Jack Gray is a New Zealand choreographer, researcher and teacher of contemporary Māori dance.
Works created with this company include View From the Gods that was in the Tempo Dance Festival in 2006 and Tuawhenua which had a season at BATS Theatre in 2008 featuring dancers Shannon Mutu and Nancy Wijohn and a combination of electronic music with traditional Māori instruments performed by Charlotte90 and Alistair Fraser.
[8][9][10] Gray has travelled for his work and research and has collaborated with other dancers in the United States, especially with queer or indigenous focus, including: Dancing Earth Creations (New Mexico), Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum (Hawai‘i), University of California, Riverside and the University of California, Berkeley.
[10][11] Te Wheke is the new work for 2021 programmed in the Kia Mau Festival in Wellington and ASB Waterfront Theatre, Auckland.
It is the 21st birthday production for Atamira and in the creation includes dance practitioners Jack Gray, Sean MacDonald, Taane Mete, Kelly Nash, Dolina Wehipeihana, Gabrielle Thomas, Kura Te Ua, Bianca Hyslop and Louise Potiki Bryant.