Hei te pō o te Hātarei ka huihui ki taua mahi, ka kanikani, ā ao noa te rā ka rokohanga e te hiamoe (TP 2/1907:2). / On Saturday night they will gather for that activity and dance, and next day they will want to sleep.

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I tētahi kanikani nahanaha, ka tāruaruatia tētahi tauira nekehanga, ētahi takahanga waewae rānei. Ko te tengitengi tētahi momo kanikani ka taka ki raro i tēnei whakarōpūtanga, ko te pekerangi, ko te kanikani matatira anō hoki (RMR 2017). / A sequence dance is when some types of movement, or some steps, are repeated. One type of dance that falls under this category is a waltz, and there is also disco dancing and line dancing.

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I te kauwhau a tētahi minita Pākehā o Tūranga nei mō te Haerenga Tuarua mai o te Karaiti i mea ia e kore rawa ia i pai kia rokohanga mai ia e te Karaiti i roto i te tiata, i roto rānei i te whare kanikani, i te papa reihi hōiho rānei (TP 8/1904:10). / In a sermon by a Pākehā minister from Gisborne about the Second Coming of Christ, he said that he would never like to be found by Christ in a theatre, in a dance hall or at the race course.

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E rima ngā āhuatanga matua o tētahi kanikani, o tētahi rerenga nekehanga rānei, ā, ka kīia ēnei ko ngā huānga kanikani (RMR 2017). / There are five main aspects of a dance, or of a movement phase, and these are called the dance elements.

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I tētahi kanikani nahanaha, ka tāruaruatia tētahi tauira nekehanga, ētahi takahanga waewae rānei. Ko te tengitengi tētahi momo kanikani ka taka ki raro i tēnei whakarōpūtanga, ko te pekerangi, ko te kanikani matatira anō hoki (RMR 2017). / A sequence dance is when some types of movement, or some steps, are repeated. One type of dance that falls under this category is a waltz, and there is also disco dancing and line dancing.

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Ko te kanikani tūtū he momo kanikani o nāianei i puta i ngā tau tōmua o tēnei rautau i ngā tiriti o Amerika, ka mātua kawea e te hunga taiohi mangumangu o reira. He haukori ngā nekeneke, he tino whakaatu i te pupūtanga ake o ngā kare ā-roto, pēnei i te riri, te kōhukihuki me te matekiri. He momo whakamahea i ēnei kare ā-roto me te kore e pā o te ringa taikaha o tētahi ki tētahi (RMR 2017). / Krumping is a style of contemporary dance which emerged in the early years of this century on the streets of America, mainly developed by black youth. The movements are energetic and expressive of emotions such as anger, frustration and disillusionment. It is seen as a way of releasing these emotions in a non-violent way (RMR 2017).

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Ka mau te wehi o te rōpū kanikani e hītekiteki mai rā! (RMR 2017). / The dance ensemble strutting about are terrific!

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