International Dance Day 2016
The message 2016 was written by Lemi Ponifasio, choreographer from Samoa
KARAKIA
(Prayer) 
touch the cosmos 
 the source of our divinity 
 illuminating
 the face of the ancestors 
 so we can see our children
 woven above beside below
 unite all within
 our flesh and bones 
 and memory
 the Earth is turning
 humans in mass migration
 turtles gather in silent preparation
 the heart is injured
make dance
 a movement of love
 a movement of justice
 the light of truth
