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2012 Isadora Duncan Dance Award
Winners Announced
Congratulations to Patty-Ann Farrell, longtime lighting designer
for Nā Lei Hulu and dear friend, for her
Special Award at this year's Izzies!
The Wall Street Journal
Aloha, Lady Gaga: A New Wave of Hula Gains Sway on the Mainland
The Hula Show 2011 - In the Media
The Hula Show 2011 Mele Kuhikuhi
Video: Flash Mob Hula at 38,000 feet on Hawaiian
Airlines
Na Lei Hulu surprises fellow passengers on flight 11 from San
Francisco to Honolulu with an in-flight flash mob!
Video: I Left My Heart in San Francisco
Our video on YouTube, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco", has
surpassed 1 million views!
Hana Hou! Magazine - A Tale of Two Kumu
Read the story, "A Tale of Two Kumu", on the
Hana Hou! Magazine website
25 Years of Hula
Mele Kuhikuhi - Song Lists - Honolulu San Francisco
Reviews
Huffington Post 10/21/2010
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Bay Area Reporter 10/21/2010
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San Francisco Chronicle 10/18/2010
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KINE (Hawaii) Radio Spot
Listen to the KINE Hawaii Radio spot! (mp3)
KGO Radio Interview with Nā Lei Hulu
Part 1 (MP3 Audio)
Part 2 (MP3 Audio)
San Francisco Chronicle - Fall Arts Preview
Read about Nā Lei Hulu's upcoming
25 Year Anniversary retrospective
Izzie Winners Honored
Congratulations to Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu, winner of the company
performance category for "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face",
performed at the 2009 SF Ethnic Dance Festival.
Read more >
List of Awardees >
The Bay Area Reporter recaps the best of the year in Bay Area dance with a nod to Patrick Makuakāne and Nā Lei Hulu's performance at the 2009 SF Ethnic Dance Festival.
Newsletter 2009 - Kaholo'ana
Read 'Kaholo'ana' 2009, our annual Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu Newsletter >>
Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu is now on Facebook
Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu Joins the Hawaiian Airlines Preferred Affiliate Program!
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Lifetime Achievement Award
June 2006 - World Arts West is proud to present Patrick Makuakāne with the Malonga Casquelourd Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Ethnic Dance.
Dance: Creation to Performance
Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the James Irvine Foundation for our 2006 production, "Daughters of Haumea". Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu is among twenty California dance artists who will receive 'Dance: Creation to Performance' grants enabling the creation and public sharing of new works.
18th Annual Isadora Duncan Dance Awards
The Isadora Duncan Dance Awards Committee has announced the "Izzie" award nominees for the 2002-2003 performance season.
Patrick Makuakāne and Patty-Ann Farrell have been nominated in the category of Visual Design for the Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu production of The Hula Show - Stories of the Lehua, presented at the Palace of Fine Arts Theater in San Francisco as well as the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach, October 2002.
The Isadora Dance Awards Committee seeks to honor local dance artists and promote their visibility, primarily by acknowledging outstanding achievements within a twelve-month period of performances, running September 1 through August 31.
This is the 18th year that the Isadora Duncan Awards have recognized the excellence and diversity of Bay Area dance.
Visit the Isadora Duncan Dance Awards site for more information >>
American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawai'i
Featuring Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu and Kumu Hula Patrick Makuakāne. From the suburbs of Los Angeles to the San Francisco Bay Area, the largest Hawaiian communities have settled in California. This documentary follows three different hula halau and explores how hula continues to connect Hawaiians to their heritage on distant shores.
American Aloha will also be shown on PBS in San Francisco on KQED Channel 9 on Tuesday August 5 at 11:00PM. Check your local PBS listings for the most up-to-date information. Be sure to check your local listings. Please visit Pacific Islanders In Communications or the American Aloha website at PBS.Org for more information.
