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Moss’s work is a vibrant tapestry that interweaves the cultural heritage of Aotearoa with echoes of the past that continue to shape our present. Blending ancient soundscapes with contemporary expression, it invites deep reflection on identity, memory, and connection. Featuring music by iconic New Zealand composer Shayne P. Carter, Home, Land and Sea is a powerful call to reconnect &#8211; with place, with history, and with one another.
This immersive experience invites audiences to embark on a reflective journey through time, exploring how our shared history shapes our present and influences our path forward. By blending these ancient sounds with contemporary poetic expression, Moss creates a space for deeper conversations about our collective past and the ways we navigate change.
Music for the occasion will be masterfully crafted by the brilliant composer Shayne P Carter. Shayne P Carter, a celebrated icon in New Zealand music, is a distinguished member of the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. His impressive accolades include the New Zealand Herald Legacy Award with Straitjacket Fits at the 2008 New Zealand Music Awards, along with Best Group and Best Rock Album awards for Dimmer in 2004.
Choreographer Shaun James Kelly will create a new work titled Chrysalis, inspired by his metamorphosis from young dancer in Scotland to Soloist  and Choreographer in Residence in New Zealand, mirroring his own evolution on the dancers and guiding them through the challenges of his movements to realise their full potential.
Music by Philip Glass brings Shaun’s journey to life, with his odyssey across worlds and continents shaped by his signature choreographic style – elegant, deceptively effortless and always musical.
Stephen Baynes’s The Way Alone, premiered as part of Tutus on Tour, will travel to larger stages for the first time, and completes the programme. A deeply personal response to music by Tchaikovsky, some well-known and some less-familiar, The Way Alone is a contemplative,  thoughtful, and inherently musical work by a master choreographer.

Continuing the RNZB tradition of adventurous contemporary commissioning and collaborations, Home, Land and Sea presents three intriguing ballets inspired by journeys in unknown seas, and what it means to come home.
The programme takes its name from Moss Te Ururangi Patterson’s new work, Home, Land and Sea, created for six dancers from the RNZB and six from the New Zealand Dance Company.

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