Te Atawhai Kaa
Te Atawhai Kaa is a contemporary movement artist from Aotearoa, now based in Meanjin/Brisbane. A graduate of the Australasian Dance Collective Pre-Professional Program (Advanced Diploma of Professional Dance – Elite Performance), she brings a grounded physicality and emotional clarity to her performance work.
Te Atawhai previously trained at the New Zealand School of Dance and has undertaken secondments with Atamira Dance Company, Co3 Contemporary Dance, and the New Zealand Dance Company.
Te Atawhai previously trained at the New Zealand School of Dance and has undertaken secondments with Atamira Dance Company, Co3 Contemporary Dance, and the New Zealand Dance Company.
In 2025, she performed and understudied in ADC’s 40th Anniversary Season Blue, appearing in the remount of In your rooms by Hofesh Shechter.
Her practice is driven by collaboration, cultural grounding, and a commitment to physically dynamic contemporary performance.
Her practice is driven by collaboration, cultural grounding, and a commitment to physically dynamic contemporary performance.
Current Program
We acknowledge the First Nations people as the Traditional Owners of Meanjin (Brisbane).
Australasian Dance Collective acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their deep connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
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