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Loughlan Prior and the Royal New Zealand Ballet / Mansfield & Maata
Loughlan Prior is an international choreographer and has just been honoured by the prestigious American Dance Magazine as 'one of 25 to watch in 2025'.
You can watch him in this episode, featuring his ballet Women of Words for the Royal New Zealand Ballet.
Prior would love to hang out with Mansfield. His idea of a good time would be a night out with her.
He's intrigued by Katherine's close friendship with Maata Mahupuku, Ngāti Kahungunu. They met at school in Wellington.
Prior choreographs an unusual pas de deux with two women: Kirby Selchow as Katherine and Maya Tanigaito as Maata.
Also starring in this episode is one of Maata's great-grandsons, te reo Māori web designer Paul Ransfield. He's researching his relative's connection with Aotearoa's greatest short-story writer, Katherine Mansfield.
Writer Witi Ihimaera wraps this story by suggesting Mansfield was writing a novel about her relationship with Maata Mahupuku. Who knows?
Loughlan Prior Photo: AC Productions
Loughlan Prior with crew members Elise Lanigan and Joel Anscombe-Smith Photo: AC Productions
Witi Ihimaera Photo: AC Productions
Katherine Mansfield Photo: AC Productions
Photo: NZ On Air
