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Naleilehua
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 Posted - 09/29/2009 : 8:52:51 PM
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New Works Brought Home from Hawaiian Dance Concert Tour in Japan
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 8pm
$40 General Admission and $125 VIP
Chabot College Performing Arts Center, Hayward, CA
Tickets and info at www.ahahula.com
On Saturday, November 21, 2009, Kumu Hula Mark Keali‘i Ho‘omalu and the Oakland-based Academy of Hawaiian Arts will present “Waikiki,” at Chabot College Performing Arts Center in Hayward, CA.
“Waikiki” marks the Academy’s fourth near-annual presentation of its original, modern interpretation of classical Hawaiian dance. This performance will focus on the celebrated location, Waikiki, from impressions of life in the area before Western contact through its “Golden Age” of surf boys, hotels and Hollywood starlets.
Kumu Ho‘omalu and the Academy dancers traveled this performance to Japan in February of 2009 in a ten-city tour.
“Waikiki” will illustrate Ho‘omalu’s creative interpretations of Hawaiian dance and history. It will premiere locally on November 21, 2009, at 8:00 p.m. at the Chabot College Performing Arts Center, 25555 Hesperian Boulevard, Hayward, CA. Doors will open one hour before the show for general seating.
General admission (reserved seating) tickets are $40. VIP Tickets are $125, which include a pre-show performances from 6:00-7:15 p.m., a meet-and-greet with musicians and dancers, preferred parking, and VIP Seating and other special features. Tickets are available online at www.ahahula.com. For ticket inquiries, contact Nina Diamzon at (510) 229-3538 or e-mail nina @ academyofhawaiianarts.org.
Interviews with Ho‘omalu and others are welcome. Find more information online at:
www.academyofhawaiianarts.org.
About Mark Keali‘i Ho‘omalu (MKH Productions)
In his 26-plus-year career as a hula teacher and performing artist in California, Kumu Hula Mark Keali‘i Ho‘omalu’s evolution of traditional chant has earned him both continuing praise and criticism. His intense and melodic chant style as well as his unique ipu heke (gourd drum) beats distinguish him from anyone in Hawaiian music today. Called “inventive” by some and “unrestrained” by others, Ho‘omalu obscures the boundaries between traditional and popular Hawaiian music. Following his critically-acclaimed debut CD, Po‘okela Chants, Ho‘omalu’s much-anticipated second release, Call It What You Like…, topped music charts in Hawai‘i and placed high on the Billboard’s World Music Chart for several weeks in 2003.
In 2001, Ho‘omalu and Alan Silvestri (Forrest Gump, Back to the Future) co-wrote “Hawaiian Rollercoaster Ride” and “He Mele No Lilo” (opening theme) for Walt Disney Pictures’ Academy Award-nominated film and soundtrack, Lilo and Stitch. Ho‘omalu went on to record “Always,” for Walt Disney’s DVD release, Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has an Glitch. Ho‘omalu was also featured as one of three California hula teachers, in the PBS Point of View documentary, American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawai‘i. Ho‘omalu also released a self-produced Hawaiian craft "edu-tainment" series called, Hana Lima, or “hand-made,” on YouTube.com.
Press Contact:
Kamali'i Bingham • waikiki @ academyofhawaiianarts.org
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ACADEMY OF HAWAIIAN ARTS PRESENTS “WAIKIKI"
