Toa Paranihi
Toa is a contemporary and hip-hop dancer from Wellington. He graduated from the New Zealand School of Dance in 2017, and has since performed both nationally and internationally in the contemporary and commercial industries. Toa has worked with multiple artists and companies, also co-creating with Connor ‘Ooshcon’ Masseurs and touring internationally their show ‘BLUEPRINT’, which debuted in the 2018 Wellington Fringe Festival.
Toa frequently travels to China and performs as a backup dancer for Taiwanese pop star Jolin Tsai and Canadian-Chinese Singer Kris Wu. Toa performed with Taylor Swift for an exclusive performance in Beijing of her hit single ‘You Need to Calm Down’.