Presented by STRUT Dance and Harrison Cook
From 19 to 30 May 2026, Harrison Cook presented MATA MATA, a solo dance offering honouring whakapapa, identity and reclamation. The work invited audiences into a sacred journey of returning, awakening ancestral memory carried through body, land and water.
As the taniwha stirred beneath the surface of the awa, memory flowed from skin into whenua. Cook approached the physical body as a vessel through which spirit, mana and memory could be summoned, creating space to witness an intimate act of ancestral connection and cultural reclamation.
Lead Artist: Harrison Cook
Composer and Sound Designer: W. Sze Tsang
Lighting Designer: Matthew Erren
Mentor: Zee Zunnur
Costume Designer: Tia Tokić (BOSA)
Stage Manager: Jake Battle
MATA MATA was presented by STRUT Dance and Harrison Cook at The Blue Room Theatre.