Tahitian Dance - Agnes Manuma (Ma'ohi Nui)

[Kukuwam]

she is AWESOME!



[LiZtUcTuC]

fuerza impresionante, muy buena bailarina me encanta el farapu!!!

[vaipapa07]

Amazing!!

[99djc88]

she is hot

[ageezee9]

Thanks for all ur wonderful comments about my dancing and some are very interesting. I love the Tahitian culture and we don't assume that we are the best because there are many more awesome unseen Tahitian dancers out there in all shapes and sizes. Passion is what we have! I am eternally grateful that people actually put me on YouTube...thank u Agnes Manuma

[evry1sADDICTION]

@ageezee9 OMG Agnes, I just wanted to say thank you, I don't think you remember me but you did our mayday at Radford before you had baby with Matt. and I was very inspired by you, and till this day i'm still dancing tahitian, I wanned to Go to Maohi Nui but i moved to wahiawa and joined Manutahi, and Everyone here knows your the one who taught me how to fa'arapu. Very blessed and fortunate to have been taught by you. Alofa&Aloha to you and your family.--Talaeai Ohana'

[denisprowl]

@ageezee9 "thats right Chica", its all about the PASSION!!!

[tahitisweetie6575]

Definitely at the top of the list as one of the best dancers, but Moena from Tahiti Ora is by far the best!!!

[Kanonakiana671]

@polydancer11 HATER HATER HATER HATER HATER

[iheartmusic412]

what is the song called?

[tazzielala]

amazing hips, awesome fa'a rapu, but same mistake as ever1 else, lazy arms

((Te Tiare Patitifa))

[sivaamanu]

@ polydancer11-The BEST by far is ANYONE who works hard at doing what they love!!!! NOT by what GROUP NOR PLACE they dance....Credit is given where credit is do & ONLY people who give Negative feed backs are the ones who need to check themselves not the Dancer! I can see this girl LOVES to dance and it shows she is a Wonderful dancer & one of my Favorites & to many she is the BEST! either way many who want to be or do what she dose gets inspired...Thats keeping the culture ALIVE! So Ty Agnes 

[Pat2296]

WOW!

[polydancer11]

she needs to push out more...u can call her the best in the world when sehs danced for the best tahitian grooup in tahiti...ive seen better

[Eddy6953]

she ur sis?

[Kanonakiana671]

@Eddy6953 you in love with my sister

[Eddy6953]

oh wow i think im love with you..lol

[tahine005]

amazing!

[tahitisweetie65]

Best dancer i've seen by far...:)

[MollyAnn2009]

She's so amazing.

[aridabahitiful]

e shikoni cfar bein femrat e mbushura yessssssssssssss

[MsOlivebean]

She is the best ive ever seen. Amazing:)

[caseygblake]

Nice video! I grew up on Oahu years ago ('40s through '60s) and left when I graduated from UH and went into the Air Force. The last time I was back was in '93 for my 30th HS reunion (Kailua High). I sure miss the place and Agnes' dancing brings back many fond memories of living in the Islands. Great job--thanks so much!

[nunsofpoison]

@caseygblake Awww. Thats like the best comment ever! :D

[dxartes]

We would really appreciate it if the person holding the camera won't gyrate with the dancers while recording. Stay still =) and leave the dancing to the dancers. Peace.

[nunsofpoison]

@dxartes Lol. Im sorry. >_<

[pOIsoNcUpCAkes100]

she's awesome

[usoocali]

Girl will you marrrrry me?? Shiiiiieeet now imm hve to go home n call my girl n brek her the news

[DaHawaiian990]

Maka'i kela o ka olulu ia oe. Hikiwale kou hula o Tahiti.

[MasinaTai86]

AMAZING! U GO GIRL!

[nismo1986]

Enough to make a young boy's nuts ache! Her navel is perfect! I wouldn't mind living in Tahiti!

[nunsofpoison]

Omg! 100,000 views!!! WORK!!!

[bigbrowneyesSHINE]

i hope to be as good as her some day(:

[toripua43]

--aww that's agnes she's the BEST ! love it girl .

[zcretangel]

She is so amazing!! How can I get my fara apus to look like that?

