherine Hebley, Andrew Uren Commissioned By TSB Wallace Arts Trust Pah Homestead Arts Centre