Applications for the 2027 Evolve program are currently open, closing 15 June 2026.
Previous recipients
2026 – Harrison Cook
‘MATA MATA’ is a solo dance work honouring whakapapa, identity and ancestral memory. Through the body as a vessel for spirit, mana and reclamation, the work becomes a sacred act of returning, where memory moves through skin, whenua and the deep waters of the awa.
2025 – Shaun Johnston
‘The Scramble’ is a rough-and-tumble duet wrestling with male intimacy, touch and the messy ways men connect. With scrappy energy, two men crash, shove, hug and strain against each other, moving between tussle and tenderness until the knot softens, they check in, help each other up and begin again.
