Kalaga Atu
Art Gallery of NSW, 2022
Supported by Atelier and Vikki Olsen
Writer/Director/Actor: Emele Ugavule
Director’s attachments: Sarah Caroll and Gabriel Faatau'uu-Satiu
Actor: Luke Currie-Richardson, Jessica Paraha, Tommy Misa, Metina Letoafa
Community Chorus: Nukunonu Te Tuloto o Tokelau Sydney
Lighting Designer and Production Manager: Amber Silk
Choreographer: Xavier Breed
Original music: Ngaiire
Costumes: Moemoana and Fred Schwenke
Photography: Teniola Komolafe
Videography: Arran Rogers
Kalaga Atu means 'to call' in the Tokelauan language showcases a journey of five siblings as they question their relationship to their bodies and the spirits that guide them.
Kalaga Atu is an immersive performance experience that calls upon kinship ties between the people of the Great Ocean.
Commissioned by the Art Gallery of NSW