Brigham Young University announced today that the university's Living Legends performing group will tour the South Pacific in 2016.
Tour details are still being finalised but performances are most likely to be in New Zealand, Tonga and Samoa. Tentative dates for the tour are 25 April to 15 May 2016.
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BYU Living Legends celebrates the native cultural heritage of North and South America and the South Pacific in a spectacle of energy, music, costume and dance. Its full program lasts 90 minutes.
Organized in 1971, the troupe specializes in performing for its own native people, in an effort to encourage excellence in achievement, inspire a love of the person’s native lands, and develop a pride for their heritage.
The group consists of 36 members, plus an eight member technical crew and six tour leaders. Cast members come from the United States, Canada, South and Central America, and the Pacific Islands. All members are of Latin American, Native American, or Polynesian heritage and are selected after a rigorous audition process. In addition, members are all full-time BYU Students.
During the northern hemisphere spring of 2013, Living Legends toured Central America, visiting Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. The group performed for over 13,000 people in 12 concerts. In May of this year the group will perform through British Columbia and Alaska.
Read more about the BYU Living Legends.
Watch a video of the performing group in action.