[theskyisblue159]

best

[DJInfuriated]

Fantastic Moves-Well Done

[Suzy26677]

i love how u dance!!!!

[etatofi]

go agnes! u hit it sis!!!! miss watching u dance!!!

[caramelest88]

damn! she is amazing

[whitmogrwn]

REPRESENT SISTAH AGNES! Keep performing and do what you do best. Don't let little comments like 281baby713 bother you..some people R born 2 B J..N untalented. Give the ohana R aloha..

Malama Pono

Whitmo Action~

[281baby713]

she's the best in your opinion. iv danced with a 300 pound real Tahitian vahine, she dance's better then this Tahitian wana be. people go visit Tahiti and see for your own eyes who is the best. i clicked on this clip hoping it would be one of "the best Tahitian dancer" she can shake but she's not a natural beauty. 2 star's for trying!

[topnotch96792]

hay ihtz agnes ! shez thah bestest dancer

[jossie455]

she's mad`!!

[javalovesyuki]

Ma'ohi Nui. Agnes is an awesome dancer!

[superqueenmelissa]

i know how to dance hula it's really tiring!

[TheMaplesuckers]

. . i just started dancing tahitian 3weeks ago :] its so hard :[

[MunchkinMaike]

she is absolutely fantastic!!!

[djbfleming]

i do tahitian dancing but im not that cood

[justmeseelan]

Agnes! I miss this girl!

[lvblswtsxy]

This shows how beautiful a woman is, how much control a woman has and her only weapon is her body.

[cuervo1957]

Damn, that is the only thing this girl needs to get whatever she wants in life. I love this. I'm moving to Tahiti.

[FrapsYou]

@lvblswtsxy booty

[Fyaspita]

that was so friggin awesome!!!

[SUNSHiNEXD]

SHE IS AMAZING

that's all i have to say.

[miniac05]

n2that

I wish I was her boyfriend!

[fidelity143]

I believe her name is Agnes and she heads Maohinui

[orangekiss519]

does anyone know her name?

[2fyn2defyn]

@orangekiss519 her name is angus matila. she's samoan and from hawaii

[orangekiss519]

thanks :))

[liatjetta]

would she dance any better ???

[BailaPacifica]

AGNES MATILA

[pingkanleilani]

AMAZING!

[saqmatit]

I love that thing with her hands at 30-33. Its so expressive!

And the gestures at 38-39 must be impossible for a man to resist.

[dorothee326]

dang that was goog

i wish i could be that good

[aroorp]

i wish i will be like her

[aroorp]

i wish i was like her

[cloretz5trident]

not the best dancer

but i so gooood!

n_n

[shirocaine]

i love her. beautiful girl - and i am a woman saying this! wonderfull dance, splendid charisma - go on , lady!

[aleipatacoco]

she's actually my cuzzin! no joke

[4wheeljive]

You people have got the 'American Idol' sickness. ESaying someone is really good when they aren't really!!!

[MontE54]

hater

[alikona96]

I llloooovvvveeee it!!!! Great faapuru:) sorri if I spelled it wrong.... I dance but am not even close to her advance level.. Keep going !! Chee hoo!!!

[bubamamay]

I want to marry her.

Hey Miss, marry me pleeeze..

:-P

[kuzeez130389]

is that agnes? if it is then yes she is the best!

[nunsofpoison]

Yes it is. And ofcourse she is!!! Lol.

[tiuric77]

What is the dancer's name?? She is really good.

[aleipatacoco]

yeah that is Agnes yeah??

[SMP77UFA]

@kuzeez130389 -yup she is the best..ive known agnes since she was a little kid..ima good friend of the family..hands down thee BEST.

[o0BettyBlacc0o]

very impressive her fa'arapu is flawless and she tucks in the front so well... Get it Girl!

[queen0751]

i used to dance before and this girl can dance...her shake looks big even with out the heavy ass skirt.

[kooilla]

agree with TahitiandancinCritic  ..

[41774831]

HOLLY SHIT:::::: u r GOOOD

[tafua86]

i think im in love ... i love that lil flamingo shake stand .. 1 more time

[nunsofpoison]

Haha!

