Kehaulani Chanquy

Kehaulani Chanquy is a French Polynesian dancer. She leads the Hitireva dance troupe, and runs the Arato’a dance school.

Chanquy began dancing as a child, and was trained at the Artistic Conservatory of French Polynesia.[1]

In 2000, at the age of 19, she took over the Arato’a dance school.[2][3] In 2006 she established the Hitireva troupe.[2] With Hitireva, she won the Heiva grand prize in the amateur category in 2009, and in the professional category in 2016.[1][4][5] In 2018, in collaboration with the CAPF, she presented E Parauparau Te Ôfa’i, a dance show aimed at telling the history of the Arahurahu marae.[6]

References
  1. "Portraits de huit femmes remarquables" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  2. "L'école de danse Arato'a fête ses 20 ans" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  3. "Hiro'a n°156 – 10 questions à : Kehaulani Chanquy" (in French). Hiroa. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  4. "Hitireva et Tahiti ia Ruru-Tu Noa grands vainqueurs du Heiva i Tahiti 2016" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  5. "Victoire de Hitireva : une « joie indescriptible » pour Kehaulani Chanquy" (in French). TNTV News. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  6. "Histoire de cailloux au marae Arahurahu" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2023.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.