WAI OLA - ʻAUKELE AND THE WATERS OF LIFE

This is the story of the story of ʻAukele, a Hawaiian folk hero. ʻAukele undergoes many challenges including a perilous sea voyage and his jealous brothers. The story will also center on themes of water conservation - very much an issue both in California and Hawaiʻi.
Hula Kiʻi is a critically endangered tradition of Hawaiʻi which features the use of carved or crafted images in the story telling and movements of hula. Due to Western intervention in the 19th Century, the hula kiʻi and other indigenous traditions were suppressed almost out of existence. The Mahea Center for International Dance / Hālau Ka Ua Tuahine, in association with Kumu Hula Kiʻi Mauli Ola Cook (holder of the lineal tradition of Kumu Nona Beamer) and Kumu Hula Maile Loo of the Hula Preservation Society, will present this unique art form in Honolulu through a project sponsored by grants from the Gerbode Foundation. The project encompasses the research of classical themes, the construction of hula puppets, and the development of a dedicated hula ki'i practice within our resident hālau.
The hula kiʻi project is sponsored by the 2021 Choreography Award and a 2024 Touring Grant, both from the Gerbode Foundation.
Tenney Theatre/Honolulu Theatre for Youth
229 Queen Emma Square in Honolulu
July 20th, 2024 at 7PM
July 21st, 2024 at 2PM
Ticketing
General Admission $20
Senior (65+) and Youth (18 and under) $10
Hālau Rate (10 or more from a hālau) $15 per person
Tickets on sale June 1

Host or Publisher Mahealani Uchiyama