Kai Tahu
Louise has created four works for Atamira since 2000, including <>Taonga: Dust, Water Wind (2009), Ngai Tahu 32 (Best contemporary dance production 2004, NZ Listener), and Te aroha me te mamae for which Louise was named The NZ Listener's Best New Choreographer in 2003.
In 2003 Louise was supported by Toi Maori Aotearoa as a Toi Maori choreographer, and was the Ngai Tahu artist in residence at The Otago Polytechnic School of Art, the outcome of which was the installation, performance and short film Whakaruruhau - he mihi ki Araiteuru. The film Whakaruruhau, was exhibited at the Pasifika Styles Festival in Cambridge, U.K. and has also been presented at The Pacific Arts Festival 2004 in Belau, and The Body Festival 2005.
In 2006 she was a guest choreographer for Black Grace Dance Company choreographing Night Blooms. In 2007, Louise was awarded a Wild Creations Residency, the outcome of which was a short dance film and solo dance performance called Aoraki. The film Aoraki has been presented at the Nelson Festival of the Arts, The Body Festival 2007, Pool 07 International Film Festival, and the International Dance Film Festival in Yokohama Film Festival in Japan, and was exhibited in the Dateline Return Exhibition at the Govett Brewster Gallery.
Louise also designs installations and set pieces for her works, and is responsible for the design, production and editing of the projected video elements - an integral part of each performance.
