Fashion Week and more at FJFW in October

A mere fashion show it is not. Opening night will be one big Pacific party, if the Oceania Centre for Arts & Culture (OCAC), the University of the South Pacific’s performing arts arm, has anything to do with the fifth year of Fiji Fashion Week (FJFW).

Entitled ‘Tribe Echoes of the Pacific’ opening night is designed to be a fusion of island fashion, song, dance and raw South Pacific passion for culture.

Now quite famed for their original scores and powerful pacific theatrical productions, the OCAC’s Oceania Dance Theatre and Pasifika Voices join forces on Thursday October 18 to provide fashionistas and party revelers alike a feast of the eyes and ears, USP Head of Performing Arts Igelese Ete said.

Ete, who has worked on a range of productions right up to Hollywood movie Lord of the Rings has contributed to a dramatic increase in appreciation for the performing arts in Fiji. Tasked with composing large scale choral productions for the Pacific Games, the Rugby World Cup (NZ 2011), Style Pasifika Fashion Show (NZ); singers under this Samoan choirmaster’s tutelage tend to shine with some of the golden dust of his success.  Ete is a regular judge in singing and performance competitions and shows in Fiji, Samoa and New Zealand.

Peter Rockford Espiritu, the Artistic Director of the Oceania Dance Theatre has served as Founder and Executive & Artistic Director of Tau Dance Theater, Hawai‘i’s critically acclaimed professional modern dance company.  Mr. Espiritu has the distinguished privilege of being the only professional western form dance company based in Hawai‘i directed by a native Polynesian.

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