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ARIA has fostered her talent for singing, dancing and performing since a young age. A driven and unique artist, ARIA has honed her super powers by adapting and diversifying, whether it was writing and recording the Auckland anthem ‘Friday’, in the shack with Homebrew, belting top Cs in the Festival Garden for Dr Colossus, crooning BVs for Teeks on RNZ or laying down vocals for Noah Slee at Red Bull studios, Berlin, ARIA has lapped it all up, slowly harvesting her rich experiences to build her own juicy, tapestry.
The debut single release from ARIA, ‘Awake With You’ is a high energy, pop-soul collaboration with renowned electronic producer and NZ Music Awards nominee, Boycrush, whose illustrious drumming career (Lawrence Arabia, Ruby Suns) is evidenced by the driving drums in the tune. Acclaimed actress Morgana O’Reilly directed and produced a raw and powerfully defenseless, filmic capture of the story behind the song which y
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Press Release – Auckland Arts Festival
Auckland Arts Festival/Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki (AAF) welcomes the government decision this morning that Tāmaki Makaurau would return to Covid Alert Level 1 at midday today (Friday 12 March).
It has been a rollercoaster of a fortnight, following the announcement that Auckland would enter a Covid Alert Level 3 lockdown at 6am on Sunday 28 February for seven days.
Due to open on Thursday 4 March, the first section of AAF 2021 was put on pause and the Festival team have worked around the clock to reschedule the majority of works planned for 4-12 March. A full and regularly updated list of show status updates is available here.
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Source: Auckland Council
Auckland Arts Festival/Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki (AAF) 2021 features everything from dance to theatre, live music to comedy, visual and digital art, talks and debate, community participation projects and more, with a wide-ranging series of free and ticketed shows, installations and exhibitions designed to unify, uplift and inspire.
The Festival has commissioned world premieres of several new works, resuscitated some that were cancelled in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and will provide employment for over 1,000 artists and 150 production and administration staff.
All 2021 activity falls into three strands related to the overarching theme of Aroha: aroha ki ngā kōrero – the respect we hold for our stories; aroha ki te tangata – kindness, compassion and goodwill toward people; and aroha ki te taiao – our love and care for our natural environment – air, land and water.