The Volcano Art Center’s 2016 Hula Kahiko series continues at 10:30 a.m. Saturday with a performance by Kumu Hula Pele Kaio of Unukupukupu, presenting students of Unulau and Papa Huelepo.
The Volcano Art Center’s 2016 Hula Kahiko series continues at 10:30 a.m. Saturday with a performance by Kumu Hula Pele Kaio of Unukupukupu, presenting students of Unulau and Papa Huelepo.
From Hawaii Community College Unukupukupu, Kaio combines ancestral knowledge with the rigors of academia to present the students of Unulau and Huelepo. More than just the performative folk culture of Hawaii, these dancers express hula as a process for deep inner reflection and analysis. Through hula, they define and exercise their unique contribution to this world we live in.
The performance is part of a year-round series sponsored by the center. For the series, hula halau from across Hawaii are invited to perform each month in a one-of-a-kind outdoor setting at the kahua hula (platform) in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. These performances are presented authentically in an outdoor setting, rain or shine without electronic amplification. Audience members are encouraged to bring sun/rain gear and sitting mats.
Held in conjunction with this performance, Kumu Hula Ab Valencia and members of Halau Hula Kalehuakiekieikaiu will share “Na Mea Hula” (all things hula) on the lanai of the Volcano Art Gallery. Participants will learn a hula, use various hula implements and try their hand at lei making.
Info: www.volcanoartcenter.org. ■