Marguerite Lai

Marguerite Lai is a French Polynesian dancer and choreographer. She is the leader of O Tahiti E, one of French Polynesia's most renowned dance troupes.

Lai is from Rangiroa in the Tuamotus, and is of Chinese-Polynesian descent. She began dancing at the age of 12, after moving to Papeete. The troupe won again in 2019. In April 2017 she was responsible for a welcoming ceremony for the canoe Hōkūleʻa, which involved 200 dancers.

In 2002 she was made a knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In January 2018 she was made a knight of the Ordre national du Mérite.