[rarogoddess]

good dancer but NOT the best

[FiggyMoonpowder]

Who is then? Examples please.

[TahitiandancinCritic]

She is a great dancer. She shows confidence which makes her look professional. But I wouldnt agree that she's the best tahitian dancer ever...she seems to give off a haughty look when dancing which takes away the true beauty of tahitian dancing. All in all... kudos to her.

[nunsofpoison]

She isnt the best EVER. But she was the best in 2007. Lol.

[TahitiandancinCritic]

this video was posted as..The best tahitian dancer ever...:)

[hoolapie]

Wow, thats Agnes? She looks so different all grown up. I competed with her a few times when we were young at the Kaua'i Tahiti Fete, and because dancers were lined up alphabetically I was always next to her. I hated it cause she was sooo good! Still beautiful and still rippin!

[mokibebz09]

well i wouldn't say the best dancer but she's up there... beautiful fa'arapu but i would like to see her hold her fa'arapu for more than 10 seconds. great dancer though, she really represents our culture well

[pmatila22]

Fool, that's it 10 seconds. She's been fa'arapu forever. When you win something then come talk to me.

[nunsofpoison]

Did you win the world competition like her? Idts..so i wouldnt talk.

[blackanime2]

how can you control your faraqu and not move your shoulders at the same time?

she was awesome by the way.

[littlemissashley28]

i am speechless... we learn this type of dancing as an elective at my school... and i can sadly say that i will never be able to do that in my life!!!! i praise her!!! lol

[tonganCWEEN]

dANg sERiOULy!!

sHE is way bEttER than the

other girls ive ceen lately.

[nani083160]

wOw..she's extremely fast n furious..hehe..well dOne...

[crislop96]

OMG!!

that's realy amazinggg

WOWW

IM HAPPY, TO SEE THAT

[hippoANDhotdog]

she is really good... loved it.

[Jelloxox]

women should look like this, a little thick, enough to shake it. u dont have to be SUPPER skinny, ONLY if its natural. YUP this is awesome Imma get some Tahitian dance dvds this looks like a great workout

[lokelanipuaonaona]

yeah agnes is awesome, shes well known in the dancing world since shes been a top dancer since she was a kid. She also has won pretty much every competition at least once, and she teaches the girls of Maohi Nui

[ShaiGurl702]

she is so awesome shes as good as corinne

[nunsofpoison]

She is better than corinne.

[wowszersz1mpoly]

i agree...

[NoraGNN]

Are there anymore videos of her?

[dpalavi]

Incredible!

[0oemancipatedo0]

woooooooooow!

[dominiquedanse]

Does anyone know her name?

[nunsofpoison]

Yes, Agness of Maohie Nui. Lol.

[keanifranco]

it's Maohi Nui. Lol.

[wowszersz1mpoly]

yea that'sz Agnes Matila,,, she isz samoan & her family ownsz the group Maohi Nui. She used to teach at Wheeler Middle School but i'm not sure if she still does,,, i think her mom does though...

she also used to teach tahitian over at Wheeler Middle School too so yea...

--TUAVEHE

[32oniLove]

She is so pretty! she is an amazing dancer!!!

[kyracupcake]

DEENG. i've been dancing for a long time,

but i can't shake it like she does.

haha.

[TICETOCAR]

wow... sort of like Beyonce to the power of ten haha... at first I thought it was exciting but it seems kind of hard to do really... great exercise for women I guess respect! :-)

[heyyitsnina]

HOLY CRAAP .

i wish my fataaupu's were as great as her's !!!

[TeshiTong]

Shhhe she Ahhhh ok,! HOT!!!

[tintanboy10]

she is AMAZIIIIIIIIIING!!!!!!!!!!!!

[belubeni]

ME ENCANTAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!

[bkkittykat993]

Wow amazing for sure.

Check out the hair and the body, awesome man. I love her pride as well. Dancing is unbelievable. Beautiful. Ahh I admire her. Ahaha

[yikhribbatich]

I LOVE TAHITIAN DANCING, I JUST LEARNED IT AND IT SOO MUCH FUN:)

p.s. its rlly similar to arabian tabla bellydancing

[hunnyqurl]

Girlss withh biqq bootyss aree qood at hulainnq ! Goo girl !!!