NPR Radio: Native America Calling Interview with Lisette Marie Flanary and Patrick Makuakāne
Hula Beyond the Islands
Recent articles on "American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawai'i"
Gerbode Fellowship Award
Patrick Makuakāne received a $10,000 Gerbode Fellowship Award. This award is adminstered through UC Berkeley, and will support his professional development as an artist.
17th Annual Isadora Duncan Dance Awards
The Isadora Duncan Dance Awards Committee has announced the "Izzie" award winners for the 2001-2002 performance season.
Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu has been honored in the Company Performance category for the 2001-2002 performance season production of The Hula Show.
Also honored in the Visual Design category is our esteemed Lighting Designer Patty-Ann Farrell for Be With (Anna Halprin and Eiko and Koma)
The Isadora Dance Awards Committee seeks to honor local dance artists and promote their visibility, primarily by acknowledging outstanding achievements within a twelve-month period of performances, running September 1 through August 31.
This is the 17th year that the Isadora Duncan Awards have recognized the excellence and diversity of Bay Area dance.
Visit the Isadora Duncan Dance Awards site for more information >>
The Guardian Outstanding Local Discovery Awards
THE BAY GUARDIAN is proud to announce the winners of the Goldies — the Guardian Outstanding Local Discovery Awards. The Goldies give us an opportunity to honor a few of the many individuals and groups in the Bay Area whose work has enriched our lives during the past year.
Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu is being honored with an award in the Dance category. Our thanks to the SF Bay Guardian for this honor!
SF Gate - Gay tradition is woven into fabric of Hawai'i [Excerpt]
By Annie Nakao
6/20/02 [Click here for the full article at SFGate.com ...]I CAN'T REMEMBER exactly when I first heard about the Glades, but among my 12-year-old chums in Hawaii, the name was cloaked in an aura of intoxicating mystery.
The Glades was Honolulu's answer to Finocchio's. I used to gaze at the titillating newspaper ads for it, wondering how these gorgeous creatures could be men. Of course, I couldn't ask my parents about it. I never talked to them about mahus either. Mahus -- or gays -- were right up there with Martians in our middle-school minds.
I grew up and left the islands. The Glades, like so much of my island life, became part of another time. I didn't think about it again until last year, when San Francisco hula master Patrick Makuakāne regaled the audience at his annual dance program with tales of his Uncle Emile.
Performance with Cyndi Lauper
Several of Nā Lei Hulu's dancers performed "True Colors" during Cyndi Lauper's show at Club Universe, San Francisco, on May 25, 2002. The performance was followed by Ms. Lauper's dance version of "True Colors." Director/Kumu Patrick Makuakāne created this piece in 1997 to honor his eccentric and well-loved Uncle Emile.
Nā Lei Hulu Featured Spot on KQED
Nā Lei Hulu's signature piece, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," is currently airing on KQED TV (Channel 9 in San Francisco).
Local Hero Award from KQED
Patrick Makuakāne was given a Local Hero Award from KQED TV in San Francisco and Union Bank of California. This award is given annually to five distinguished Asian American/Pacific Islanders who have contributed to their community and have improved the quality of life throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. The awards are part of KQED's programming for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month during the month of May 2001.
Irvine Fellowship
Kumu Hula Patrick Makuakāne has been selected to receive a prestigious two-year Fellowship through Dance USA/The James Irvine Foundation. The Irvine Fellowships in Dance supports artistic development in the dance field in California. Grants were awarded on a competitive basis, and eight California-based dance artists were selected from a total of 101 applicants to receive a $30,000 grant. The Fellows were chosen based on their significant artistic accomplishments in the dance field and their vision and goals for the fellowship period.
Mr. Makuakāne will study with several cultural experts in Hawai'i to deepen his knowledge of Hawaiian history and tradition, and to strengthen his foundation in hula. This includes Kumu Hula John Keola Lake, Kumu Hula Aunty Mae Klein, and Lucia Tarallo Jensen. He will also work with a chosen team of technical directors and designers to enhance his skills in theatrical production.
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