Skip to main content

The Royal Tahitian Dance Company

Royal Tahitian Dance Company
The Royal Tahitian Dance Company

The island of Tahiti is the economic, cultural, and political center of French Polynesia in the South Pacific. Famous for its lagoons, mountains, and black-sand beaches, Tahiti is also home to a vibrant dance tradition. The songs in this 1974 release celebrate the confluence of two ensembles: Tahiti Nui and the young Rarotongians of Turepu Turepu from the Cook Islands, coming together to form the new Royal Tahitian Dance Company. The instrumental pieces (“Tamarii Tahiti,” “Tiare Aute,” and “Two Instrumentals”) are played using such instruments as the pahu (the ancient Tahitian standing drum covered with a shark skin and struck by the hands or with sticks) and the ukulele.

Track Listing

icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
101
Ute Royal Tahitian Dance Company 02:33
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
102
Miri Iti Royal Tahitian Dance Company 04:04
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
103
Apai Pai Royal Tahitian Dance Company 02:38
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
104
Tiare Aute Royal Tahitian Dance Company 02:11
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
105
Bora Bora Royal Tahitian Dance Company 02:46
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
106
Tamarii Tahiti Royal Tahitian Dance Company 00:54
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
107
Parahi Marite Royal Tahitian Dance Company 03:17
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
108
Hei Porohiti Royal Tahitian Dance Company 02:19
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
109
E Maru Rahi Royal Tahitian Dance Company 05:00
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
110
Ua Hiti Te Marama Royal Tahitian Dance Company 02:16
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
111
Papio Royal Tahitian Dance Company 01:32
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
112
Aue Ue Royal Tahitian Dance Company 02:38
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
113
Winds of Joy / Takoto (medley) Royal Tahitian Dance Company 00:57
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
114
Raiatea Royal Tahitian Dance Company 03:32