[taumagalahi]

Agnes Matila!

[vimorrison]

wow amazing!!!

[moonshinegrrl]

I like the fact she doesn't have 6 pack abs and is out there wowing people. Got to love a culture that encourages women of all sizes to dance

[Fautasi1]

a men to that! LOve the encourage ment from women who dances that isnt stick figure skinny! Cause people need to see Polynesians come in all shapes n sizes!

[krystalwitak]

that was amazing!!!

she is definitely a pro

[shasamae]

Hollyyyy Shizzz that was beautiful!!

[kawaii619]

She was a hula dancer in Forgetting Sarah Marshall!

I recognized her when I saw the movie, she truly is beautiful and amazing. Great dancer

[anecosita]

I think she is a very good tahitian dancer. And for the comments all you're leaving here I can sense a lot of admiration but also very much confusion. Of course we all agree she is great, but perhaps the title "the best tahitian dancer" would be an exageration. In Tahiti there's a year-to-year competition to chalenge that title, and I've seen many dancers do better than this. Besides, as far as we can see, she is in a public show, not a competition. Maururu Aloha from Mexico!

[wowszersz1mpoly]

anecosita-- that isz my teacher Agnes Matila & ur indeed right that isz a public show... she volunteered to do the show after her & her group (Maohi Nui) won the contest in Tahiti as they had done the 2 yrsz befor that... so i guess it'sz safe to say she wasz the "best Tahitian Dancer" at the moment...

Agnes also holds the title of "best Samoan Tahitian Dancer" so yea JSYK...

--TUAVEHE

[anecosita]

@wowszersz1mpoly It's great to know that!. Congratulations and I envy you in a good way for having that awesome teacher!. Send u greetings from Mexico! Maururu!

[Ninitheloveone]

wow she more better den malaina! haha cause malaina is young!

[ChELCiE911]

okay hang it up! Agnes is the best, soooo rest your hatah comments people!

[pralifo]

I totally agree with yannahz7......u need to see the heiva tahiti videos to really see what this dance is all about .....maruru

[hulaqde]

tahitian,hawaiian,samoan,maori­,cook islander- its a poly thing all others just dont understand....

[Mocca712]

Hot damn!!! She's GOOD. I wish I could dance like that.

[AzukaBom]

AMAZING! she has gained a new admirer!

[yannahz7]

any tahitian dancer that turns her back on the crowd more than she needs to has so much to learn, such as? well grace, fluid movement with hands, motions, expressions etc. Tahitian dancing is more than fa'arapu reallllly fast.she is a very talented and beautiful dancer but it looks like she really knows it too. keep up the wonderful passion in learning the tahitian culture, we are all connected.

[nunsofpoison]

Well, i dont think she has much to learn because she was awarded the as the best Tahitian dancer two years ago, so i dont know what you are talking about.

[yannahz7]

of course she did, she is very good. what i am saying is that she needs more hand gesture, fluid movement, less back to the crowd. I do know what i am talking about i am tahitian and have grown up around it. She is good for a hawaiian/samoan girl dancing and learning tahitian, and that is probably why she won the award, but she cannot compare. maururu roa. i admire your interest in the culture do more research you will love it and see what i mean then.

[nunsofpoison]

Okay, lol. Im not even Tahitian or anything like that. i just grew up here. Im latino, haha. So i dont know what much about the heritage and stuff. BLAH!

[ethyricalgirl]

I agree. it seems whatever genre of dance people are most easily impressed w/ fast, flashy movements (&sadly many dancers focus on learning this &neglect the rest). Maybe the poster can relate to Salsa dancers who impress crowds by doing many spins & crazy combinations, but the subtlety &expression of the music aren't there... if you took away the flashy moves, there wouldn't be much left &for me (Salsa is in my blood) dance is all about feeling the music in your body, not just performing tricks

[nunsofpoison]

Hey now. You dont need to be calling people out here. She is not only a Tahitian dancer. She does all different types of Polynesian dancing. And can you do what she is doing. And would you be able to win awards, just like her?

