Anthony Aiu is a Brooklyn-based artist, dancer, and choreographer from Oʻahu, Hawai’i. He is co-founder of the Tahitian dance group, Te Ao Mana. From the artist:

My work spans the traditional and contemporary cultural dance spectrum, creating space and representation for Pacific Island artists.

There is a plethora of material and deep cultural knowledge that has yet to be explored and developed into movement-based Indigenous storytelling. It is exciting to think of all the stories awaiting their time in the light. My Pacific heritage is profoundly rich and uniquely intertwined with the natural world. Part of my responsibility as a cultural bearer and creator is to breathe new life into the vast collection of inspiring words and profound knowledge that is Pacific Island ancestry and heritage.  

In our world view, all are connected, though our upbringing and life experience reveals different tints and shades. Mine is but one lens in the vast ocean of artists and multidisciplinary Pacific Island offering. I hope people are able to connect to the themes I present, deepen their relationship to self and others in their various environments, and the natural world as they engage with my work.