'I am a Creationship'
Siliga Sani Muliaumaseali'i
Creative Matai & founder
'But its masterfully placed in such a way that you feel you could have missed it, it could have passed you by had you not been listening, had you not been caring. This is the moment.
This is the moment of genius that tells us that there is so much more to be seen from Sani Muliaumaseali’i'
LGBTQ Arts Review, London
'Kava Girls' a play with songs
by Sani Muliaumaseali'i
Talofa lava, Kia Ora and greetings. I am Siliga Sani Muliaumaseali'i. Afio mai and welcome. Allow me to introduce myself.
' I am Samoan – O A'U o le Samoa. In Samoa we say I am (the) Samoa. As I introduce myself I present my ele'ele (soil) the moana (ocean) and the cultural soul and spirit of a people. O A'U
Everything happens in threes they say, and the eponymous title embodies 'O A'U ' the I am.
The 3 S is 'O a'u' Siliga is a chiefly title from Vaitele, Faleata Upolu Samoa.
Sani a name given by my parents and Samoa, is Samoa.
The S Trinity has been with me always.
My physical life may have begun in Aotearoa NZ but 'Strinity ' spirit was awaiting my arrival.
The work that 3S Presents LTD unavoidably melds aspects of western culture with ancestry Samoa. I term this a 'creationship'.
The creationship occurs through language, movement, art, music and genre., and as it is with any creation and relationship
each creationship is unique. I am a creationship who's compelled to cultivate the courage to Art who I am. To be who I am.
'I am a Creationship and I am compelled to Art in this way'
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Layered Art Exponent Siliga Sani Muliaumaseali'i is of Samoa ancestry and based in UK and Aotearoa. An operatic tenor, he has appeared in opera, film, radio, television and most forms of music and theatre across the globe.
Alongside on stage appearances Siliga is writer, producer, director and choreographer. These of 'side hustles' lasting several decades. Siliga Sani is the progenitor of London and Europe's first Samoan arts entity, GAFA arts Collective (2012) Notably Siliga Sani produced RinGAFA, the entire Wagnerian ring cycle for GAFA in 2021.
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