[ethyricalgirl]

I wasn't trying to call anyone out actually. In my comment I agreed w/ yannahz7 saying she was a talented&beautiful dancer. I was offering more of a general observation of dance/dance viewers by expounding on her comment that dance is about more than just fast, impressive movements &gave an example from my world of dance that I thought you might be able to relate to (you said you were Latino so whether or not you dance Salsa is one thing, but the likelihood of your being exposed to it is another

[nunsofpoison]

I grew up in Hawaii, so i really dont know anything about my latino side. I know more about the island i am living on. I care more about where i am not more than were my family care from a long time ago.

[ethyricalgirl]

again, no offense was intended, I was simply responding to your comment: "Im not even Tahitian or anything like that. i just grew up here. Im latino, haha. So i dont know what much about the heritage and stuff. BLAH!"

To me that comment sounded like you knew/cared more about latino culture than polynesian culture.... can you see why I would have been misled by it?

[nunsofpoison]

Whatever, your comments are too long to read. Waste of time. Leave me alone.

[ethyricalgirl]

I was relating general public reaction to my world of dance: latin (which can involve "tricks" that can impress disproportionately to any actual musicality & real dance talent). I wasn't saying she is doing "tricks" - it was an analogy: In this genre super fast hip movements tend to "wow" an audience more than any slow fluid movements, which can lead to some 1 dimensional "impressive" dancers... but I'm NOT saying SHE's 1 dimensional! I was just making a general observation re: dance audiences.

[tiffanya219]

WOW

[shimmygirl333]

She is amazing I luv her

Thanks for posting

[lilly19bella]

she's got energy,cool

[alohalondon]

DiMari3 told me aboutthis video. I have a vidoe of my own with Agnes in it. She is an amazing dancer and very beautiful woman.

[hapagurlie]

She is a joy to watch. Such natural talent! Thanks for posting this video.

[nunsofpoison]

You are welcome.

[Ekebil4]

Freaken Awsome! What more I can I say?:)

[naaomiiix333]

brahhh, dahhs fcken meannnnn!

te vai rep all the way though (:

[lOGANMAdRONA]

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tEEEhEEEhEE

yahhh i agree with her

TE VAI URA NUI

all the wayyy

we might not have that much people no more

but it okayyy we stio good (:

[jamcap]

How did she learn to dance like that? She's really good and amazing.

[nunsofpoison]

Years and years of practice! Lol.

She is actually one of the top Tahitian dancers in the world right now.

[DiMari3]

she used to be my kumu (teacher) & all she kept tellin us was to practice all the time if we were really serious about dancing.

Kumu Agnes also does hula really well too.

she does a whole bunch of national stuff. she was in a bank of america commercial representing hawaii & she was gonna be in the T.I. video that he did here in hawaii too, but she didnt & there's a HILARIOUS story behind that. so yea.

much alofa Kumu Agnes.

[asatoa]

THATS WHAT I'M TALK'N ABOUT!!! Can't find dancers like her anymore....

[Timamalao]

That's so crazy, my body is almost exactly like hers!

[liababee67]

yay dis is agnes...go girl and please believe me she is the best samoan tahitian dancer there is i have not met anyone better than her she has taught me everything i know...thanks....you go girl rise above that perfection....much alofas suga

[teriimataha]

Bravo, natural, lovely soft hands, effortless i wonder to watch feet buring this performance because faarapu is not all, good feet position is also very important in ORI. BTW congratulation to Agnes.

[DiMari3]

OMG! datsz mi kumu rite dere! i wasz so lucky to have her asz mi teacher even if it wasz for only a yer. YAY KUMU AGNESS!!!

[kOniebUNNy]

agness of maohie nui!!

[sddsddsdd]

Do these guys have a cd out? If so what is the name?

[bootyshaker08]

its crazy how much she ressembles this girl i knew named danielle... facial expressions and everything... lol

[Kiners]

that is agnes huh?

shoo...i thought

it was.

she's awesome.

[kOniebUNNy]

ohhh she is agness! i know her! she is the overall winner of the tahiti fete in hilo hawaii, i was there!!! beautifull!

[nunsofpoison]

Cool! 2000 views!!! Thanks!

[soheavenlee]

yeah this is aggie from maohi nui!!! She is one of the best dancers in hawaii