Lemi Ponifasio is a director and choreographer who is prominent internationally with his dance Company MAU. Neil Ieremia's company Black Grace has also received international acclaim with tours to Europe and New York. Hip hop has had a significant impact on Samoan culture. According to Katerina Martina Teaiwa, PhD from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, "Hip hop culture in particular is popular amongst Samoan youth." Like very many other countries, hip hop music is popular. In addition, the integration of hip hop elements into Samoan tradition also "testifies to the transferability of the dance forms themselves," and to the "circuits through which people and all their embodied knowledge travel." Dance both in its traditional form and its more modern forms has remained a central cultural currency to Samoans, especially youths. COUNT 5
QSN1 What did Lemi Ponifasio name his dance company? ANS1 MAU QSN2 What genre of music greatly influenced the culture in Samoa? ANS2 Hip hop QSN3 What Samoan choreographer founded Black Grace? ANS3 Neil Ieremia QSN4 What professor at the University in Hawaii at Manoa wrote about the relationships between hip hop, dance, and traditional Samoan culture? ANS4 Katerina Martina Teaiwa QSN5 Among what age group in Samoa is hip hop and dance most popular? ANS5 youths