Samoan choreographer and dancer based in New Zealand
Tupua Tigafua is a Samoan choreographer and dancer based in New Zealand. Tigafua was a recipient of the Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Award for Emerging Artist in 2017. In 2021, the Wellington Theatre Awards presented him with the Excellence Award for Choreography and Movement for original work Ciggy Butts in the Sand.[1][2][3]
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TupuaTigafua is a Samoan choreographer and dancer based in New Zealand. Tigafua was a recipient of the Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Award for Emerging...
accomplished artists such as Tusi Tamasese, Semu Filipo, Fiona Collins, TupuaTigafua, Taofi Mose-Nehemia and emerging artists, Albert Latailakepa, Maurea...
producer for the Measina Festival, and has worked with choreographer TupuaTigafua. In 2019, Lualua was the Creative New Zealand Samoa artist-in-residence...
Parmenter, Pasifika Sway, the Royal New Zealand Ballet, Justin Haiu and TupuaTigafua aka the Double Derelicts, Kura Te Ua and Ngarino Watts, Mary Jane O'Reilly...
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