Coco Hotahota Te Maeva
| Coco Hotahota Te Maeva | |
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 Coco Hotahota in the film Coco Hotahota Te Maeva. | |
| Directed by | Jonathan Bougard |
| Starring | Coco Hotahota |
| Music by | Coco Hotahota |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | French Polynesia |
| Languages | French English |
Coco Hotahota Te Maeva is a French feature-length documentary dedicated to the dancer, choreographer, troupe leader and musician Coco Hotahota, the major artist of Polynesian dance. Directed by Jonathan Bougard, it was broadcast for the first time on television as a tribute to the choreographer the day after his death on the Polynesian channel TNTV.[1]
Synopsis
[edit]Coco Hotahota started at a very young age in Madeleine Moua's troupe, Heiva. He founded his own troupe in 1962, Te Maeva, which he directed for more than 58 years until his death in 2020. The most successful troupe in the history of Heiva I Tahiti, his creations were particularly innovative from the 1980s onwards.[2] The troupe won the Heiva eleven years in a row. At its peak in the 1980s, Temaeva brought together more than 200 dancers and musicians. The film traces the history of the troupe, questions the motivations of the artist Coco Hotahota,[3] then captures the unfolding of Coco Farereiraa of 2018.[4]
Several times a year invited as a juror in the Heiva which develop outside Polynesia, particularly in the United States, Mexico, Japan and China, Coco Hotahota will have had a major role in the expansion of the dance Tahitian.[5] He then created the Farereiraa i Tahiti, a cultural festival bringing together the main foreign players in Tahitian dance every four years in Tahiti.[6]
Faced with the success of the first Farereiraa, other slightly different organizations were set up,[7] certainly complementary to Coco Hotahota's Farereiraa, such as the Ori Tahiti Nui Solo Competition[8] by Manouche Lehartel and Tumata Robinson, which brings together the best international dancers, or even the Ori Tahiti World Championship, which awards prizes for world dance champions.[9]
Cast
[edit]- Coco Hotahota : Himself
- Heremoana Maamaatuhaiahutapu : Himself
- Anthony Manaois : Himself
- Fabien Mara Dinard : Himself
- Justin Atangan : Himself
- Angélique Bannag : Herself
- Andreas Dettloff : Himself
- Tapu Bonnet : Himself
About the film
[edit]- TNTV acquired the broadcast rights the day after Coco Hotahota's death on March 8, 2020,[10] and broadcast the film the same evening.
- Excerpts from the film were screened during the popular tribute in front of the choreographer's remains at Place Toata in Papeete.[11]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Lenoir, Miranda (2020-03-10). "Coco Hotahota : Temaeva". TNTV Tahiti Nui Télévision (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ Bruno, Saura (2013). Tahiti ma'ohi Culture, identité, religion et nationalisme en Polynésie française [Tahiti ma'ohi Culture, identity, religion and nationalism in French Polynesia] (in French). Au vent des îles.
- ^ Film-documentaire.fr. "Coco Hotahota : te maeva". www.film-documentaire.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ TFTN (2018-06-28). "FAREREIRA'A I TAHITI 2018". Maison de la Culture de Tahiti – Te Fare Tauhiti Nui (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ Guillaume, Alevêque (2023). Le lever des Pléiades Sur le chemin des ancêtres à Tahiti [The rising of the Pleiades On the path of the ancestors in Tahiti] (in French). Dépaysage. ISBN 9782902039494.
- ^ "Farereiraa : danser ensemble, le voeu exaucé de Coco". Polynésie la 1ère (in French). 2023-07-18. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ "Coco Hotahota laisse derrière lui un héritage inestimable". Polynésie la 1ère (in French). 2020-03-08. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ "Ori Tahiti Nui Competitions : les danseurs envahissent la scène". Polynésie la 1ère (in French). 2016-11-26. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ "'Ori Tahiti nui compétitions World championship en direct !". Polynésie la 1ère (in French). 2019-11-30. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ "Coco Hotahota est décédé". Polynésie la 1ère (in French). 2020-03-08. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ "Préparatifs accélérés pour la soirée d'hommage à Coco Hotahota". Polynésie la 1ère (in French). 2020-03-09. Retrieved 2024-02-20.