The MACC's Cultural Programs are directed by Kumu Hula Hōkūlani Holt

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KAHEKILI


Kumu Hula Hōkūlani Holt and her hālau Pa'u O Hi'iaka, together with nā Kumu Hula Keali'i Reichel and Pali Ahue, reconstructed her original hula drama, Kahekili, which takes the audience into pre-contact Hawai'i through chant, Hawaiian martial arts, kahiko (traditional hula), and dramatic narration.


Kahekili was made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of the American Masterpieces: Dance initiative, administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts.
Additional support for 2008-09 season by Hawai‘i Tourism Authority/CNHA and The Charles Engelhard Foundation. Supported in part by National Endowment for the Arts, State Foundation for Culture and the Arts, County of Maui, Cole Family Foundation, Jimmy & Honey Bun Haynes and KPOA Radio.


More show information on Kahekili
Kahekili study guide

 

 


“Everything that touches on Hawaiian culture is found in hula.”
-Kumu Hula Hōkūlani Holt, MACC Cultural Progams Director

 



World Conference on Hula

The second-ever World Conference on Hula took place on Maui in 2005, including workshops, classes, excursions to Maui’s special places, and evening hula and chant performances for hula practitioners. More than 1200 participants from around the world attended. Some of the most renowned names in Hawaiian culture — including Maui’s own Hōkūlani Holt and Keali‘i Reichel, as well as Pualani Kanaka'ole Kanahele, Kekuhi Kanahele Frias, and Leina‘ala Heine Kalama — shared their knowledge throughout the week and provided in-depth learning of Hawaiian cultural skills.


Liliko Ka Pua
The Flowering of Cultural Vitality

“The blossom is budding forth” refers to the emerging of the cultural programs offered at the MACC. They are intended to expand and deepen the nature of Hawaiian programming and to continue education in various aspects of Hawaiian culture such as hula, chant, and storytelling. These programs are to stimulate a heightened sensitivity to cultural themes.


"The MACC Presents..."
2008-09 Performing Arts Season

LOCAL VOICES Series
Spoken word productions by, about, and for the people of the islands

 

 

10/25-26: Kumu Kahua Theatre: Da Mayah
1/31: Home: Inside and Out

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The MACC's Local Voices Series

MELE Series
The music, song and diversity of the Islands


 

12/6: Hōkū Zuttermeister and Nāpua Greig
2/14: Makana
3/6: Sam & Howard Ahia

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The MACC's Mele Series

HAWAI'I MAOLI Series
Presentations of authentic Hawaiian cultural arts


 

9/13: Ku Mai Ka Hula: Hula Appears
10/11: Kahekili INFO
11/15: Ho'oulu I Ka Na'auao STUDY GUIDE
5/16: Art of the Chanter

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The MACC's Hawai'i Maoli Series

Storytelling Series
Traditional and contemporary Hawaiian storytelling

 

 

11/1: Storytelling Festival & Workshops
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The MACC's Storytelling Series

 

 

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