
10/05/2025
First time competing as a group, and first place! 🙏🥹 This weekend we attended the in NYC and competed for our first time as a Tahitian dance group. We worked hard pulling together a five minute ‘otea choreography, a duet ‘aparima, and five soloists right at the end of show season. Plus all of their costumes! We are so thankful to have made beautiful memories together this weekend thanks to - mauruuru roa for your incredible hard work behind the scenes to put this festival and competition together here on the east coast. It was perfect in every way!
We’re very proud of our results!
🏆 First place group otea
🏆 Second place duet aparima
🏆 First place Vahine ages 15-25 - Angelina
🏆 Second place Vahine ages 26-32 Marie
🏆 First place Tane Jarod
🏆 Second place Tane Rolando
🏆 Best costume Angelina
More valuable than any award are the connections we made with the dancers and staff backstage, the Mana’o we gained from our esteemed Ma’ohi judges, and the community we continue to build over our shared love of Tahitian culture. ❤️