May 27, 2022 | Hawaiʻi Chamber of Commerce of Northern California Kumu Patrick Makuakāne receives the 2022 Kūlia I Ka Nuʻu Lifetime Achievement Award. Patrick Makuakāne is the Director & Kumu Hula of Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu. He is a creative force in the hula world,...
April 27, 2022 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho | San Quentin News The Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) prison population in the U.S. skyrocketed 250 percent in the 1990s, while the country’s overall prison population grew by only 77 percent. AAPI is now counted within a group called “Others”...
March 30, 2022 | Morning in America Kumu Hula Julie Mau, longtime Nā Lei Hulu dancer and former General Manager, was featured on Morning in America segment on female firefighters who are making a big impact for future generations ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Oct 21, 2010 | Huffington Post For those of us who grew up on the East Coast, what little we knew about hula came from the movies. Shortly after moving to San Francisco on my 25th birthday, traditional (as opposed to commercial) hula became more visible...