Ta’alili are an arts group that work with artists who design stage, theatre, dance, film and visual art. Their ethos is based around building a whanau around their works to support the thinking and careers of their artists. Ta’alili’s work walks through themes of Pacific futurism, dreams, reimagined memories and the search for coexistence.

The founders Aloali’i and Tori Manley-Tapu were supported by Arts Foundations Springboard Award in 2021. They were recent choreographic residents with K3 Tanzplan, Zentrum für Choreographie in Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany from 2022 to 2023. They continue to work as choreographers, researchers, guest lecturers and dancers for their close friends, independent arts groups, and local festivals.