[caption id="attachment_7637" align="alignright" width="300"] Members of Nā Lei Hulu following a performance with Roberta Flack in 2011.[/caption] from Kumu Patrick One of our most special hālau memories was when we danced “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” for a Valentine's Day concert with Roberta at...

24 February, 2025

Cameron Macedonio | KHON2 News | Jan 24, 2025 The free show will occur every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. on the Kuhio Beach hula mound HONOLULU (KHON2) — Lei Pua ʻAla Queer Histories of Hawaiʻi presented the premiere of their new hula show, “The Return of Kapaemahu,”...

24 January, 2025

New Years Message from Kumu Patrick Makuakāne Aloha mai kākou, 40. We are forty years old this year. I feel like I blinked and forty years flew by. What a marvel it has been. This world according to hula. The unimaginable made tangible. A MacArthur Fellow whoʻs...

20 January, 2025

by: John Veneri | Jan 17, 2024 | KHON2.com Kumu Hula Patrick Makuakāne is set to breathe new life into an ancient Hawaiian legend with The Return of Kapaemahu. This groundbreaking live performance premieres on January 22, 2025, at 6:30 PM on the hula mound at Kuhio Beach...

17 January, 2025

SFSU | Sept 20, 2024 For 30 years, San Francisco State University has recognized notable alumni for their contributions to their communities, whether it’s the creation of innovative arts programs, their leadership in business or through the art they’ve made. This year’s San Francisco State...

01 November, 2024

CBS News Sunday Morning | August 4, 2024 Kumu Patrick Makuakāne interviewed as part of CBS News Sunday Morning on demystifying stereotypes, and the power and elegance of hula, using the backdrop of the latest Merrie Monarch festival. Kumu and Nā Lei Hulu at 3:33. Watch...

04 August, 2024

Professor of Dance Ray Tadio and alumnus Patrick Makuakāne are both winning praise for the unique ways they use traditional dance to express their cultural identities By Jamie Oppenheim and Matt Itelson | SFSU Magazine Spring/Summer 2024 The movements of dance are found anywhere humans are on...

10 May, 2024

Jamie Oppenheim | SFSU.EDU | Dec 11, 2023 Patrick Makuakāne is the first native Hawaiian to receive the prestigious “genius grant” Most cultural preservationists look to traditions, artifacts, history and language to keep a culture alive and intact. But that’s where alumnus Patrick Makuakāne (B.S., ’89), a...

11 December, 2023