Nanave found her love for movement at age 5 in the form of gymnastics. After many years, her passion migrated to Tahitian dancing in 2003.
Since 2006, she has been dance director and choreographer for a nonprofit organization called Te Fare O Tamatoa and their performance group Te’a rama. She has performed professionally with the traditional Tahitian dance group Kei Tawhiti in Tahiti and has received her certification of Ori Tahiti through level 6 at the Conservatoire Artistique de la Polynésie in Papeete, with high marks as well as danced with Toa Hiva in the annual Heiva I Tahiti dance competition where they placed 3rd in the amateur category in 2017.
In other dance training, Nanave has taken ballet, jazz, modern, and hip hop through college courses and performed for 3 years with Bellevue College’s Eastside Moving Company. Since 2013, Nanave holds certifications in MixxedFit, Zumba, COMMIT and PolyFit.
