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...
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...
The Conversation | Hawai'i Public Radio By Catherine Cruz Published December 26, 2024 at 11:00 AM HST Today on The Conversation, we're sharing interviews with talented creatives in Hawai’i who have picked up some big awards in recognition of the work they do. Kumu Hula Vicky...
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...
KHON 2 | Aug. 19, 2024 Kumu Hula Patrick Makuakāne was interviewed on Living808 to share details about this groundbreaking production scheduled to debut in May 2026. See full interview on KHON2. ...
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...
Hawai'i News Now | Jul. 11, 2024 Kumu Hula Patrick Makuakāne joined Sunrise with more details on auditions coming up this week and how dancers can register for a spot. See full interview on Hawai'i News Now....
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...
Victoria Namkung | The Guardian | Dec 31, 2023 Winner of the MacArthur ‘genius’ grant in 2023 has forged his own style in San Francisco while often subverting stereotypes of hula itself For Patrick Makuakāne, hula isn’t just a way to preserve his Native Hawaiian heritage. It’s...
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...
MidWeek | Bill Mossman | November 29, 2023 Kumu hula Patrick Makuakāne has been transforming lives for decades. Now, the MacArthur Foundation is changing his with its fellowship award. Many may remember Burning Man 2023 for the relentless showers that turned Nevada’s Black Rock Desert into a...
KQED Forum | Nov. 2, 2023 Manuel Muñoz is the son of immigrant farm laborers from California’s Central Valley whose four works of fiction center the lives of Mexican-American communities in the region. Patrick Makuakane is a native Hawaiian and San Francisco-based kumu hula, or master...
civilbeat.org | Neil Miner | Oct. 26, 2023 Patrick Makuakane, the San Francisco kumu hula who was recently awarded a MacArthur Genius grant, describes himself as a “cultural preservationist.“ What he means by preservationist is very different from what people in Hawaii usually mean by that. They talk about...
KCBS Radio | By Pat Thurston | Oct 9, 2023 Twenty winners were announced to receive the prestigious MacArthur Foundation fellowship last week, including scientists, legal scholars, engineers, and a hula dancer. Aiming to blend classical Hula dance with modern and contemporary elements, the artist says he...
DiverseEducation.com | Arrman Kyaw | Oct 9, 2023 Surprise, shock, honor. Such were the emotions of many of the MacArthur Fellows selected this year by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. "I was in total shock when I first learned about it,” said Dr. Linsey C....