Emily Wilson | sfcv.org Patrick Makuakāne is the founder and artistic director of the Hawaiian dance company, Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu (“the many feathered wreaths at the summit, held in high esteem”). He recently joined with Saddle Road Productions to form the group Eō. In April, they released...
May 2021 | SF Gay Menʻs Chorus Behind The Curtain: Patrick Makuakāne Interview with the SF Gay Menʻs Chorus ...
October 17, 2020 | Virtual Celebrating our 35th Anniversary with livestream surprises, specially created content, and some of your favorite hulas. ...
October 2019: Two weekends of music and hula! October 19-20 Hawaiian swing band Kahulanui with Nā Lei Hulu. October 26-27 Hōʻike Nui featuring Nā Lei Hulu students, accompanied by the award-winning sounds of Keauhou. ...
GoodNewsNetwork.org | Jan 16, 2019 Hula dancing might not seem like the most obvious pastime for grizzled male prisoners, but it is apparently shaping up to be an unlikely method of reform for California inmates. The infamous San Quinten State Prison of northern California has been hosting...
"I MUA - Hula in Unusual Places," which takes you to the desert, behind bars, to the streets of New York City, and to one of the grandest stages in San Francisco. DATES: Saturday, October 20 8:00 PM Sunday, October 21...
by Claudia Bauer October 15, 2018 Over three decades, hula choreographer, dancer and teacher Patrick Makuakāne has brought his dance company everywhere from Burning Man to airplane aisles to San Quentin State Prison, where he leads dance gatherings for inmates. Opening Saturday, Oct. 20, Nā Lei Hulu’s...
DancersGroup.org | October 1, 2018 The last time I interviewed Patrick Makuakane, Artistic Director of Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu, his company had just received a Special Award from the Izzies Committee for The World According to Hula. When he introduced the company, the emcee made...
Featuring Robert Cazimero and the men of Nā Kamalei of Līlīlehua. Legendary Hawaiian entertainer Robert Cazimero and his dancers join the men of Nā Lei Hulu for a very special performance. October 21, 22, 2017 | Palace of Fine Arts Theatre ...
Jeanne Powell | The Stark Insider | Nov 1, 2016 For two weekends in October 2016, famed dance master Patrick Makuakāne took his audience on a stirring visit to Hawai’ian culture through dance, chant, song and video. His recent stage production, entitled The Natives Are Restless, showcases the...
October 15-23, 2016 | Palace of Fine Arts Theatre Sat Oct 15 Natives @ 8pm Sun Oct 16 Natives @ 3pm Sat Oct 22 Gala Event starts @ 5:30pm; Natives @ 8pm Sun Oct 23 Hula for Families Show @ 12 Noon Sun Oct 23 @ Natives 3pm A Nā Lei...
An unprecedented, interdisciplinary manifestation presented in partnership with the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, The Ola Project combines chants, music, dance, lectures and sculpture as a celebration of the Bay Area legacy of Patrick Makuakane’s hula school and dance company Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu....
October 17, 18, 24, 25, 2015 | Palace of Fine Arts Theatre Thirty years as a hālau, and still kicking. (Or should that be kaholo-ing?) “Those ‘uehe,” Kumu Patrick calls out from the stage at Daniel Webster Elementary School, referring to a step plié with a...
by Cy Musiker | kqed.org | Oct 15, 2015 Hawaiian culture runs deep in the Bay Area, and one reason is the work of Patrick Makuakāne, the founder and leader of the dance company Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu. The company celebrates 30 years of hula mua ("hula that...
October 18, 24-25, 2014 | Palace of Fine Arts Theatre Two special shows: Hula Guyz, featuring Robert Cazimero's Nā Kamalei O Līlīlehua joining forces with Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu; and Hōʻike Nui o Nā Lei Hulu, a grand, all-classes hula spectacular. HulaGuyz_Ad_0614_F 2014 Ho'ike Nui O Na...