Hawai'i Maoli Series
Celebrates works created by Pacific people with Pacific themes
2010-11 Performing Arts Season
Kū Mai Ka Hula: "Hula Appears"
Saturday, September 11
The MACC presents… Hawai'i Maoli Series
Third annual international hula competition featuring Japan hālau winners and hālau from Hawai‘i, presenting adult females and males in solo and group performances. The dancers compete in kahiko (traditional hula) and ‘auana (modern-day hula stylings), and there is a kūpuna ‘auana division for dancers 50 and older!
Supported in part by National Endowment for the Arts, State Foundation for Culture and the Arts, County of Maui, Kauahea, and KPOA Radio Group.
Previous Presentations
In the Hawai'i Maoli Series
Art of the Chanter
The MACC presents… Hawai'i Maoli Series
Directed by Keali‘i Reichel, an extraordinary program featuring chant by kumu hula and Hawaiian practitioners from kūpuna to ‘ōpio. Some of these oli have not been heard for more than 100 years and have only recently been discovered in Hawaiian language newspapers… a chicken-skin experience and historic occasion.
Kahekili
The MACC presents… Hawai'i Maoli Series
Returning home to the Castle from their national and Hawaii island tour, hula master Hōkūlani Holt and her hālau Pā‘ū O Hi‘iaka present the story of Maui’s great chief Kahekili in an original hula drama which includes chant, traditional hula kahiko, Hawaiian martial arts, and dramatic storytelling. Kahekili’s wildly successful premiere on this stage a year ago brings them back again by popular demand, for another compelling performance, like no other! More on Kahekili
Hi`iaka Wahinepo`aimoku
The MACC presents… Hawai'i Maoli Series
BHalau O Kekuhi presents a sequela.