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BIOGRAPHY: Tiana Marie Alcoran (Nanhigganeuck) is an actress and dancer who uses her performing arts to perpetuate indigenous culture and language. Tiana was born and raised on the island of Hawaii where her family has been for over five generations. Tiana's theatrical debut was an Aloha Performing Arts Company production of "The King & I" at the age of 9, performed at the Aloha Theatre. Her first introduction as a film actress was in "Mana Ni Dakarete (Embraced by Mana)". She has been in several TV shows including "Wind On Water", "Cooking With Cutty", "Area Code" (808) and the "2004 Ironman Triathlon Documentary". Tiana has been involved in over 30 theatrical productions both on and off stage including "The Sound of Music", "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe", "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", "Charlotte's Web", "Big River", "Rocky Horror Picture Show", "Othello", "Romeo and Juliet", and "Ola Na Iwi". Tiana comes from a multi-ethnic background and has embraced the traditions of her homeland, the islands of Hawaii. She began dancing hula at the age of 7 and continued to become a professional hula & polynesian dancer and instructor. She studied the Hawaiian language for 5 years and during her senior year of high school, worked as an educational assistant for the Hawaiian Language Immersion School, Ke Kula O Ehunuikaimalino. After high school, Tiana traveled to several different countries living & working with indigenous people to encourage the performing arts through each culture. Her performance/production locations include Hawaii (Big Island), Oahu, Maui, Kauai, Moloka'i, Alaska, Florida, Minnesota, Brazil (Rio De Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Fortaleza), New Zealand, Fiji,American Samoa, Western Samoa, Taiwan, and Italy.
TRIVIA:
- Her second language is Hawaiian.
- Tiana has been a professional Hula and Polynesian dancer since the age of 16.
- Her ethnic background includes: Nanhigganeuck (Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island), Asian, Pacific Islander, Caucasian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
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